Commercial Barge Lines (CBL) barge Commercial Clipper hauling cars. This car carrier was built in 1947 for Commercial Barge Lines, Inc., by St. Louis Shipbuilding and Steel Company. Commercial Barge Line Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an inland marine transportation and service company in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Transportation and Manufacturing. The Transportation segment provides dry cargo barge transportation and liquid tank barge transportation on the Inland Waterways. The company was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Commercial Barge Line Company is a subsidiary of American Commercial Lines Inc.