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  • Commentary: Despite Covid-19, Missouri’s logistics market running high

    This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on February 4, 2021.  While the Covid-19 pandemic has had disastrous short-term effects on most of the U.S. economy, and many sectors…

  • Missouri DOT Progresses With I-70 Rocheport Bridge Replacement Project

    This article originally ran in Transport Topics on February 2, 2021.  The Missouri Department of Transportation is advancing work on a $240 million project to replace the Rocheport Bridge, a vital freight…

  • Anheuser-Busch to make $1B in supply chain investments, work that includes St. Louis

    This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on February 3, 2021.  Anheuser-Busch is planning to make improvements at its St. Louis brewery as part of a $1 billion investment…

  • Buying Spree Graph - China's weeklong buying of U.S. corn eclipses previous record

    China set to exceed WTO quota in biggest US corn purchase

    This article originally ran in the American Journal of Transportation on January 29, 2021.  China is set to exceed for a second year a corn-buying quota set by the World Trade Organization…

  • Editorial: De-Siloing Transportation, Logistics

    This article originally ran in the Waterways Journal on November 25, 2020.  The new administration’s infrastructure priorities will become clearer over the next few weeks and months. We hope that ports and…

  • Trucking company Angie’s Transportation plots expansion with new HQ

    This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on January 27, 2021.  Trucking company Angie’s Transportation has plans to expand with a new headquarters in south St. Louis. The St.…

  • Midwest industrial market trails demand. Here’s how much space St. Louis needs to compete.

    This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on January 27, 2021.  Thanks to e-commerce, the industrial market is in demand more than ever. To meet that surge, St. Louis…

  • Overhead shot of America's Central Port

    Warehousing and Industrial Space at America’s Central Port

    Check out the video below from America’s Central Port in Granite City, IL  promoting developer ready sites with rail, river and road access. You can also view the video by…

  • 20 inland port cities that are making a difference in the supply chain

    This article originally ran in Global Trade Magazine on January 18, 2021.  Cities with inland ports are uniquely situated to localize manufacturing and make supply chains more agile and transparent. Here are…

  • Amazon to open another facility in north St. Louis County

    This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on January 20, 2021.  Amazon said it will open a new facility in north St. Louis County later this year. The facility,…

  • Proposed Boeing development in early stages at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport

    This article originally ran in the Belleville News-Democrat on January 7, 2021.  A proposed expansion to Boeing’s operations at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport is in its early stages, officials say. A pre-development…

  • SHAPING SAVE A LOT: How CEO Kenneth McGrath is turning the discount grocer around

    This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on January 7, 2021.  The time was late 2016. The place: St. Louis. The problem: Save A Lot. Saddled with debt, the…