Tag: Missisipi River

• Wednesday, November 29th 2023 - 14:19 UTC

  US grain exports threatened by insufficient draft along the Mississippi for barges

  

  As has happened with the mighty Paraná River in the heartland of South America, with the Amazon in northern South America, and even with the Panama Canal, all of them suffering lack of rainfall to keep basins flowing with sufficient water levels, now has come the turn of the Mississippi with insufficient draft for the vessels and barges involved in transporting US grains.