# Hurricane Harvey impacts U.S. grain deliveries via rail | World-grain.com | September 29, 2017 19:29 | World Grain

> Hurricane Harvey flooding reduced rail service along the Gulf Coast and nearly halted regional grain exports through early September. About 46% of US wheat exports normally ship from Gulf ports in Texas and Louisiana, and no wheat was inspected at South Texas or East Gulf ports for the week ending September 7.

- Date: 2017-09-29 · published 2017-09-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/68947-hurricane-harvey-impacts-u-s-grain-deliveries-via-rail-world-grain-com
- Commodities: [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Disrupted Gulf rail and port capacity cut US export shipments, pressuring HRW basis and export demand while adding freight costs; restoration of service should gradually release the backlog.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- KWHEAT: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| KWHEAT | 2017-10-10 | [Hurricane Harvey, CSX problems dominate transportation picture \| World-grain.com \| October 10, 2017 14:31 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6126-hurricane-harvey-csx-problems-dominate-transportation-picture-world-grain-com.md) | +0.7% | -0.2% |
| KWHEAT | 2024-09-25 | [Lack of exports drags down KC spot wheat \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28351-lack-of-exports-drags-down-kc-spot-wheat-world-grain.md) | +4.8% | +2.7% |
| KWHEAT | 2023-08-30 | [Low Mississippi River level will challenge grain movement again this harvest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12853-low-mississippi-river-level-will-challenge-grain-movement-again-this-harvest.md) | +4.5% | -2.8% |
| KWHEAT | 2022-07-28 | [Wheat prices fell in anticipation of the departure of grain ships from Ukrainian ports 28.07.2022 - UkrAgroConsult](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40531-wheat-prices-fell-in-anticipation-of-the-departure-of-grain-ships-from.md) | -3.0% | +4.0% |
| KWHEAT | 2026-09-24 | [Wheat shipping costs climb across routes \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17672-wheat-shipping-costs-climb-across-routes-feed-and-grain.md) | -5.0% | -12.8% |
| WHEAT | 2019-10-29 | [Railway grain deliveries to Ukrainian ports limited for the third time in 2019 — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56596-railway-grain-deliveries-to-ukrainian-ports-limited-for-the-third-time-in-2019.md) | -0.4% | +7.3% |
| WHEAT | 2018-07-24 | [Glencore seeking more capacity at Russian port \| World-grain.com \| July 23, 2018 19:11 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63887-glencore-seeking-more-capacity-at-russian-port-world-grain-com-july-23-2018-19.md) | -1.0% | -0.2% |
| WHEAT | 2017-10-05 | [Transshipment of grain from seaports in January-September increased by 11% — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68319-transshipment-of-grain-from-seaports-in-january-september-increased-by-11.md) | +4.7% | +0.3% |

## Sources

- world-grain.com: https://www.world-grain.com/articles/8739-hurricane-harvey-impacts-u-s-grain-deliveries-via-rail

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