# Barge accidents shut parts of Mississippi, Ohio rivers

> Several days of heavy Midwest rain pushed the Mississippi and Ohio rivers above flood stage. Shippers have cut barge tow sizes or sidelined vessels because of fast currents, halting grain barge movement from much of the farm belt to Gulf export terminals that handle about 60% of US corn, soybean and wheat exports.

- Date: 2017-04-07 · published 2017-04-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71396-barge-accidents-shut-parts-of-mississippi-ohio-rivers
- 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

Stalled barge traffic delays grain reaching Gulf export positions, which widens Gulf basis and raises barge freight. Interior cash bids tend to weaken while the backlog persists.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼
- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-10-04 | [U.S. barge backlog swells on parched Mississippi River \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16675-u-s-barge-backlog-swells-on-parched-mississippi-river-reuters.md) | +1.6% | +0.8% |
| CORN | 2022-01-10 | [Misery for Shippers on Mississippi, Illinois, Ohio Rivers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43328-misery-for-shippers-on-mississippi-illinois-ohio-rivers.md) | +1.3% | +3.3% |
| CORN | 2017-10-06 | [Report: Barge rates skyrocket amid Ohio, Mississippi river closures - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6120-report-barge-rates-skyrocket-amid-ohio-mississippi-river-closures-freightwaves.md) | -0.4% | -0.8% |
| 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 | 2021-06-01 | [Over 700 Barges Stuck in Mississippi River From Bridge Crack](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47303-over-700-barges-stuck-in-mississippi-river-from-bridge-crack.md) | +5.1% | +2.4% |
| SOY | 2022-10-04 | [U.S. barge backlog swells on parched Mississippi River \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16675-u-s-barge-backlog-swells-on-parched-mississippi-river-reuters.md) | 0.0% | +2.4% |
| SOY | 2022-01-10 | [Misery for Shippers on Mississippi, Illinois, Ohio Rivers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43328-misery-for-shippers-on-mississippi-illinois-ohio-rivers.md) | -3.2% | +12.9% |
| SOY | 2017-10-02 | [Mississippi River Shipping Backlog Hits Farmers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68347-mississippi-river-shipping-backlog-hits-farmers.md) | +0.4% | +0.7% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-shipping-mississippi-river-idUSKBN1792JW/?feedName=domesticNews&feedType=RSS

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