UMR Shipping Season Comes to Close

Early Icing Creates Dangerous Conditions for Barges Trying to Leave UMR

Mary Kennedy
By  Mary Kennedy , DTN Basis Analyst
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Barges struggle to move through the ice-filled Mississippi River near Dubuque, Iowa, on Nov. 20, 2014 (Photo by Brad Hanson, KWWL News, Dubuque Bureau)
Barge shipping on the Upper Mississippi River has come to an end until next spring thanks to an early start to winter in the Midwest.

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