St. Louis region again named the most efficient inland port system in the United States

The latest U.S. Army Corps of Engineers data confirm that, measured by tons per river mile, ports in the St. Louis region remain the most efficient inland port system in the country. In 2024, the 70-mile St. Louis metropolitan port district handled 24.8 million tons of cargo, with throughput of 354,286 tons per river mile. That was more than twice the per-mile volume of each of the three port districts with higher total throughput, and more than 10 times the average of 31,072 tons per mile across three other inland port districts.