C&B Marine
Official Barge Line of the Cincinnati Reds
About
Founded in March 2011, C&B Marine, LLC is a full-service marine company serving utility companies and others in the aggregate movement business across the Midwest and Southern United States. We are proid to carry on the tradition of decades in the river business begun by Greater Cincinnati Marine and Bray Marine.
C&B Marine, headquartered on the Ohio River in Covington, Kentucky, is a subsidiary of Carlisle & Bray Enterprises, LLC, which also operates C&B Energy Services and C&B Repair & Maintenance.
C&B Marine is an ardent believer in the efficiency of river transportation to meet cargo hauling needs. This comparison by the Iowa Department of Transportation offers a guide illustrating how cargo capacity by river and land compare.
Services
C&B Marine is committed to bringing excellence to our customers in transporting bulk shipments on water in the following capacities:
- Towing
- Fleeting
- Shifting
- Waterway Construction, including dredging, shoreside assistance, and flat rental.
- Crane Services, including express service and barge hot-spotting.
To discuss how we can earn your business and help you move goods, please let us know by contacting us.
Seamen’s Church Institute
Gallery
Public Fleets
C&B Marine operates on the Ohio River primarily between, but not exclusively, Manchester, Ohio, and Louisville, Kentucky (Ohio River mile markers 389 to 626). We operate three public fleet locations:
- Silver Grove, Kentucky (MM 459)
- Ludlow, Kentucky (MM 472)
- Hebron, Kentucky (MM 482)
- Lawrenceburg, Indiana (MM 494)
- Heavy Lifting Dock (Licking River MM 4)
Links
The following links may be of particular interest to those involved in the marine business and provide regularly updated information on river conditions of use to our customers.




