The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, released its 2024 navigation statistics for the Upper Mississippi River last week.
During the 2024 season, Corps staff supported 1,201 commercial navigation lockages at Lock and Dam 3, near Welch, which was below the 10-year average of 1,515 lockages.
The 2024 lockages supported around 5.8 million tons, or approximately 2,890 barges, of commodities shipped by the navigation industry.
In addition to the commercial lockages, Corps staff locked 6,219 recreation vessels during 2,513 lockages. To minimize lockages, the Corps tries to include multiple recreation vessels during a single lockage.
There were an additional 17 lockages from various government agencies including the Corps.
Stats for Lock and Dam 2, near Hastings, Corps staff supported 1,219 commercial navigation lockages, which was below the 10-year average of 1,431 lockages.
The 2024 lockages supported around 5.7 million tons, or approximately 2,870 barges, of commodities shipped by the navigation industry.
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