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  • Photo shows front of Anheuser-Busch's North American headquarters located in Soulard.

    Anheuser-Busch to invest $100M in St. Louis for novel grain repurposing facility

    This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on March 25, 2021.  Global brewer Anheuser-Busch has announced that it will spend $100 million for an innovative grain repurposing facility on…

  • Trent Broberg, CEO of ACERTUS

    Fast-growing St. Louis logistics firm names new CEO

    This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on March 25, 2021.  Fast-growing technology-focused logistics firm ACERTUS has a new leader at the top. St. Louis-based ACERTUS has hired Trent…

  • FreightWeekSTL 2021 logo with the dates May 24-28, 2021

    Registration Now Open: FreightWeekSTL | May 24-28, 2021

    Join us for FreightWeekSTL 2021 from May 24-28 Registration is open for the Virtual FreightWeekSTL 2021 set for May 24 through May 28. For the fourth year in a row, St. Louis…

  • Angelina Twardawa, owner of Angie's Transportation, stands between two trucks.

    Driven by Proximity: Angie’s Transportation finds opportunity in the center of the country

    This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on March 25, 2021.  As much as she would love to operate her company from the sandy beaches of sunny Florida, Angelina…

  • Coal being poured at the Hall Street Terminal.

    End of an Era: St. Louis Coal Terminal to Close

    This article originally ran in the Waterways Journal on March 19, 2021. One of the largest and most important rail-to-barge transloading facilities in mid-America is closing, another sign of the decline of…

  • Lindsey Graves, CEO and majority owner of Sunset Transportation, took over the role in late 2020. She sits in an office here.

    Family Business Profile: Sunset Transportation hits the road with second generation at the wheel

    This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on March 19, 2021.  Lindsey Graves remembers the phone always ringing at her home on Workbench Drive in Sunset Hills. Her dad,…

  • A Kansas City Southern freight train moves across tracks beneath feeder ramps to the Martin Luther King Bridge and past construction equipment on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, in East St. Louis. The Illinois Department of Transportation announced the bridge will remain closed until next summer at the earliest because extra freight traffic pushed through the region has slowed their ability to work at pace. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com

    Canadian Pacific to buy Kansas City Southern in $25 billion railway bet on trade

    This article originally ran on STLToday.com on March 21, 2021.  Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. agreed on Sunday to acquire Kansas City Southern in a $25 billion cash-and-stock deal to create the first…

  • Image of a Spirit Airlines yellow plane flying in the air

    New airline coming to St. Louis Lambert, bringing flights to sunny destinations

    This article originally ran on the KSDK website on March 11, 2021.  Spirit Airlines announced plans to add St. Louis Lambert International Airport to its route map with nonstop daily flights. The airline…

  • Photo of a freight train with company logos: ContainerPort Group sells some assets to ITS ConGlobal. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)

    ContainerPort Group sells container yard, depot division to ITS ConGlobal. STL location is part of the acquisition.

    This article originally ran in American Shipper on March 4, 2021.  Cleveland-headquartered ContainerPort Group (CPG) will sell its container yard and depot division to ITS ConGlobal (ITSC), the company said Tuesday. The…

  • Photo of a Pilot Freight Service truck in front of a building.

    Pilot Freight Services Acquires Franchise in St. Louis

    This article originally ran in DC Velocity on March 5, 2021.  Pilot Freight Services (Pilot), a worldwide transportation and logistics services provider backed by ATL Partners and British Columbia Investment Corporation (BCI),…

  • Headshot of Mary Lamie

    How the National Freight Strategic Plan Can Benefit Shippers

    This article originally ran in Inbound Logistics on January 31, 2021.  The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) recently announced the first-ever National Freight Strategic Plan (NFSP), a historic initiative that will benefit…

  • A MetroBus pulls out of the Clayton transit center. The operator can be seen through the windshield.

    More Public Transit Options and Public-Private Sector Collaboration Creates Better Access to Labor Pool for Industrial Park Employers

    Record-setting growth in the St. Louis region’s industrial sector in recent years resulted in strong demand for labor and the need for enhanced transportation options to connect a larger pool…