Low Water Levels on the Mississippi is affecting Shipping - FreightWaves Roundtable

Low Mississippi

What's Going on With Shipping?
Oct 5, 2023

In this episode, Sal Mercogliano - maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner - joins the ‪@FreightWaves‬ TV Roundtable, along with Pat Chambers of the Army Corps of Engineers to discuss how low water on the Mississippi River is impacting shipping?

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