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Related Party Transactions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions
(17) Related Party Transactions


The Company is a 50% owner of The Hollywood Camp, L.L.C. (“The Hollywood Camp”), a company that owns and operates a hunting and fishing facility used by the Company primarily for customer entertainment. The Hollywood Camp allocates lease and lodging expenses to its members based on their usage of the facilities. The Company paid The Hollywood Camp $5,110,000 in 2019, $4,523,000 in 2018 and $3,634,000 in 2017 for its share of facility expenses.


The Company is a 50% owner of Bolivar Terminal Co., Inc. (“Bolivar”), a company that provides barge fleeting services (temporary barge storage facilities) in the Houston, Texas area. The Company paid Bolivar $459,000 in 2019, $461,000 in 2018 and $581,000 in 2017 for barge fleeting services. Such services were in the ordinary course of business of the Company.


David W. Grzebinski, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, is a member of the board of directors for ABS, a not-for-profit that provides global classification services to the marine, offshore and gas industries.  The Company paid ABS $1,774,000 in 2019, $1,162,000 in 2018, and $1,081,000 in 2017 to perform audits and surveys of the Company’s vessels in the ordinary course of business of the Company.



In January 2019, Amy D. Husted, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company, became a member of the board of directors of Signal Mutual Indemnity Association Ltd (“Signal”), a group self-insurance not-for-profit organization authorized by the U.S. Department of Labor as a longshore worker’s compensation insurance provider.  The Company has been a member of Signal since it was established in 1986.  The Company paid Signal $1,391,000 in 2019 in the ordinary course of business of the Company.



The husband of Ms. Husted is a partner in the law firm of Clark Hill Strasburger. The Company paid the law firm $1,278,000 in 2019, $2,019,000 in 2018 and $830,000 in 2017 for legal services in connection with matters in the ordinary course of business of the Company.