
The New Orleans Engineer District awarded a $15.4 million sole-source contract to a White Hall, Arkansas dredging firm for Mississippi River maintenance dredging. The contract requires a dredge on call around the clock, with work locations set through task orders under a contract ceiling of about $108.4 million.
Routine dredging keeps Lower Mississippi channels at authorized depths, which supports uninterrupted barge and ocean vessel access for grain shipments. The award is a maintenance action with no meaningful change to supply or prices.
After 1,065 past logistics events, Corn moved a median -0.0% over 5 sessions (49% higher; middle half -1.4% to +1.5%), and -0.0% over 20.
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