Ocean Transport
Kirby Ocean Transport Operates
as of July 31, 2025
Dry-Bulk Barges
Tugboats
Deadweight Tonnage
Kirby Ocean Transport Company operates a small fleet of offshore dry-bulk barge and tugboat units which primarily transport coal across the Gulf of America from Louisiana to Florida under a term contract with a large Florida utility company. The Atlantic Division also operates three dry-bulk offshore tugboat and barge units which transport sugar from Florida to various locations along the East Coast.
Kirby Ocean Transport also moves coal, fertilizer, sugar and other bulk cargoes on a short-term basis between domestic ports and occasionally the transportation of grain from domestic ports to locations in the Caribbean Sea.
