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Kirby Corporation To Attend May Transportation Conferences

HOUSTON, May 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Kirby Corporation ("Kirby") (NYSE:KEX) announced today that Kirby will attend the 2016 Wells Fargo Industrial and Construction Conference on Wednesday, May 11, 2016, and also give a webcast presentation at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2016 Transportation Conference on Tuesday, May 17, 2016.  Specifics of the conference presentation and meetings are as follows:

2016 Wells Fargo Industrial and Construction Conference 
Investor meetings:  Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Location:  New York, NY

Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2016 Transportation Conference 
Presentation date & time: Tuesday, May 17, 2016, 1:05 p.m. eastern time
Presenters:  David Grzebinski, President and CEO 
                   Andy Smith, Executive Vice President and CFO
Location:  Boston, MA

A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available to the public and a replay will be available for 30 days after the presentations by visiting Kirby's website at http://www.kirbycorp.com.  A copy of the material prepared by Kirby for the presentation will be available at 7:00 a.m. central time on Friday, May 6, 2016, on Kirby's website.  

Kirby Corporation, based in Houston, Texas, is the nation's largest domestic tank barge operator transporting bulk liquid products throughout the Mississippi River System, the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, coastwise along all three United States coasts and in Alaska and Hawaii.  Kirby transports petrochemicals, black oil, refined petroleum products and agricultural chemicals by tank barge.  Through the diesel engine services segment, Kirby provides after-market service for medium-speed and high-speed diesel engines and reduction gears used in marine and power generation applications.  Kirby also distributes and services diesel engines, transmissions, and pumps, and manufactures and remanufactures oilfield service equipment, including pressure pumping units, for the land-based pressure pumping and oilfield service markets, as well as the oil and gas operator and producer markets.

Statements contained in this press release with respect to the future are forward-looking statements.  These statements reflect management's reasonable judgment with respect to future events.  Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties.  Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated as a result of various factors, including cyclical or other downturns in demand, significant pricing competition, unanticipated additions to industry capacity, changes in the Jones Act or in U.S. maritime policy and practice, fuel costs, interest rates, weather conditions, and timing, magnitude and number of acquisitions made by Kirby.  Forward-looking statements are based on currently available information and Kirby assumes no obligation to update any such statements.  A list of additional risk factors can be found in Kirby's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.   

 

SOURCE Kirby Corporation

For further information: Sterling Adlakha, 713-435-1101