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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001567619-19-018094
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190909
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190910
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190910

REPORTING-OWNER:	

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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-07615
		FILM NUMBER:		191084763

	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:			77007
		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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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The reported price is the weighted average sales price.  The sales were at prices ranging from $78.40 to $78.45 per share.  The reporting person will provide, upon request by the commission staff, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.</footnote>
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    <remarks>Exhibit List:
Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Ronald A. Dragg, Agent and Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2019-09-10</signatureDate>
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  <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</div>
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  <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; font-size: 12pt;">The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of William G. Harvey and Ronald A. Dragg, each with the authority to act alone, as
    the undersigned&#8217;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:</div>
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  <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-left: 36pt;"><font style="font-size: 12pt;">1.</font><font id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 36pt">&#160;</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;">execute on behalf of the undersigned in the undersigned&#8217;s capacity as an officer and/or director of Kirby Corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), 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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  <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-left: 36pt;"><font style="font-size: 12pt;">2.</font><font id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 36pt">&#160;</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;">take any 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
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  <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-left: 36pt;"><font style="font-size: 12pt;">3.</font><font id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 36pt">&#160;</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;">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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  <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; font-size: 12pt;">The 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&#8217;s substitute or
    substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done pursuant to this Power of Attorney.&#160; 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&#8217;s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</div>
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  <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; font-size: 12pt;">This 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&#8217;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. The undersigned hereby revokes any previous powers of attorney granted by the undersigned relating to the same subject matter as this Power of Attorney.</div>
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  <div style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt;"><u>DATED _August 14, 2019</u></div>
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  <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 252pt; font-size: 12pt;"><u>/s/ David W. Grzebinski</u><font id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 12pt">&#160;</font></div>
  <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 252pt; font-size: 12pt;">Signature</div>
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  <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 252pt; font-size: 12pt;"><u>David W. Grzebinski</u></div>
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