# Waiting for Opening Day in Upper Mississippi River Twin Cities District

> River terminals in the Upper Mississippi Twin Cities District are waiting for ice on Lake Pepin to melt so the first barge can reach St. Paul and open the 2018 shipping season. As of March 14 the ice was still too thick for tows to pass.

- Date: 2018-03-19 · published 2018-03-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65886-waiting-for-opening-day-in-upper-mississippi-river-twin-cities-district
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Delayed upper river opening keeps a lower-cost barge route closed for northern grain and feed shippers, so they rely more on rail and trucking until navigation resumes.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/blogs/market-matters-blog/blog-post/2018/03/19/waiting-opening-day-upper-river-twin

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