HOUSTON, May 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Kirby Corporation
("Kirby") (NYSE: KEX) announced today that Kirby will present at
the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2011 Global Transportation
Conference on Friday, May 20, 2011.
Specifics of the conference are as follows:
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
2011 Global Transportation Conference
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Location: Four Seasons
Hotel, Boston, MA
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Presenter: Joe Pyne, Chief
Executive Officer
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Presentation date and time:
Friday, May 20, 2011, 10:50 a.m. Eastern
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A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available to
the public 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 8:00 a.m. central
time on Friday, May 20, 2011
on Kirby's website. A written transcript of the presentation
will be available on Monday morning, May
23, through June 24, 2011 on
Kirby's website.
Kirby Corporation, based in Houston,
Texas, is in the marine transportation business, principally
operating inland tank barges and towing vessels, and transporting
petrochemicals, black oil products, refined petroleum products and
agricultural chemicals throughout the
United States' inland waterway system. 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, and distributes
and services high-speed diesel engines, transmissions, pumps and
compression products and manufactures oilfield service equipment,
including hydraulic fracturing equipment, for land-based pressure
pumping and oilfield services markets.
This press release and the presentation may contain statements
that may be considered to be forward-looking statements.
These statements reflect management's reasonable judgement
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 the timing,
magnitude and the number of acquisitions made by Kirby.
Forward-looking statements are based on currently available
information and Kirby assumes no obligation to update 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, 2010, filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
SOURCE Kirby Corporation