This Article originally comes from the American Journal of Transportation
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Ingram Marine Group (Ingram), the largest barge operator on the inland waterways, showcased its operations and planned investments in the bi-state St. Louis region during the opening session of FreightWeekSTL 2025. Hosted by the St. Louis Regional Freightway, the virtual panel session on June 2 featured Dan Lester, Senior Vice President of Business Development at Ingram Infrastructure Group (IIG), part of Ingram Marine Group’s family of businesses. Lester highlighted the company’s strategic initiatives to leverage the St. Louis region’s prime location and multimodal connectivity and provided insight on Ingram’s commitment to sustainability.
He emphasized the importance of the St. Louis region to Ingram’s operations and said the area has been a hub for the company’s barge line for a long time. “St. Louis is a key growth area for the infrastructure group. We have eight landside terminals on the Missouri and Illinois sides of the Mississippi River here,” Lester said. The company focuses on moving bulk and break-bulk commodities, including fertilizer, steel, and grain exports to the Gulf of America. With the acquisition of SCF in February 2024, Ingram also picked up fleeting and barge maintenance services, expanding its workforce in the St. Louis region. Lester said it now employs approximately 200 people in the bi-state area.
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