American Commercial Lines Inc. Announces Earnings Release Date

JEFFERSONVILLE, IN--(Marketwire - July 22, 2010) - American Commercial Lines Inc. (NASDAQ: ACLI) ("ACL" or the "Company") will conduct a live webcast and conference call to review and discuss its second quarter 2010 financial results on Thursday, July 29, 2010, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time. ACL is scheduled to release its financial results for the second quarter 2010 on Thursday, July 29, 2010 prior to the opening of the financial markets.

ACL's live webcast, featuring a slide presentation, may be accessed at www.aclines.com. If you plan on viewing the slide presentation, please listen to the call via your computer speakers, rather than dialing in by telephone, in order to avoid a time lapse between the slide presentation and the audio. 

The telephone numbers to access the conference call are: Domestic (866) 788-0541 and International (857) 350-1679. The participant passcode is 78013936. 

For those unable to participate in the live webcast or conference call, the webcast will be archived at www.aclines.com within three hours of the conclusion of the live call and will remain available through September 29, 2010. Following this date, the slide presentation will remain archived at www.aclines.com.

American Commercial Lines Inc., headquartered in Jeffersonville, Indiana, is an integrated marine transportation and service company operating in the United States Jones Act trades, with approximately $850 million in revenues and approximately 2,570 employees as of December 31, 2009. For more information about American Commercial Lines Inc., visit www.aclines.com.

Contact Information:

Contact:
David T. Parker
Vice President, Investor Relations & Corp. Communications
(800) 842-5491