# barges | New Orleans CityBusiness

> A container barge shuttle between Baton Rouge and the Port of New Orleans, launched earlier this year, received a $1.75 million federal grant for improvements. The page is largely a collection of older unrelated headlines about Mississippi River levels and barge traffic from 2012 and 2013.

- Date: 2016-11-02 · published 2016-11-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/74006-barges-new-orleans-citybusiness
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Federal funding for barge infrastructure can improve Gulf export logistics for grain and oilseeds over time, but the immediate effect on feed commodity prices is minimal.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: neutral

## Sources

- neworleanscitybusiness.com: https://neworleanscitybusiness.com/blog/tag/barges/

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