# High Water Temporarily Closes Two Mississippi River Locks

> High water on the Mississippi has kept the Lower Mississippi River at elevated levels for over 60 days, slowing barge movements from St. Louis to New Orleans. Flooding closed Locks 16 and 17 from May 11, with closures expected to last until May 14, and tows out of St. Paul were restricted to nine barges.

- Date: 2018-05-14 · published 2018-05-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64902-high-water-temporarily-closes-two-mississippi-river-locks
- 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

Barge bottlenecks raise freight costs and delay grain shipments from the Upper Midwest, which tends to widen Gulf basis and support local cash prices while pressuring river-delivered supplies.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral
- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-09-19 | [Grounding Temporarily Closes Lower Miss - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56943-grounding-temporarily-closes-lower-miss-the-waterways-journal.md) | +2.3% | +4.2% |
| CORN | 2019-02-26 | [Extreme water flows on the Mississippi River - The Swedish Club](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60483-extreme-water-flows-on-the-mississippi-river-the-swedish-club.md) | -1.5% | +0.9% |
| CORN | 2026-10-23 | [Mississippi River Grain Freight Rates Fall - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16331-mississippi-river-grain-freight-rates-fall-the-waterways-journal.md) | -0.6% | — |
| CORN | 2019-09-27 | [Upper Mississippi River On The Rise Again - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56949-upper-mississippi-river-on-the-rise-again-the-waterways-journal.md) | -0.5% | +0.9% |
| CORN | 2017-05-30 | [WEEKLY GRAIN MOVEMENT: Rising water slows Mississippi River shipping](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70890-weekly-grain-movement-rising-water-slows-mississippi-river-shipping.md) | -0.2% | -3.5% |
| SOY | 2019-09-19 | [Grounding Temporarily Closes Lower Miss - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56943-grounding-temporarily-closes-lower-miss-the-waterways-journal.md) | +0.1% | +4.4% |
| SOY | 2019-02-26 | [Extreme water flows on the Mississippi River - The Swedish Club](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60483-extreme-water-flows-on-the-mississippi-river-the-swedish-club.md) | -0.9% | -0.6% |
| SOY | 2019-09-27 | [Upper Mississippi River On The Rise Again - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56949-upper-mississippi-river-on-the-rise-again-the-waterways-journal.md) | +2.6% | +5.0% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/blogs/market-matters-blog/blog-post/2018/05/14/high-water-temporarily-closes-two

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