# St. Louis: World-Class Multimodal Freight Network - Inbound Logistics

> St. Louis is promoting its multimodal freight network, highlighting its grain handling capacity along a 15-mile Mississippi River stretch. Over $200 million has been invested in agricultural barge transfer facilities since 2005. The region's ports and terminals capture about one-third of Mississippi freight traffic.

- Date: 2018-06-12 · published 2018-06-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64416-st-louis-world-class-multimodal-freight-network-inbound-logistics
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Efficient river grain handling at St. Louis supports Midwest grain flows and barge freight costs, which feed into local corn and soybean basis. The piece is promotional with no new supply or price shock.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: neutral

## Sources

- inboundlogistics.com: https://www.inboundlogistics.com/articles/st-louis-world-class-multimodal-freight-network/

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