Case Study: Canal Barge Company achieves offline access, compliant document control and positive ROI in one year with Egnyte

Egnyte Keeps Canal Barge in-sync and Compliant From the Land to the Sea

Canal Barge Company, a nearly century-old carrier based in New Orleans serving Fortune 500 clients, struggled with fragmented document management: shore-side data was centralized but towboats couldn’t reliably access corporate files, crews were not tech-savvy, and consumer tools like Dropbox caused overwrites while Box failed to provide needed offline sync and version control for compliance audits.

Egnyte delivered a simple, folder-based solution with offline access, automatic version history, granular permissions and searchable PDFs, which crews adopted quickly. The change cut task times often in half, ensured up-to-date regulatory manuals onboard, eliminated costly manual printing and shipping, and produced a positive ROI within a year while streamlining communications and requisition processes.

Canal Barge Company

Barbara Hotard

Helpdesk Technician