Kirby Corporation

Kirby Corporation operates domestic tank barges in the United States. Its Marine Transportation segment provides marine transportation service and towing vessel transporting bulk liquid product as well as operates tank barge throughout the Mississippi River System on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway coastwise along three United States coasts and in Alaska and Hawaii. It also transports petrochemicals black oils refined petroleum products and agricultural chemicals by tank barges; and operates offshore dry-bulk barges and tugboat units that are engaged in the offshore transportation of dry-bulk cargos in the United States coastal trade. As of December 31 2022 it owned and operated 1037 inland tank barge approximately 277 inland towboat 29 coastal tank barge 27 coastal tugboat 4 offshore dry-bulk cargo barge 4 offshore tugboat and 1 docking tugboat. Its Distribution and Services segment sells after-market service and genuine replacement parts for engines transmissions reduction gears electric motors drives and controls electrical distribution and control systems energy storage battery systems and related oilfield service equipment; rebuilds component parts or diesel engines transmissions and reduction gears and related equipment used in oilfield services marine power generation on-highway and other industrial applications; rents generators industrial compressors high capacity lift trucks and refrigeration trailers; and manufactures and remanufactures oilfield service equipment including pressure pumping units as well as manufacturers electric power generation equipment specialized electrical distribution and control equipment and high capacity energy storage/battery systems. It serves to various companies and the United States government. The company was formerly known as Kirby Exploration Company Inc. and changed its name to Kirby Corporation in 1990. Kirby Corporation was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in Houston Texas.