Kirby (KEX) 10-K2008 FY Annual report

Filed: 27 Feb 09, 12:00am

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EXHIBIT 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors and Stockholders of Kirby Corporation:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements(No. 33-57621,No. 333-57625,No. 333-72592,No. 333-129290,No. 333-129333, No. 333-152565 andNo. 333-152566) onForm S-8 of Kirby Corporation and consolidated subsidiaries of our reports dated February 27, 2009, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Kirby Corporation and consolidated subsidiaries as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the related consolidated statements of earnings, stockholders’ equity and comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2008, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2008, which reports appear in the December 31, 2008 annual report onForm 10-K of Kirby Corporation.

KPMG LLP

Houston, Texas

February 27, 2009