Bouchard files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

The next ATB tug under construction for Bouchard Transportation will be a sister ship to the Evening Star, pictured here in August 2015. Bouchard Transportation photo.

Bouchard Transportation Co. Inc., the nation’s largest independently-owned oceangoing petroleum barge company, announced yesterday that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Melville, N.Y.-based Bouchard said that it intends to fund the Chapter 11 process with debtor-in-possession financing, which will provide the company with the liquidity needed to maintain normal operations while it undertakes certain key operational...

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