# St. Louis Region Captures One-Third of the Upper Mississippi River Barge Freight Traffic - St. Louis Regional Freightway

> The St. Louis regional port system handled one-third of the freight on the 855-mile Upper Mississippi section in 2015, according to USACE data cited by the St. Louis Regional Freightway. The region's river terminals offer excess barge capacity and low freight rates for grains, fertilizer and other cargo.

- Date: 2017-09-20 · published 2017-09-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/68852-st-louis-region-captures-one-third-of-the-upper-mississippi-river-barge-freight
- 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

This is background on regional port capacity rather than a new supply or price event. It has little direct effect on grain or freight prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-07-26 | [Barge traffic on Mississippi slowly recovering - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57963-barge-traffic-on-mississippi-slowly-recovering-freightwaves.md) | -2.2% | -10.6% |
| CORN | 2023-04-24 | [Swollen Upper Mississippi River Stalls Barge Traffic](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36574-swollen-upper-mississippi-river-stalls-barge-traffic.md) | -0.7% | -9.9% |
| CORN | 2017-08-16 | [St. Louis Region’s Agriculture Freight Network Poised for Growth as Handling Capacity Increases Along the Mississippi River - St. Louis Regional Freightway](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69340-st-louis-region-s-agriculture-freight-network-poised-for-growth-as-handling.md) | -2.4% | -4.2% |
| CORN | 2023-04-28 | [Barge traffic stopped on upper Mississippi \| wqad.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36575-barge-traffic-stopped-on-upper-mississippi-wqad-com.md) | +0.5% | -2.3% |
| CORN | 2018-09-26 | [Mississippi River Vessel Traffic Halted Due to Breakaway Barges North of St. Louis -Army Corps](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62914-mississippi-river-vessel-traffic-halted-due-to-breakaway-barges-north-of-st.md) | -0.2% | -0.1% |
| SOY | 2019-07-26 | [Barge traffic on Mississippi slowly recovering - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57963-barge-traffic-on-mississippi-slowly-recovering-freightwaves.md) | -4.0% | -3.0% |
| SOY | 2023-04-24 | [Swollen Upper Mississippi River Stalls Barge Traffic](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36574-swollen-upper-mississippi-river-stalls-barge-traffic.md) | -2.6% | -11.9% |
| SOY | 2017-08-16 | [St. Louis Region’s Agriculture Freight Network Poised for Growth as Handling Capacity Increases Along the Mississippi River - St. Louis Regional Freightway](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69340-st-louis-region-s-agriculture-freight-network-poised-for-growth-as-handling.md) | +1.3% | +3.4% |

## Sources

- thefreightway.com: https://www.thefreightway.com/st-louis-region-captures-32-percent-of-barge-freight-traffic/

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