# Efficiencies of River Transportation | Peoria Magazine

> Peoria Magazine describes how the Illinois River system moves agricultural commodities. It notes the locks and dams were mostly built in the 1930s and have changed little since.

- Date: 2018-02-26 · published 2018-02-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66389-efficiencies-of-river-transportation-peoria-magazine
- 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

Aging lock infrastructure raises the risk of outages that disrupt grain movement on the Illinois and Mississippi rivers. This is a background factor for barge freight costs rather than a new price driver.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-08-04 | [ISA meeting highlights importance of river transportation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16692-isa-meeting-highlights-importance-of-river-transportation.md) | +2.7% | +3.9% |
| CORN | 2019-05-16 | [Grain Transportation Report, May 16, 2019](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58978-grain-transportation-report-may-16-2019.md) | +4.0% | +9.8% |
| CORN | 2024-05-30 | [Grain Transportation Report, May 30, 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16541-grain-transportation-report-may-30-2024.md) | -4.0% | -5.1% |
| CORN | 2022-05-19 | [Grain Transportation Report, May 19, 2022](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41438-grain-transportation-report-may-19-2022.md) | -0.6% | -2.2% |
| CORN | 2024-10-24 | [Grain Transportation Report, October 24, 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16498-grain-transportation-report-october-24-2024.md) | -1.3% | +1.0% |
| SOY | 2022-08-04 | [ISA meeting highlights importance of river transportation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16692-isa-meeting-highlights-importance-of-river-transportation.md) | +8.4% | -3.2% |
| SOY | 2020-08-04 | [Dredging Project Readies Mississippi River for Efficient Soy Transportation - U.S. Soybean Export Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51508-dredging-project-readies-mississippi-river-for-efficient-soy-transportation-u-s.md) | -2.3% | +6.0% |
| SOY | 2020-07-31 | [Dredging Project Readies Mississippi River for Efficient Soy Transportation \| United Soybean Board](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52013-dredging-project-readies-mississippi-river-for-efficient-soy-transportation.md) | -1.2% | +5.1% |

## Sources

- peoriamagazine.com: https://www.peoriamagazine.com/archive/ibi_article/2018/efficiencies-river-transportation/

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