USCG responds to sunken towing vessel

The Coast Guard was responding to a sunken towing vessel in Pass a Loutre near Venice, La., Monday. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a report at 2 a.m. that the

Kirby invests $100 million in new tank barges

Kirby Corporation plansĀ  2011 capital spending of $220 to $230 million, including approximately $100 million for the construction of 40 new inland tank barges and three new inland towboats, and approximately $36