St. Louis Port Authority

The St. Louis Port Authority is responsible for managing the facilities that make St. Louis, Missouri, the United States second-busiest inland port.

[1] St. Louis is the northernmost port on the Mississippi River that is free of canal locks and is ice-free year-round.

[2][3][4][5] Twenty-nine industrial centers with a population of 90 million can be reached from St. Louis by barge.