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FILED AS OF DATE:		20150529
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150529

FILER:

	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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-07615
		FILM NUMBER:		15898365

	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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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Amy D. Husted</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Kirby Corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), along with all of its subsidiaries, is committed to sourcing products in accordance with the law and expects suppliers to do the same.&#160; The Company has designed its &#8220;conflict minerals&#8221; reporting efforts to align and comply with the conflict minerals requirements of the Dodd&#8211;Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the &#8220;Dodd&#8211;Frank Act&#8221;).&#160; Certain terms used in this report are defined in Rule 13p-1.</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">In accordance with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company undertook inquiries to determine whether there is reason to believe that any conflict minerals that are contained in and necessary to the functionality or production of products manufactured by the Company or its subsidiaries (or contracted by the Company or its subsidiaries to be manufactured) having a completion of manufacture date in 2014 may have originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (&#8220;DRC&#8221;) or an adjoining country (together with the DRC, the &#8220;Covered Countries&#8221;).&#160; &#8220;Conflict minerals&#8221; is defined in Section 1502(e)(4) of the Dodd&#8211;Frank Act to include columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, gold, wolframite, or their derivatives.</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The Company has designed and implemented a conflict minerals compliance plan intended to facilitate compliance with Rule 13p-1.&#160; The Company has taken the following steps:</div>

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<td style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; WIDTH: auto; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">The identified suppliers were sent (i) the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC)&#8211;Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (each, a &#8220;CMRT&#8221;) to request specified information regarding the inclusion of conflict minerals in the parts supplied to the Company or its subsidiaries and the country of origin thereof, and (ii) a copy of the Company&#8217;s current Conflict Minerals Policy.&#160; Each CMRT was evaluated for consistency, completeness, and accuracy and, in certain circumstances, further inquiries were made to clarify or improve the quality of the responses.&#160; Moreover, suppliers providing no response or an inadequate response were subject to additional written or oral requests for information.&#160; Information available from other sources (public and private) regarding the use and country of origin of conflict minerals in such suppliers&#8217; parts was also obtained and reviewed.</td>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Based on the Company&#8217;s reasonable country of origin inquiry as described above, the Company has no reason to believe that any conflict minerals that are contained in and necessary to the functionality or production of products manufactured by the Company or its subsidiaries (or contracted by the Company or its subsidiaries to be manufactured) having a completion of manufacture date in 2014 may have originated in a Covered Country.&#160; The Company continues to update internal processes in furtherance of continued compliance with Rule 13p-1.</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The information in this Form SD is also available on the Company&#8217;s web site at <font style="FONT-VARIANT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><u>http://www.kirbycorp.com</u></font>, under the caption Conflict Minerals Disclosure in the Investor Relations section.&#160; Other information contained on or accessible through the Company&#8217;s web site is not a part of this Form SD.</div>

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