Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> April 19, 2004

Joseph Pyne – Kirby Corporation (kex)

JOSEPH H. PYNE has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Kirby Corporation since 1995. He has served as a Director since 1988, as Executive Vice President from 1992 to 1995 and was President of Kirby Inland Marine from 1984 to 1995. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina, class of 1970. Upon graduating from college, Mr. Pyne entered the United States Navy as a line officer, and served in various capacities as a Naval Officer until 1977. In 1977, Mr. Pyne left the Navy and joined Northrop Services, Inc., a subsidiary of The Northrop Corporation. In 1978, Mr. Pyne joined Kirby Inland Marine, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kirby Corporation. Mr. Pyne has served on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the American Waterways Operators, Inc. and West of England Ship Owner's Mutual Insurance Association. Mr. Pyne is a past Chairman of the Towing Advisory Safety Committee, is a member of the American Bureau of Shipping, has served as a member of the Inland Waterways Users Board, the Advisory Board of the Sea Borne Conservation Program, is the past Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Clean Channel Association, the Chairman of the National Waterways Foundation, and is a member of the World President's Organization. Profile
TWST: Please tell us about Kirby Corporation

Mr. Pyne: Kirby Corporation is in essentially two businesses: marine

transportation and diesel engine services. About 85% of our revenues are

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