The Houston Chronicle in an article written by Holbrook Mohr and Allan Sayre is reporting that the Mississippi river was reopened on Tuesday north of New Orleans on Tuesday. This allows cargo vessels to pass through slowly.
The river was closed at Natchez, Miss on Tuesday delaying ships going towards the Golf of Mexico. It also blocked vessels heading north.
Since this is one of the nation’s busiest waterways, this closure has the monetary of millions of dollars every day that this water way is closed.
The Coast Guard is monitoring the river and advising that all vessels steer along the middle of the river.
Traffic is advised to proceed slowly to decrease the strain on levees. At this time, some of the barges can not proceed on the river because the water has submerged some docks and other docks are at the level of the river.
Pack n send will continue to monitor the water level on the Mississippi River and it effects on freight and cargo shipping in the coming weeks. We will post updates on our blog.
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