# Company adding two new barges to transport wheat | Capital Press

> Shaver Transportation will add two 4,200-ton barges to its fleet, bringing its total to 20 grain barges. The barges will be towed from Indiana to Portland and are tied to a planned rail-to-barge transfer facility at the Port of Morrow in Boardman, Oregon.

- Date: 2017-12-07 · published 2017-12-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67376-company-adding-two-new-barges-to-transport-wheat-capital-press
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Added Columbia-Snake barge capacity and new rail-to-barge wheat flows could ease Pacific Northwest wheat logistics, a modest bearish factor for export basis and freight.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: bearish ▼
- WHEAT: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2017-08-10 | [New Port Worker Contract Adds Stability to PNW Export Operations - U.S. Wheat Associates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69481-new-port-worker-contract-adds-stability-to-pnw-export-operations-u-s-wheat.md) | -0.2% | -0.6% |
| WHEAT | 2017-09-12 | [Winter wheat moving again to Gulf Coast export facilities \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68948-winter-wheat-moving-again-to-gulf-coast-export-facilities-ap-news.md) | +1.0% | +4.5% |
| WHEAT | 2017-01-16 | [Vessels of Project RSD49, Neva-Leader type, were actively used by North-Western Shipping Company for grain transportation in 2016](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72855-vessels-of-project-rsd49-neva-leader-type-were-actively-used-by-north-western.md) | +0.4% | +5.6% |
| WHEAT | 2022-12-20 | [World prices for wheat are falling, but they continue to rise in Ukraine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38270-world-prices-for-wheat-are-falling-but-they-continue-to-rise-in-ukraine.md) | +0.6% | -2.8% |
| WHEAT | 2026-03-02 | [CPKC Rail struggling to meet grain car demand: Ag Transport Coalition  - MooseJawToday.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20200-cpkc-rail-struggling-to-meet-grain-car-demand-ag-transport-coalition.md) | +1.6% | +0.1% |

## Sources

- capitalpress.com: https://capitalpress.com/2017/12/07/company-adding-two-new-barges-to-transport-wheat/

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