The St. Louis Regional Freightway, Plaquemines Port Harbor & Terminal District and four ports in the St. Louis region signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to form an alliance to promote international and inland trade routes at strategic locations along the Mississippi River. The represents a five-year commitment.
American Patriot Holdings, LLC, and the Port of Plaquemines will develop a hub-and-spoke transportation system for container transport vessel shipments from Plaquemines, at the mouth of the Mississippi Rivers, to the St. Louis region. First discussions focused on loading operations at a centralized location in Jefferson County, Missouri, with services by rail, barge and truck throughout the bi-state region and the Mississippi River Basin.
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The agreement follows the signing of an exclusive agreement last year by Plaquemines Port and American Patriot Holdings to provide container service from a future terminal in Plaquemines to destinations as far north as Chicago.
The MoU between the five ports and St. Louis Regional Freightway will help the sharing of marketing activities and enable them to exchange data and findings from marketing studies relative to developing port opportunities. Parties will be able to share information on improvements and modernization efforts and technological capabilities and programs.