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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-10-005255
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20100208
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100210
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100210

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Grzebinski David W
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001483620

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-07615
		FILM NUMBER:		10587216

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		55 WAUGH DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1000
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77007

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			KIRBY CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000056047
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	WATER TRANSPORTATION [4400]
		IRS NUMBER:				741884980
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NV
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		55 WAUGH DRIVE SUITE 1000
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77385
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7134351000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P.O. BOX 1745
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77251

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	KIRBY EXPLORATION CO INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19900510
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    <periodOfReport>2010-02-08</periodOfReport>

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    <remarks>Exhibit List:
Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

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        <signatureName>G. Stephen Holcomb, Agent and Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
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on behalf of the undersigned in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or
director of Kirby Corporation (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance
with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
thereunder;</font></div>
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and all actions on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable
to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any
amendment to such form and timely file such form with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority;
and</font></div>
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<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">take any
other action of any kind in connection with the foregoing that, in the opinion
of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or
legally required of, the undersigned, with the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney
to be in such form and contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in his or her discretion.</font></div>
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undersigned grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to
take such actions as may be necessary or proper in the exercise of the authority
herein granted, as fully as the undersigned could if acting personally, with
full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done pursuant to this Power of
Attorney. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</font></div>
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Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is
no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
attorneys-in-fact.</font></div>
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