# IMX Session Explores Equipment And Dredging Work Along The River - The Waterways Journal

> A Waterways Journal session at the Inland Marine Expo covered mechanical dredging equipment and the St. Louis District's navigation work on the Mississippi. Speakers compared hydraulic clamshell and cable buckets and described dredge use. The content is technical and does not report new supply or price events.

- Date: 2018-06-22 · published 2018-06-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64419-imx-session-explores-equipment-and-dredging-work-along-the-river-the-waterways
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Dredging keeps the river channel open for barge grain flows, but this technical session has no clear near-term effect on feed commodity prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-10-21 | [Low Water And Mississippi River Drafts - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16676-low-water-and-mississippi-river-drafts-the-waterways-journal.md) | -0.9% | -1.4% |
| CORN | 2022-04-15 | [Dredging To Improve Year-Round Access To Florence, Ala., Harbor - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16721-dredging-to-improve-year-round-access-to-florence-ala-harbor-the-waterways.md) | +2.1% | -0.0% |
| CORN | 2018-07-13 | [STC Research Identifies Ag Benefit Of Dredging LMR - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63916-stc-research-identifies-ag-benefit-of-dredging-lmr-the-waterways-journal.md) | +2.2% | +10.2% |
| CORN | 2020-03-23 | [Allision Leads To Breakaway And River Closure - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54031-allision-leads-to-breakaway-and-river-closure-the-waterways-journal.md) | -0.8% | -5.0% |
| CORN | 2019-04-12 | [Swollen Rivers Await More Water - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59485-swollen-rivers-await-more-water-the-waterways-journal.md) | +1.1% | -3.1% |
| SOY | 2018-07-12 | [IMX Session Explores Equipment and Dredging Work Along the Mississippi River - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63917-imx-session-explores-equipment-and-dredging-work-along-the-mississippi-river.md) | +1.5% | +7.7% |
| SOY | 2022-10-21 | [Low Water And Mississippi River Drafts - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16676-low-water-and-mississippi-river-drafts-the-waterways-journal.md) | -0.7% | +1.8% |
| SOY | 2022-04-15 | [Dredging To Improve Year-Round Access To Florence, Ala., Harbor - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16721-dredging-to-improve-year-round-access-to-florence-ala-harbor-the-waterways.md) | +2.0% | +2.4% |

## Sources

- waterwaysjournal.net: https://www.waterwaysjournal.net/2018/06/22/imx-session-explores-equipment-and-dredging-work-along-the-river/

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