Who We Are

Cooper Marine’s operations are powered by 42 towing vessels, 450 hopper barges, and one of the country's largest fleet of dry bulk gantry and floating derrick cranes. The company’s world-class stevedoring operations span over two deep-draft private cargo terminals located in the Port of Mobile, public bulk terminals in the ports of Corpus Christi and Mobile, and numerous private inland marine terminals throughout the states of Alabama and Mississippi. Cooper Marine’s barge affreightment and towing footprint includes the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, Mississippi River, Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Black Warrior River, Tennessee River, Tombigbee River, Mobile River, Ohio River, Illinois River, Arkansas River, and Cumberland River. Cooper Marine is the premier deep-draft and inland bulk stevedore, barge line, and barge fleeting operator in the southeast United States.  Cooper Marine’s footprint extends to its Louisiana Operations along the Lower Mississippi River as the industry’s premier towing vessel operator servicing inland barge fleets.