Gunderson Marine builds barge backlog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014 — The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX) announced today that its Gunderson Marine unit in Portland, OR, received a recent deck cargo barge order that brings its total marine backlog to $112 million and extends Greenbrier’s marine backlog to 2016.

Greenbrier’s principle activity is, of course, its booming railcar manufacturing business, which received new orders in its fourth quarter ended August 31, 2014 and through today for 15,000 railcar units valued at $1.37 billion.