ACL to Present at Morgan Keegan 2008 Equity Conference

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., Sep. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Commercial
Lines Inc. (Nasdaq: ACLI) ("ACL" or the "Company") announced today that Mike
Ryan, ACL's President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the Morgan
Keegan 2008 Equity Conference on Thursday, September 4 at 10:05 CDT. The
conference is being held at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee.
A live audio webcast of the presentation, with slides, may be accessed at
http://www.wsw.com/webcast/mk17/acli/ and will be available for on-demand
replay following the conclusion of the live webcast and then archived through
December 4, 2008.
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 $1 billion in revenues and
approximately 3,300 employees as of December 31, 2007. For more information
about American Commercial Lines Inc. visit www.aclines.com .
SOURCE American Commercial Lines Inc.

David T. Parker, Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate
Communications, American Commercial Lines Inc., +1-800-842-5491