Article: C. Berdon Lawrence to Retire as Chairman of the Board of Kirby Corporation.

Kirby Corporation ("Kirby") (NYSE:KEX) announced the retirement of C. Berdon Lawrence, Kirby's Chairman of the Board, effective April 27, 2010, the date of Kirby's 2010 Annual Stockholders and Board of Directors Meetings. Mr. Lawrence has served as Chairman of Kirby since October 1999. He was the founder and former President of Hollywood Marine, Inc., ("Hollywood"), an inland tank barge company acquired by Kirby on October 12, 1999. Mr. Lawrence will serve as a consultant to Kirby and will remain on the Kirby Board.

Commenting on his retirement from Kirby, Mr. Lawrence stated, "Ten years ago on this date, October 12, 1999, we merged Hollywood with Kirby, ...

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