- Ingram Barge Company
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 theMississippi River ,Ohio River ,Cumberland River ,Tennessee River ,Gulf Intracoastal Waterway ,Kanawha River ,Illinois River , and theMonongahela River . In 1994Forbes Magazine listed Ingram as the 14th largest privately held company in theUnited States . Ingram Barge is part of theIngram Marine Group , in turn part ofIngram Industries .History
Ingram barge was founded in
1946 byOrrin Henry Ingram , originally mostly shippingpetroleum forIngram Industries .In the 1960s Ingram diversified into hauling dry cargo as well.
Erskine Bronson Ingram inherited the company from his father Henry, and ran it until his death in 1995; since thenOrrin H. Ingram III became the President and CEO. In Craig E. Philip became Ingram Barge CEO [http://www.ingrammarinegroup.com/barge_profile.asp?id=2&group=exe] . Orrin H. Ingram III remains Chairman. [http://www.ingrammarinegroup.com/barge_profile.asp?id=1&group=exe]The most notorious Ingram barge is
ING 4727 , which landed in what had been a residential neighborhood of theLower 9th Ward of New Orleans,Louisiana duringHurricane Katrina . It has been suggested that the ING 4727 was responsible for the major breach in theIndustrial Canal from not being properly secured before the storm.The ING 4727 was under charter by Lafarge North America at the time of the hurricane and was consequently their responsibility to secure the barge.Gallery
External links
* [http://www.ingrambarge.com IngramBarge.com]
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