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K I MIRBY NLAND ARINE rock across the Gulf of Mexico, and 55 Waugh Drive / #1000 dry sugar products between Florida

Houston, TX 77007

Telephone: (713) 435-1000 and the East Coast.

E-mail: [email protected]

Website: www.kirbycorp.com

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President: William G. Ivey

Kirby Inland Marine, through a centralized dispatching system, can minimize repositioning and power costs. Kirby Inland Marine brings these operating ef? ciencies to best serve its customers. Kirby Inland Ma- rine seeks opportunities where it can add value to the transportation servic- es it provides. Kirby’s safety record is exemplary, as recognized by the U.S.

Department of Transportation and

U.S. Coast Guard in awarding Kirby the ? rst William M. Benkert Award in 1995. The operating segments

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Kirby Corporation is a premier The Kirby Inland ? eet of 912 active comprising Kirby Inland Marine tank barge operator in the United tank barges and 251 active towboats have been certi? ed to the ISO 9002

States, transporting bulk liquid prod- has a total liquid cargo capacity of standard. Kirby Inland prides itself ucts throughout the Mississippi River 18.5 million barrels. Kirby Offshore on having the best-trained crews and

System, on the Gulf Intracoastal Wa- Marine is the nation’s largest tank support staff in the industry provid- terway, along all three U.S. Coasts, barge operator, with 70 coastal tank ing both formal classroom and hands- and in Alaska and Hawaii. Kirby’s barges, or approximately 26% of the on instruction at the Kirby Training service includes the transporting of nation’s coastal ? eet. This ? eet repre- Center in Houston, Texas. Beyond petrochemicals, black oil products, sents the broadest capabilities in the this and since 2008, through Kirby’s re? ned petroleum products and ag- marine inland tank barge industry to inland tank barge construction pro- ricultural chemical products by tank satisfy customers’ diverse needs. Kir- gram, the average age of Kirby’s inland barge. Kirby’s diesel engine services by’s inland tank barge ? eet represents ? eet has declined from 23.9 years to segment is a leading after-market ser- approximately 25% of the U.S. inland 15.2 years today. For example, during vice provider for medium-speed and tank barge capacity, as well as being 2015, Kirby continued to reinvest in high-speed diesel engines, reduction one of the youngest ? eets in the U.S. its inland tank barge ? eet with the de- gears and ancillary products for ma- coastal trade, transports re? ned petro- livery of 36 new tank barges, adding rine and power generation applica- leum products, petrochemicals and 489,000 barrels of capacity at a cost tions. Kirby also serves as a distributor black oil along the East Coast, West of approximately $71 million. In early and service provider for high-speed Coast and Gulf Coast, as well as Alas- 2015, Kirby acquired six inland pres- diesel engines, transmissions, pumps ka and Hawaii. Kirby’s coastal tank sure tank barges with a total capacity and compression products, and man- barge ? eet consists of 72 tank barges of 97,000 barrels for $41.3 million. ufactures and remanufactures oil? eld with 6.0 million barrels of capacity Today’s slighter smaller ? eet features service equipment. and 73 tugboats. Kirby also operates more deadweight and cubic capacity six coastal dry-bulk barge and tug – all on younger vessels: the quintes- units transporting coal and limestone sential de? nition of reduced risk.

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