Founded in 1933 and headquartered in New Orleans, Canal Barge Company, Inc. is one of the largest privately-owned, marine transportation companies in the United States. The Canal Barge Company family of companies consists of Canal Barge Company, Inc. (CBC); Canal Terminal Company (CTC), and Pelican Marine Services, both are divisions of Canal Barge Company; and Illinois Marine Towing (IMT), a wholly owned subsidiary.
Our greatest strength is in understanding our customers’ requirements and bringing customized solutions. We have a successful track record of developing long-term and mutually profitable partnerships with major companies in the refining, petrochemical, power generation, oilfield service, construction, and materials industries.
At Canal Barge Company, we believe our customer is with us every step of the way and we work to ensure valuable cargo is delivered on time and with zero incidents or deficiencies. No matter the cargo, origin, or destination, our logistics professionals and highly skilled mariners execute customized, efficient, and effective shipping plans. We provide useful communications and expert analysis throughout the full scope of the project to ensure that we meet our customers’ expectations. As a result, CBC enjoys long-term, multi-faceted customer relationships with Fortune 500 oil and chemical companies, public utilities, construction companies, fabricators, engineering companies, and the United States government.
Form long-term mutually profitable partnerships with our customers by providing consistently high-quality marine transportation, harbor services, bulk liquid storage handling, and management services, with zero spills and incidents.
Be the best-in-class provider of logistics solutions and a preferred partner to our customers, vendors, and employees.
We like our equipment but we love our people!
This was the first all-welded steel tank barge on the Inland Waterways and featured an onboard pumping mechanism. These innovations were a vast improvement to environmental safety and efficiency of the barge.
This was the first boat on the Inland Waterways that had a clutching mechanism to switch from forward to reverse and back without stopping the engines. This was an innovation in safety and efficiency of operations and this system of engines, clutch, and reversing gear became the model for World War II landing crafts.
The M/V CODRINGTON and M/V WHITE GOLD formed one of the first fully-integrated Unit Tows on the Inland Waterways where the barges were specifically designed and built together to work as a unit. The streamlined design of the tow allowed for higher speed and fuel efficiency and remains the pattern for modern tows on the inland waterways today.
The M/V HAMILTON was the largest and most powerful boat of its time expressly designed for the Illinois Waterway. It was also the first boat to use steam to maintain a constant product temperature in its barges, which allowed for the transport of temperature-sensitive products.
This resulted in Canal Barge moving coal into Chicago-area power plants for nearly 20 years.
This became an asphalt storage facility supporting road construction in the greater Chicago area.
This resultIn 1987, we pioneered the movement of military cargos for peacetime training.ed in Canal Barge moving coal into Chicago-area power plants for nearly 20 years.
This became an asphalt storage facility supporting road construction in the Canal Barge continued to manage this critical function through the life of the space shuttle program and maintains a relationship with NASA to this day.greater Chicago area.
the largest individual logistics project in company history.
CBC initiated a major project to help plants and refineries above the lock closure maintain operations to maintain jobs and support continued commerce critical to the U.S. economy.
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