Bouchard Transportation Co., Inc, based in Melville, New York, and founded in 1918, was a closely held family-owned company that provided oil and petroleum product transportation in the United States.
The company operated 26 tugboats and 25 oil tanker barges.
[1] In October 2017, one of its barges exploded off Port Aransas, Texas, killing two members of the crew.
The firm made efforts to suppress a Coast Guard investigation of the accident and retaliated against employees who cooperated.
He was removed from his position at the order of a bankruptcy court in March 2021.