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    Freight Rates Softening for Barge and Seaborne Vessels

    Written by Sandy Williams


    Barge volumes continue to be high on the US river system although rates have softened slightly, according to the latest MID-SHIP Report.

    Grain shipments this year are at the highest level since 2010 and are loading 45-50 seaborne vessels each week in the Gulf. As of the beginning of November, 83 percent of the soybean crop has been harvested and 65 percent of the corn crop.

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