ERGON MARINE & INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY, INC.

Name

ERGON MARINE & INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY, INC.

Legal name

Ergon Marine & Industrial Supply, Inc.

Website

https://ergonmarine.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1969

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Vicksburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Mid-River Fleet Servicing: EMIS provides comprehensive fleet servicing to commercial vessels including fueling, lubricants, fleeting, groceries, parts, personal items, crew changes, and waste removal. Revenue is generated through service fees and product sales delivered directly to vessels on the Mississippi River 24/7/365.
2. Retail Product Sales: Sale of merchandise items such as branded coffee cups and grocery products to vessel crews and customers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Ergon Marine & Industrial Supply (EMIS) provides mid-river fleet servicing for commercial vessels navigating the Mississippi River, delivering fueling, lubricants, groceries, parts, crew changes, fleeting services, and waste removal directly to vessels on the water 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Services are operated from three locations — Vicksburg, Mississippi (headquarters, 24/7/365), Memphis, Tennessee, and Wood River, Illinois (launching September 2025) — with an on-water fleet of towboats and harbor boats.

Product overview

ERGON MARINE & INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY, INC. (EMIS) is a marine supply and service company offering mid-river fleet servicing 24 hours a day. The company operates a unified service platform comprising Groceries (online ordering and delivery to vessels), Parts (oil, grease, supplies with custom ordering), Fueling Services (24/7 fuel and oil supply), Lubricants (bulk and packaged), Fleeting Services (vessel harbor management), Crew Changes, Personal Items, and Vending/Lounge facilities. The company also operates monitoring systems including the Vicksburg Information Center (VIC) for traffic monitoring and incident response, and AIS for vessel tracking. Fleet includes towboats like the M/V Danny K (65-foot, 1,368 hp) and harbor boats like the M/V Dorothy Lee (1900 hp). Services are delivered from multiple Mississippi River locations: Vicksburg (full-service 24/7), Memphis (fueling and lubricants), and Big Valley (personal items).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduces vessel travel time by providing on-river services

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Magnolia Marine Transport CompanycoreOthers · 1 January 1969Original founding customer and anchor tenant - EMIS was founded in 1969 as the Ergon General Store providing support in the form of groceries and other supplies for Magnolia Marine Transport Company. EMIS later expanded services to other marine transport companies.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Kirby Corporation: Largest U.S. inland marine transportation and diesel engine services provider; overlapping fleet servicing, fueling, and marine supplies but at national scale rather than a single-river niche.
• Ingram Barge Company: Major inland barge operator on the Mississippi River system, sharing EMIS's customer base of commercial towboat operators while also being a potential buyer of EMIS's servicing capability.
• Marquette Transportation Company: Inland marine transportation services provider operating tugboats and barges on the Mississippi River and Gulf Intracoastal Waterway; overlapping customer base and geographic footprint.
• American Commercial Barge Line (ACBL): Large inland marine transportation operator on the Mississippi River and inland waterways; comparable end market of commercial barge traffic that drives EMIS's fueling and resupply demand.
• Canal Barge Company: Inland marine transportation and fleeting services provider operating on the Mississippi River system, comparable in fleeting, vessel management, and customer overlap with EMIS.

Direct peers

• Genesis Marine Fueling: Marine fuel and lubricant supplier serving inland towboats and commercial vessels, directly comparable to EMIS's mid-stream fueling and lubricants services on the Mississippi River.
• Crescent Towing & Salvage: Provides harbor towing, fleeting, and vessel services on the Mississippi River, directly comparable to EMIS's mid-river fleet servicing, fleeting, and harbor boat operations.

Others

• Magnolia Marine Transport Company: EMIS's founding customer and original anchor tenant since 1969 — an inland barge operator that represents both a foundational customer relationship and an adjacent participant in the same Mississippi River ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ergonmarine
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ergon-marine-&-industrial-supply-inc.

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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