St. Louis

St. Louis region most efficient US inland port district, data shows

New data from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers shows the St. Louis region is home to the most efficient inland port district in the country.

The data was based on tons moved per river mile in 2022, the most recent year for which numbers are available. According to a news release from the St. Louis Regional Freightway, the region’s barge industry handled a whopping 369,309 tons per mile, around four times the average tons per mile moved by the other eight U.S. inland port districts.

The St. Louis...

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FreightWaves Classics/Pioneers: James Eads was a leading engineer of his time

The Eads Bridge over the Mississippi River in St. Louis. (Photo: distilledhistory.com)

Whether it was salvage ships on the Mississippi River, ironclads that helped the Union win the Civil War, a key bridge across the Mississippi or jetties at the mouth of that great river that spurred commerce, James B. Eads solved some of the major engineering problems of his time. That led deans of American colleges of engineering to name Eads one of the five greatest engineers of all time in July 1932.

Early life

James Buchanan Eads was born in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, on May 23, 1820 to Thomas...

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Ex-recruiter accused of embezzling $121,000 from two trucking companies

Ex-driver recruiter accused of wire fraud

A federal grand jury has indicted a former driver recruiter for two Missouri trucking companies on five counts of wire fraud.

The indictment, filed in U.S. District Court in St. Louis, claims that Michelle Serth-Stein, 50, of Smithton, Illinois, submitted fake recruiting expenses for reimbursement from October 2017 to January 2019 while working as a driver recruiter for Midwest Systems. The intermodal logistics company, headquartered in St. Louis, has 61 power units and 46 drivers.

After she was...

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Master Marine delivers new 67′ towboat to St. Louis

Master Marine Inc. (MMI) has delivered the Frank Mellor to Osage Marine Services, Inc., St. Louis. The new 67’x28′ vessel is designed by Entech Designs LLC., Kenner, La.

The towboat is powered by a pair of Laborde Products S6R2-Y3MPTAW Mitsubishi 803 hp Tier 3 diesel marine engines operating at 1,400 rpm., coupled to Twin Disc 5321 gears.

Laborde Products also provided electrical power with two Northern Lights M65C13.2S 65-kW Tier 3 electronic controlled generators with RW Fernstrum keel coolers...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/master-marine-delivers-new-67-towboat-to-st-louis/

Coast Guard closes five miles on Mississippi after St. Louis bridge allision

The wheelhouse of the towboat Legacy was crushed in an allision with the Eads Bridge at St. Louis, Mo., May 2, 2019. Video image by Albert M. Garcia via Facebook

A towboat crew narrowly escaped injury when their vessel struck the Eads Bridge at St. Louis, Mo., Thursday, prompting the Coast Guard to close a five-mile stretch of the upper Mississippi River.

The 80.6’x30’x11’, 2,600-hp towboat Legacy, operated by Enterprise Marine Services LLC, Houma, La., was pushing barges downriver when the allision happened off the right descending bank.

The impact nearly sheared off the wheelhouse, but no one was injured, according to Coast Guard officials, and the crew...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/coast-guard-closes-five-miles-on-mississippi-after-st-louis-bridge-allision/

Carboline Canstruction Food Drive exceeds goal

During the month of February, facilities across the U.S. and Canada participated in the second annual Canstruction Challenge. Carboline Company photo

Carboline Company, St. Louis, has come together again to help support local food pantries in coordination with its CarboCare initiative. CarboCare is Carboline’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program.

Carboline is a St. Louis-based coatings manufacturer with global reach. The company produces high quality performance coatings, linings and fireproofing products in more than 20 manufacturing facilities around the world.

Carboline’s Green Bay plant won the Canstruction Challenge with its...

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