The St. Louis Regional Freightway calls the 15-mile stretch of the Mississippi River anchored by St. Louis’s iconic Gateway Arch the Ag Coast of America, with the 16 barge-transfer facilities concentrated in
Some of the educators wo took part in the Ag Coast of America riverboat tour. [Photograph: St. Louis Regional Freightway]
The St. Louis Regional Freightway calls the 15-mile stretch of the Mississippi River anchored by St. Louis’s iconic Gateway Arch the Ag Coast of America, with the 16 barge-transfer facilities concentrated in a the stretch being able to handle more than 150 barges a day — the highest level of capacity anywhere along the Mississippi River.
On June 5, as part of FreightWeekSTL 2025, the Freightway hosted a riverboat cruise on a Gateway Arch Riverboat vessel to introduce educators, visiting delegates from Argentina and other regional business leaders to the Ag Coast of America.
The cruise highlighted key freight assets that position the St. Louis region as a thriving freight and logistics hub with global access, while also calling attention to the vast career opportunities in this important sector of the region’s
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