# Coast Guard closes portion of Upper Mississippi River to all vessel traffic – Illinois Business Journal

> The US Coast Guard closed a portion of the Upper Mississippi River near St. Louis to all vessel traffic, between mile markers 184.5 and 179 near the MacArthur Bridge, due to high water and fast currents. Officials described the flooding as comparable to the December 2015 event and said restrictions will be re-evaluated as conditions improve.

- Date: 2017-05-03 · published 2017-05-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71173-coast-guard-closes-portion-of-upper-mississippi-river-to-all-vessel-traffic
- 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), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Barge traffic on the Upper Mississippi is halted at St. Louis, a key grain loading hub, which backs up grain shipments and likely widens barge freight costs and basis for corn, soybeans and DDGS until the river reopens.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral
- DDGS: neutral
- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-02-08 | [Barge traffic back to normal; lock closures loom – Illinois Business Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16654-barge-traffic-back-to-normal-lock-closures-loom-illinois-business-journal.md) | -0.3% | -4.2% |
| CORN | 2018-04-25 | [Damaged lock forces closure of Mississippi River in Illinois – Professional Mariner](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65675-damaged-lock-forces-closure-of-mississippi-river-in-illinois-professional.md) | +2.4% | +5.0% |
| CORN | 2019-09-27 | [Upper Mississippi River On The Rise Again - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56949-upper-mississippi-river-on-the-rise-again-the-waterways-journal.md) | -0.5% | +0.9% |
| CORN | 2020-05-12 | [St. Louis regional ports claim No. 2 spot for total tonnage – Illinois Business Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53017-st-louis-regional-ports-claim-no-2-spot-for-total-tonnage-illinois-business.md) | +0.6% | +4.2% |
| CORN | 2019-06-27 | [Mixed emotions as Upper Mississippi River reopens to barges](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58498-mixed-emotions-as-upper-mississippi-river-reopens-to-barges.md) | -2.5% | -4.4% |
| SOY | 2018-04-25 | [Damaged lock forces closure of Mississippi River in Illinois – Professional Mariner](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65675-damaged-lock-forces-closure-of-mississippi-river-in-illinois-professional.md) | +2.0% | +0.8% |
| SOY | 2019-09-27 | [Upper Mississippi River On The Rise Again - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56949-upper-mississippi-river-on-the-rise-again-the-waterways-journal.md) | +2.6% | +5.0% |
| SOY | 2020-05-12 | [St. Louis regional ports claim No. 2 spot for total tonnage – Illinois Business Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53017-st-louis-regional-ports-claim-no-2-spot-for-total-tonnage-illinois-business.md) | -0.9% | +1.3% |

## Sources

- ibjonline.com: https://www.ibjonline.com/2017/05/03/coast-guard-closes-portion-of-upper-mississippi-river-to-all-vessel-traffic/

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