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FILED AS OF DATE:		20170531
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170531

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	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

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		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-07615
		FILM NUMBER:		17880796

	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="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">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 adopted a conflict minerals policy, which has been communicated internally to relevant personnel and to suppliers as described herein.&#160; The policy is available at http://kirbycorp.com/investor-relations/corporate-governance/.&#160; The information on the Company&#8217;s web site does not constitute part of this Form SD.&#160; Certain terms used herein are defined in Item 1.01(d) of Form SD.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Through the Company&#8217;s diesel engine services segment, the Company provides after-market services for medium-speed and high-speed diesel engines, reduction gears and ancillary products for marine and power generation applications, distributes and services high-speed diesel engines, transmissions and pumps, and manufactures and remanufactures oilfield service equipment, including pressure pumping units, for the land-based oilfield service and oil and gas operator and producer markets.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">The Company has determined that tin, tungsten, tantalum and/or gold (&#8220;3TG&#8221;) may be necessary to the functionality or production of one or more products manufactured by the Company or contracted by the Company to be manufactured, and therefore the Company has conducted in good faith a reasonable country of origin inquiry regarding those conflict minerals that is reasonably designed to determine whether any of the conflict minerals originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country, or are from a recycled or scrap sources.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">The products that the Company manufactures are complex, typically containing numerous products from many suppliers.&#160; The Company has relationships with a significant number of suppliers throughout the world and there are generally multiple tiers between the 3TG mines and the Company&#8217;s direct suppliers.&#160; As a result, the Company must rely on its direct suppliers to work with upstream suppliers in order that they may provide the Company with accurate information about the origin of 3TG in the products the Company purchases from its direct suppliers.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Because of the complexity and size of the Company&#8217;s supply chain, it was not practicable to conduct a survey of all of the Company&#8217;s suppliers.&#160; For 2016, 158 of the Company&#8217;s suppliers were identified by the Company&#8217;s relevant business units as potentially supplying products that contain 3TG.&#160; The Company&#8217;s internal conflict minerals team was able to eliminate 14 suppliers based on the team&#8217;s assessment that either (i) the necessary conflict minerals, if any, contained in the products supplied were outside of the supply chain prior to January 31, 2013, (ii) the products supplied did not contain 3TG, or (iii) the products supplied were not contained in products manufactured by the Company or its subsidiaries (or contracted by the Company or its subsidiaries to be manufactured).&#160; The remaining 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 products 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; products was also obtained and reviewed.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Based on responses received, the Company determined that 3TG present in certain of its products may have originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country and may not be from scrap or recycled sources.&#160; The Company has elected not to file disclosure under Item 1.01(c) of Form SD in accordance with the &#8220;Updated Statement on the Effect of the Court of Appeals Decision on the Conflict Minerals Rule&#8221; issued by the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 7, 2017.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Statements in this report which are not historical facts are forward-looking statements under the provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties which could affect the company&#8217;s actual results and could cause its actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward looking statements made by, or on behalf of, the Company.&#160; Further information regarding the important factors that could cause actual results to differ from projected results can be found in the Company&#8217;s reports filed with the SEC, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016.&#160; The Company does not undertake any obligation to revise these forward-looking statements to reflect future events.</div>

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