General Info

The American River Transportation Company, or ARTCO, is a subsidiary of the Archer Daniels Midland Company. ARTCO manages the transportation of ADM products along the Mississippi River, Ohio River and Illinois River in the United States. It also manages transportation of cocoa along the Madeira River in Brazil. ARTCO owns thousands of waterway ships, including barges, towboats and harbor tugboats. The company ships many of ADM's products, including grain and oil seed, ethanol and corn gluten meal. The Archer Daniels Midland Company is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange and is based in Decatur, Ill. It operates more than 270 plants worldwide, where cereal grains and oilseeds are processed into numerous products used in food, beverage, nutraceutical, industrial and animal feed markets worldwide. The American River Transportation Company maintains a location in St. Louis.