American River Transportation Company

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American River Transportation Company
Type Subsidiary of Archer Daniels Midland
Founded unknown
Headquarters Illinois, USA
Key people Royce Wilkin, President
Industry Agriculture
Transportation

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. ARTCO also manages transportation of Cocoa along the Madeira River in Brazil near Bolivia.

ARTCO owns 2,000 barges, plus dozens of towboats and harbor tugboats [1].

ARTCO ships many of ADM's products, including as grain and oil seed, ethanol, and corn gluten meal.