HOUSTON, Nov. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Kirby Corporation
("Kirby") (NYSE: KEX) announced today that Greg Binion, Kirby's President and Chief
Operating Officer, and David
Grzebinski, Kirby's Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer, will present at the Stephens Inc. Fall
Investment Conference on Wednesday, November
16, 2011, at 10:30 a.m. eastern
time. The Stephens Fall Investment Conference is being held
in New York.
A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available to
the public and a replay will be available after the presentation 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 4:00 p.m. eastern time on
November 15, 2011 on Kirby's website.
A replay of the presentation will be available through December 16, 2011 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 products, 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
high-speed diesel engines and transmissions, pumps and compression
products, and manufactures oilfield service equipment, including
hydraulic fracturing equipment, for land-based pressure pumping and
oilfield service 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, 2010 and quarterly report on Form
10-Q for the period ended September 30,
2011 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
SOURCE Kirby Corporation