For the week ending Sept. 25, barged grain movements totaled 187,590 tons, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said.
This was 11% higher than the previous week and 63% lower than the same period last year. For the week ending Sept. 25, 112 grain barges moved down river — two barges fewer than the previous week. There were 391 grain barges unloaded in New Orleans Region, 53% higher than last week.
For the same week, 19 oceangoing grain vessels were loaded in the Gulf — 21% fewer than the same period last year. Within the next 10 days (starting September 24), 53 vessels were expected to be loaded — 13% fewer than the same period last year.
As of Sept. 23, the rate for shipping a metric ton (mt) of grain from the U.S. Gulf to Japan was $82.50. This was 1% more than the previous week. The rate from the Pacific Northwest to Japan was $45.50 per mt, 1% more than the previous week. For the week ending Sept. 27, the U.S. average diesel fuel price increased by 2.1 cents from the previous week to $3.406 per gallon, $1.012 above the same week last year. At $4.339 per gallon, California diesel prices are the highest since March 2013.
