# Logistics: Value Networks

> DOT's Maritime Administration grants of $4.85 million include over $800,000 for Mississippi River container-on-barge projects at the Port of St. Louis and America's Central Port. Officials say regional freight demand is expected to grow 45 percent by 2050.

- Date: 2017-01-15 · published 2017-01-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73186-logistics-value-networks
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Container-on-barge expansion is a long-term infrastructure shift with little near-term effect on bulk grain barge rates, so the price impact is minimal.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: neutral

## Sources

- logisticsvaluenetworks.blogspot.com: http://logisticsvaluenetworks.blogspot.com/2017/01/inland-waterways-could-ease-highway.html

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