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Lock Closures Starting on the Illinois Waterway This Summer May Result in More Freight Flowing Through St. Louis Region
Businesses that move or handle commodities on the Illinois Waterway system are being encouraged to start making alternative plans due the scheduled closure of locks on that inland waterway system.…
Pepsi expands St. Louis footprint with new lease
This story was originally published in the St. Louis Business Journal in April 2019. Steph Kukuljan | St. Louis Business Journal PepsiCo (NASDAQ: PEP) has signed a long-term lease for over 250,000 square feet…
Port of Savannah’s $3 Billion Investment Plan and The Opportunities It Presents for the St. Louis Region
The Port of Savannah’s $3 billion plan to double containerized cargo capacity and how that investment could positively impact the freight economy in the St. Louis region will be the…
Ports and Terminals in St. Louis Region Still Tops in Efficiency, Now Capture 39 Percent of the Upper Mississippi River Barge Traffic
The latest data from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) reveals the St. Louis Regional Ports held onto the top ranking as the most efficient inland port district* in…
America’s Central Port Celebrates 60th
This story was originally published in the Illinois Business Journal in the April 2019 issue. “Wanting to leverage a key access point on the Mississippi River and a central location for…

Lock Closures Starting on the Illinois Waterway This Summer May Result in More Freight Flowing Through St. Louis Region