private subsidiary of ingram industries industry transportation founded 1946 1946 founder orrin henry ingram sr. headquarters nashville tennessee united states key people craig e. philip ceo services barge transport parent ingram industries website https www.ingrambarge.com ingram barge company m v pat c at chalmette louisiana . the ingram barge company is a barge company based in nashville tennessee united states . according to the company website ingram operates nearly 4 000 barges with a fleet of over 80 linehaul vessels and over 30 tug boats . the company operates on the mississippi river ohio river cumberland river tennessee river gulf intracoastal waterway kanawha river illinois river and the monongahela river . in 1994 forbes magazine listed ingram as the 14th largest privately held company in the united states . ingram barge is part of the ingram marine group in turn part of ingram industries . contents 1 history 2 ingram barge and hurricane katrina 3 competition 4 gallery 5 external links history edit ingram barge company ibco was founded in 1946 by orrin henry ingram sr. also known as hank . the company started out as ingram products company transporting primarily petroleum and running terminals in st. paul and louisville . over time hank expanded the barging side of the business and reorganized his fleet under a new subsidiary ingram barge company . he brought on his sons frederic b. ingram and e. bronson ingram ii to be integral members of the company . in the 1960s ibco acquired a sand and gravel yard which would later become known as ingram materials company and officially put ibco into the dry cargo transportation business . during this time of expansion the family was hit with the unexpected hank ingram died in april 1963 . after hank s death bronson and fritz continued their father s vision of growing their barging business . they expanded into off shore marine construction and started moving other types of cargo among them coal and crushed stone . in 1978 the brothers split up ingram corporation . bronson began his leadership of ingram industries inc. which encompassed ibco . in 1984 ingram purchased ohio barge line formerly owned by u.s. steel . neil n. diehl came on board as chairman emeritus of ibco to oversee the acquisition . during the 1980s ingram bought many boats and barges from several different transportation companies allowing ibco to become the third largest for hire river carrier in the u.s. on june 15 1995 e. bronson ingram died . ingram industries was then organized naming two of bronson s sons orrin h. ingram ii and john r. ingram as co presidents . in 1998 orrin was appointed chairman of ibco and in 1999 became president and ceo of ingram industries . john became vice chairman of ingram industries and craig e. philip was named president and ceo of ingram barge co. in 2002 ibco acquired midland enterprises llc which included the ohio river company llc and orgulf transport llc . in 2005 ingram acquired riverway company . these strategic acquisitions allowed ingram to become what it is today the largest carrier on the inland waterway system . the ing 4727 in the ruins of the lower 9th ward of new orleans . note the school bus partially beneath the barge . ingram barge co. ingram barge and hurricane katrina edit perhaps the most famous ingram barge was ing 4727 which broke free of its moorings during hurricane katrina and landed in what had been a residential neighborhood of the lower 9th ward of new orleans louisiana . it was suggested that the ing 4727 was responsible for the major breach in the industrial canal although several major studies concluded otherwise . the ing 4727 was in the custody of lafarge north america at the time of the hurricane . in 2008 a federal district court in new orleans found that ingram barge was not responsible or liable for the breakaway of the ing 4727 . in 2009 the u.s. court of appeals for the fifth circuit dismissed an appeal of the district court s ruling thereby officially ending ingram barge s involvement in the ing 4727 litigation . competition edit competition includes kirby american commercial lines higman barge scf marine and artco . gallery edit m v bill berry of the ingram barge company pushing cargo barges up the mississippi river at dubuque iowa james e. anderson pushing coal and sand on the ohio river at cincinnati ohio ingram barge company towboat erna e. honeycutt at lock and dam no. 15 . external links edit ingrambarge.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ingram barge company & oldid 717305076 categories water transportation in tennesseecompanies based in nashville tennesseedry bulk shipping companiestransportation in tennesseeingram familyhidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main 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