{ "schemaVersion": 1, "organisationId": "O-226f372e52a1412e8d01927c4799b3dd", "slug": "kirby-corp", "name": "KIRBY CORP", "updatedAt": "2026-10-02T16:12:39.826392Z", "sections": [ { "type": "OVERVIEW", "text": "Kirby Corporation is a U.S.-based transportation and industrial-services company operating through two core businesses. Its Marine Transportation segment operates tank barges and towing vessels on inland waterways and along U.S. coasts, moving petrochemicals, petroleum products, agricultural chemicals and other bulk products. Its Distribution and Services segment provides equipment, parts, repair and related services for marine, power-generation, on-highway, oilfield and industrial applications. [P38034187][P10455910][P66096277][P66907469]\n\nKirby’s marine operations serve the Mississippi River System, the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and U.S. coastwise trade; its vessels operate under the U.S. flag. The company traces its origins to 1921. [P10455910][https://kirbycorp.com/about/history/]\n\nKirby reported 2025 revenue of $3.364 billion and approximately 5,233 employees, the large majority in the United States. Its latest reported quarter, Q2 2026, had revenue of $922.4 million. [T8245475][P60592795][T16818000] Kirby describes its values as Safety, People, Excellence, Community and Integrity, including a “No Harm” safety principle. [https://kirbycorp.com/sustainability-overview/]\n[P38034187][P10455910][P66096277][P66907469][https://kirbycorp.com/about/history/][T8245475][P60592795][T16818000][https://kirbycorp.com/sustainability-overview/][https://kirbycorp.com/about/history/][https://kirbycorp.com/sustainability-overview/]", "updatedAt": "2026-10-02T16:12:39.826392Z" }, { "type": "PRODUCTS", "text": "Kirby’s Marine Transportation products are bulk-liquid and dry-bulk transport services. Its inland fleet carries petrochemicals, black oil, refined petroleum products, and agricultural chemicals on the Mississippi River System and Gulf Intracoastal Waterway; its coastal operations also transport bulk liquids and dry cargo. At year-end 2025, the fleet included 1,105 inland double-hull tank barges with 24.514 million barrels of capacity and 266 towboats, plus 28 coastal tank barges with 2.917 million barrels of capacity and 24 tugboats. Towboat horsepower ranged from 800 to more than 5,000 hp inland, and 3,000 to more than 7,000 hp coastwise. [P49091850][T12366782] Additional offerings include vessel construction through San Jac Marine and oversized or heavyweight project-cargo transport by deck or hopper barge through Osprey Line. [https://kirbycorp.com/marine-transportation/][https://kirbycorp.com/marine-transportation/osprey-line/]\n\nKirby’s Distribution and Services segment sells, rents, repairs, and remanufactures equipment and systems including engines, transmissions, reduction gears, electric motors, drives, controls, and generator packages. Services include overhaul, rebuilding, installation, aftermarket parts, and rental of generators, industrial compressors, high-capacity lift trucks, construction equipment, and refrigeration trailers. Its power-generation offerings include new, standby, and rental systems, customized generator packages, and support for natural-gas and diesel engines; applications include emergency standby, peak, and base-load power. The segment also supplies equipment for data centers, pressure pumping, and electric fracturing. [P66311482][P22199685][P70472614][https://kirbycorp.com/distribution-and-services/]\n\nFor full-year 2025, Marine Transportation generated 57.5% of Kirby’s revenue and Distribution and Services generated 42.5%. Within Distribution and Services, 2025 revenue mix was 46% commercial and industrial, 43% power generation, and 11% oil and gas. [T8245475][P34441582] In the first six months of 2026, the two segments accounted for 58.5% and 41.5% of consolidated revenue, respectively. 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[P42096819][P115924963][P55634008][P101213724]\n\nKirby’s offshore service areas extend along the Atlantic coast from New England to the Gulf, with calls in the Caribbean and eastern Canada; on the Pacific, service runs from Southern California to Alaska, including western Canada. Its inland network had 22 fleet locations and more than 800 barge spots as of June 30, 2026. Marine repair operations are located across the United States, including Houma, Louisiana; Chesapeake, Virginia; Paducah, Kentucky; Seattle, Washington; and Tampa, Florida. [https://kirbycorp.com/marine-transportation/offshore-marine/][https://kirbycorp.com/marine-transportation/inland-marine/][P89972666]\n\nKirby serves customers’ equipment worldwide and has certain distribution territories in Mexico, Central America, northern South America and the Caribbean. Its filings do not quantify revenue by country or geographic region, or provide a geographic breakdown of employees. 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[P22199685][P70472614] In fiscal 2025, KMT generated $1.935 billion in revenue, approximately 57.5% of the two segments’ combined revenue; KDS generated $1.429 billion, approximately 42.5%. [T8245475]\n[P49091850][P22199685][P70472614][T8245475]", "updatedAt": "2026-10-02T16:12:39.826392Z" }, { "type": "HISTORY", "text": "Kirby’s corporate origins date to 1921, when John Henry Kirby formed Kirby Petroleum Company as an oil-and-gas exploration and development business. Its marine-transportation roots began in 1948, when investors acquired River Terminals Corporation, which transported petroleum between Houston and New Orleans. Kirby entered marine transportation in 1969 by acquiring Dixie Carriers, formerly River Terminals Corporation. 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These transactions added inland and coastal barges, towboats, and tugboats to the company’s operations. 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