# Logistics/Transportation | Riverports Grow As Exports Flow

> Kentucky riverports are expanding capacity to handle a growing export business, with the state shipping $29.2 billion in goods and services abroad in 2016, up 6%. The article notes that the Owensboro Riverport is the state's highest-volume public authority and that Kentucky corn is part of the export mix.

- Date: 2017-06-12 · published 2017-06-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70391-logistics-transportation-riverports-grow-as-exports-flow
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Added river terminal capacity helps move US grain and other bulk exports, but this is a regional infrastructure story with limited direct price impact on feed commodities.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: neutral

## Sources

- lanereport.com: https://www.lanereport.com/78246/2017/06/logisticstransportation-riverports-grow-as-exports-flow/

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