Pictured: the Reliance Photo by: Captain Lawrence Dalli
(Dixie Fuels Inc., Dixie Carriers Inc., DIXIE MARINE INC)
Founded in 1948, by a group of investors, that included George Peterkin, Sr., the father of the Kirby Coproation's Chairman Emeritus, George Peterkin, Jr.
The group acquired the River Terminals Corporation, a transporter of petroleum between Houston, Texas and New Orleans, Louisiana. To form the Dixie Transportation Company Incorporated.