Why BargePulse exists

In the spring of 2024, Mississippi River grain rates spiked from $18.71 to $25.20 per ton in twelve months. Low water hit the lower Mississippi for the fourth consecutive year. Southbound grain volume fell 79 % in a single month. Every merchant who timed their bookings even two weeks too late ate into a year's margin.

The data to predict those moves was already public — USDA's weekly Grain Transportation Report, USGS gage heights, NOAA drought monitor, EIA diesel prices, USACE lock delays. The problem was nobody had wrapped it in a forecast a grain merchandiser could trust and act on.

BargePulse pairs a 52-week AI-powered forecast (97.96 % proven accuracy across all 7 USDA river systems) with global vessel tracking. Two products, one login, mid-market pricing. The first self-serve, credit-card-checkout maritime intelligence platform in a category otherwise dominated by enterprise sales.