Everything about The Ingram Barge Company totally explained
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.
History
Ingram barge was founded in
1946 by
Orrin Henry Ingram, originally mostly shipping
petroleum for
Ingram 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 then
Orrin H. Ingram III became the President and CEO. In Craig E. Philip became Ingram Barge CEO
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). Orrin H. Ingram III remains Chairman.
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The most notorious Ingram barge is
ING 4727, which landed in what had been a residential neighborhood of the
Lower 9th Ward of
New Orleans,
Louisiana during
Hurricane Katrina. It has been suggested that the ING 4727 was responsible for the major breach in the
Industrial 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
Image:River towboat DBQ IA.jpg|M/V Bill Berry of the Ingram Barge Company pushing cargo barges up the Mississippi River at Dubuque, Iowa
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