By Jason Hall
May 14, 2021
CNBC reports the shutdown is leading to more concerns over U.S. grain and soy shipments to export markets as there is already a lack of global inventories, prices nearing eight-year highs and the U.S. corn futures dropping more than 5% due to high prices.
Petty Officer
Carlos Galarza, a Coast Guard spokesman, confirmed there are 26 vessels with 430 barges waiting to pass north and 21 vessels with 341 barges waiting to pass south in the queue at the location where the river was closed on Thursday.
A total of 411 barges carrying crude oil, dry cargo like crops and other items were halted in both directions on Wednesday (May 12.)
Adrian Sainz And Andrew Demillo
A boat hauling barges down the Mississippi River moves toward the Interstate 40 bridge linking Tennessee and Arkansas on Friday, May 14, 2021, in Memphis, Tenn. The U.S. Coast Guard reopened a section of the river near Memphis on Friday, three days after river traffic was shut down when a crack was found in the bridge. (AP Photo/ Adrian Sainz) May 14, 2021 - 9:24 AM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) â River traffic has reopened on the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee, three days after it was closed when a crack was discovered in the Interstate 40 bridge that connects Tennessee and Arkansas, the U.S. Coast Guard said Friday.
By Jason Hall
May 14, 2021
Fractures discovered in a Memphis bridge over the lower Mississippi River led to the closure of the waterway, causing a back-up of 771 barges and disrupting U.S. crop exports.
CNBC reports the shutdown is leading to more concerns over U.S. grain and soy shipments to export markets as there is already a lack of global inventories, prices nearing eight-year highs and the U.S. corn futures dropping more than 5% due to high prices.
Petty Officer
Carlos Galarza, a Coast Guard spokesman, confirmed there are 26 vessels with 430 barges waiting to pass north and 21 vessels with 341 barges waiting to pass south in the queue at the location where the river was closed on Thursday.
By Jason Hall
May 14, 2021
Fractures discovered in a Memphis bridge over the lower Mississippi River led to the closure of the waterway, causing a back-up of 771 barges and disrupting U.S. crop exports.
CNBC reports the shutdown is leading to more concerns over U.S. grain and soy shipments to export markets as there is already a lack of global inventories, prices nearing eight-year highs and the U.S. corn futures dropping more than 5% due to high prices.
Petty Officer
Carlos Galarza, a Coast Guard spokesman, confirmed there are 26 vessels with 430 barges waiting to pass north and 21 vessels with 341 barges waiting to pass south in the queue at the location where the river was closed on Thursday.