by - March 20, 2025 10:42 am
Arkansas River tonnage down through February
Arkansas River tonnage totaled 1.81 million tons in the first two months of 2025, down 1.3% compared with 2.07 million tons in the same period of 2024, according to a…
Tag: Arkansas River traffic
by - January 16, 2025 11:00 am
Arkansas River tonnage up almost 2% in 2024
Tonnage shipped on the Arkansas River in 2024 totaled 12.446 million tons, up 1.95% compared with 2023 tonnage. The increase was driven by a 13% increase in sand, gravel, rock…
by - November 14, 2024 6:38 pm
Arkansas River traffic up almost 2% through October
Improving water levels on the Mississippi River have helped tonnage on the Arkansas River to swing from being down 4% year-to-date through August to being up almost 2% through October….
by - September 25, 2024 4:49 pm
Low Mississippi River water levels part of 4% decline in Arkansas River tonnage
Higher freight rates and low water levels on the Mississippi River could be behind a 4% decline in commercial shipping tonnage on the Arkansas River between January and August. Another…
by - August 1, 2024 2:48 pm
Arkansas River commercial tonnage down 2% through June
Arkansas River traffic tonnage totaled 6.19 million between January and June, down 2% compared with the same period in 2023. Declines in inbound traffic contributed to the overall decline, according…
by - May 15, 2024 5:21 pm
Sand, gravel and rock shipments push Arkansas River tonnage up 8% through April
Arkansas River shipping continues to build upon 2023 gains, with 4.569 million tons carried on the river in the first four months of 2024, up 8% compared with the same…
by - March 26, 2024 11:30 am
Arkansas River tonnage down 1% through February
Commercial shipping on the Arkansas River in the first two months of 2024 totaled 2.078 million tons, down 1% compared with the same period in 2023. Declines in shipments of…
by - January 11, 2024 4:10 pm
Arkansas River tonnage up almost 11% in 2023
Arkansas River tonnage was up more than 16% in December, which helped push total tonnage shipped in 2023 up almost 11% compared with 2022, according to numbers posted Thursday (Jan….
by - October 17, 2023 11:03 am
Gains in iron, building material shipments push Arkansas River tonnage up 12%
Even with an 8.4% decline and 12.2% decline in August and September, respectively, tonnage on the Arkansas River totaled 9.282 million tons through September, up 12%, according to the U.S….
by - January 11, 2023 6:01 pm
Arkansas River commercial tonnage up almost 3% in 2022
A more than 16% gain in outbound shipments and gains in sand, gravel, rock and iron/steel shipments resulted in a 2.94% gain in commercial tonnage shipped on the Arkansas River…
by - July 12, 2022 4:26 pm
Arkansas River commercial tonnage up 3% through June
Commercial tonnage shipped on the Arkansas River in the first half of 2022 is up 3% thanks in large part to a 22% increase in sand, gravel and rock shipped…
by - October 18, 2021 11:08 am
Arkansas River tonnage up more than 3%; Hurricane Ida damages downstream infrastructure
An expected rebound in river traffic emerged in recent months, with tonnage through September up 3.4% compared with the same period in 2020. Impacts from Hurricane Ida and the closure…
by - August 19, 2021 5:05 pm
Tonnage dips on the Arkansas River, ‘rebound’ expected by one port operator
Tonnage shipped on the Arkansas River between January and July is down 2% compared with the same period of 2020, with one port operator blaming some of the decline on…
by - June 14, 2021 6:15 pm
Commercial Arkansas River traffic shows slight gain through May
Tonnage shipped on the Arkansas River during the first five months of 2021 is up 0.54% compared with the same period of 2020, with inbound and outbound traffic boosting activity…
by - October 22, 2020 12:30 pm
Agri shipments help push Arkansas River tonnage up more than 30%
Two port operators on the Arkansas River system say conditions are improving – thanks in large part to shipments of sand/gravel/rock and wheat – with hopes that “normal” conditions may…
by - August 12, 2020 3:33 pm
Arkansas River tonnage up almost 29% through July
Fueled primarily by gains in sand/gravel/rock and wheat shipments, tonnage shipped on the Arkansas River during the first seven months of totaled 6.136 million tons, up 28.8% over the same…
by - June 10, 2020 3:54 pm
Arkansas River commerce up almost 6% through May
Commercial traffic on the Arkansas River is up 5.8% through the first five months of 2020 compared with the same period in 2019. The increase is primarily attributed to record…
by - April 15, 2020 4:48 pm
Floods, tariffs, pandemic hit Arkansas River traffic
Between historic floods, a lengthy tariff war and now a global pandemic, Marty Shell is not surprised Arkansas River traffic is down more than 10% in the first quarter of…
by - March 11, 2020 1:30 pm
Arkansas River traffic rises in early 2020
Commerce on the Arkansas River is up 1.5% during the first two months of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019. The rise comes as the navigable system and…
by - May 23, 2017 2:14 pm
Commercial Arkansas River traffic gains muted by rains, high water levels
The 2017 rebound shaping up for commercial tonnage on the Arkansas River faced a setback in April and could see a tough May and June if rain continues to fall…