Hughes Marine Firms

The Hughes family business traces its roots to Michael Hughes, a boatman who arrived in New York in 1843, and has operated under the motto "Clearing House for Marine Difficulties" since 1894. James Hughes, Inc. was incorporated in 1934 as the transportation arm, and Hughes Bros., Inc. in 1945 to provide deck barges to the aggregate and marine construction industries. Hughes Bros. holds US Interstate Commerce Commission Certificate W463, issued in 1944. The fifth generation of the family now manages the business.

In 1992 Hughes and Reinauer Transportation purchased Erie Basin Bargeport, an 86-acre pier and warehouse facility in Brooklyn with 4,000 lineal feet of bulkhead, one of the largest private tug and barge berthing facilities on the US East Coast. Hughes is a member of the American Waterways Operators and a designated carrier under its Responsible Carrier Program.