About Kirby Inland Marine

Kirby Inland Marine operates the nation's largest fleet of inland tank barges and towing vessels. Kirby's service area spans America's inland waterway network: The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, the Mississippi River System, the Illinois River, the Ohio River and numerous other waterways. Kirby is the proven industry leader in safety, customer service and environmental protection. Petrochemicals, refined products, black oil products, and pressurized products are transported efficiently and safely from producers to intermediaries to end users.

 

Kirby Inland Marine operates 887 active inland tank barges, 161 active towing vessels and five fleets. Currently, we employ 1,530 mariners with over 1000 being on a boat at any given time. Our training program is unique in the industry, and we take pride in the fact that we 'grow our own' wheelmen.

In 2000, in efforts to curb an industry-wide employee shortage, we instituted the Kirby (Mate) Pilot Program which walks our own Tankermen through the process of attaining his or her Master's License in the shortest amount of time.

 

In 2005, we began to incorporate graduates of maritime academies in our Pilot Program. This program is just one more way you can climb the Career Ladder to success at Kirby.

 

Check out our boats! More pictures will be added in the upcoming weeks.