by - June 20, 2026 1:03 pm
Tonnage up almost 11% on the Arkansas River through May
Commercial tonnage on the Arkansas River was up more than 50% in May, with the gain driven mostly by gains in sand/gravel/rock shipments, and a more than 55% gain in…
Tag: Arkansas River traffic
by - June 1, 2026 4:09 pm
Arkansas River commercial tonnage recovers in April, up 32.5%
April was good for commercial operators on the Arkansas River. Tonnage shipped for the month was up more than 30% compared with April 2025, with sand/gravel/rock shipments up almost 12%…
by - April 10, 2026 11:13 am
Arkansas River commercial tonnage down in the 2026 first quarter
Declines in the major categories of products shipped on the Arkansas River pushed commercial tonnage down more than 2% in the first quarter of 2026 compared with the same period…
by - January 26, 2026 1:02 pm
Arkansas River tonnage down almost 20% in 2025
Significant declines in outbound and internal shipments, thanks in part to halted river operations for lock and dam repairs and low Mississippi River levels, pushed Arkansas River tonnage in 2025…
by - November 14, 2025 3:25 pm
Arkansas River tonnage down 34.5% in October
High water levels, river system maintenance, and tariff uncertainty are key factors in an almost 19% drop in tonnage shipped on the Arkansas River system in the first 10 months…
by - September 11, 2025 5:15 pm
Arkansas River tonnage down almost 19% through August
A significant decline of shipments between ports on the Arkansas River and disruptions caused by President Donald Trump’s tariff policies key factors in tonnage shipped on the Arkansas River down…
by - July 10, 2025 3:33 pm
High water levels, tariffs impact Arkansas River shipping numbers
High water levels and Trump’s tariffs are key factors in the almost 20% decline in Arkansas River tonnage in the first half of 2025. Commercial river tonnage in June was…
by - May 12, 2025 12:25 pm
Arkansas River tonnage down more than 15%, tariff impact cited
Tariffs implemented and proposed by the Trump Administration are a big part of why Arkansas River tonnage is down more than 15% in the first four months of 2025, according…
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…
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…