摘要: |
The WorkBoat Stock Index posted a slight gain of just over 5 points, or .18%, in December. For the month, winners topped losers by a 2-1 ratio. Kirby Corp. was among the top percentage gainers in December, rising almost 14%. Kirby rose on the news that it had agreed to pay $15.3 million in damages and assessment costs from a 2014 oil spill from a Kirby barge - after a collision the company was found to have caused. The Department of Justice made the announcement in early December. The U.S. and Texas concurrently filed a civil complaint along with a proposed consent decree. The complaint sought money damages and costs under the Oil Pollution act of 1990 for injuries to natural resources resulting from Kirby's March 2014 discharge of approximately 4,000 bbls. (168,000 gals.) of oil from one of its barges into the Houston Ship Channel. |