Kirby Corporation Appoints Shawn D. Williams as New Independent Member of Board of Directors

Kirby Corporation (“Kirby”) (NYSE: KEX) announced the appointment of Shawn D. Williams as a new independent member of the Kirby Board of Directors. Shawn has an extensive background in the chemicals industry with professional and board experience, and Kirby is pleased to welcome him to its Board of Directors.

Kirby Corporation, based in Houston, Texas, is the nation’s largest domestic tank barge operator transporting bulk liquid products throughout the Mississippi River System, on 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. In addition, Kirby participates in the transportation of dry-bulk commodities in the United States coastwise trade.