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EXHIBIT 10.13 Consulting Agreement between ACL and David Wagstaff, III   CONSULTING AGREEMENT

AGREEMENT, made this first day of October, 1999, by and between American Commercial Lines LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (hereinafter "COMPANY") and
David Wagstaff III (hereinafter "CONSULTANT"), for the services defined and under the following terms and conditions.

I. CONSULTANT SERVICES

COMPANY hereby engages CONSULTANT to perform services for the COMPANY and its subsidiaries and affiliates under the terms and conditions herein set forth in
the areas of financing, international strategy, mergers and acquisitions, terminal and facilities management, and other related activities as they may be required from time to time and defined by the
president of the COMPANY or his designated representatives.

II. COMPENSATION

For performance of the services set forth in Article I, CONSULTANT will bill the COMPANY and COMPANY shall pay CONSULTANT for actual days worked at a
rate of $2000 per day. Travel time, if required for meetings and consultation, is billable. Partial days worked will be prorated on the basis of an eight-hour day.

III. CONSULTANT'S EXPENSES

CONSULTANT shall be reimbursed only for actual expenses incurred in performance of the services set forth herein, subject to the policies and procedures of
COMPANY with respect to such reimbursement in effect at the time of the reimbursement request. Such expenses shall include travel costs and cost of accommodations.

IV. TERM OF AGREEMENT

The term of this Agreement shall be for the period from October 1, 1999, until October 1, 2000. The term of the Agreement may be extended or
terminated upon written agreement of both parties to this Agreement.

V. CONFIDENTIALITY

CONSULTANT agrees not to divulge, publish or otherwise make known, either directly or indirectly, to any person, firm, association or corporation, or to use
for the benefit of himself or any other person, firm, association or corporation, during the term of this Agreement and thereafter, any knowledge, information or facts relating directly to the
business of the COMPANY, including any inventions, discoveries, improvements, processes, formulas, apparatus, equipment, methods, trade secrets, secret data and any project data, contracts, proposals,
bids, negotiations, financial information, or other technical and commercial data, possessed, owned or used by the COMPANY (and not otherwise public information), which he acquires in the course of or
by virtue of his engagement by COMPANY.

VI. OWNERSHIP OF COMPANY INFORMATION AND CONSULTANT WORK PRODUCTS

All documents and papers, including all records, files, memoranda, financial information, reports, price lists, customer lists, drawings, plans and sketches,
and all copies and summaries thereof, and all equipment and other materials, which CONSULTANT shall use, prepare or come in contact with in the

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of or by virtue of his engagement by COMPANY, shall remain the sole property of COMPANY and upon termination of the Agreement shall be returned by CONSULTANT to the COMPANY if requested.

VII. ASSIGNMENT

It is understood that the services to be performed by CONSULTANT hereunder are of a personal nature, and CONSULTANT shall not assign this Agreement in whole or
in part or cause or allow same to be assigned by operation of law.

COMPANY
may subcontract or assign any or all of its rights and obligations under this contract to any corporation owned at least 50 percent or financially controlled by
COMPANY.

VIII. TAXES

CONSULTANT shall be responsible for payment of all Federal, State and local taxes incident to performance of the services covered by this Agreement and the
payments made to CONSULTANT hereunder.

IX. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR

CONSULTANT is engaged under the terms of this Agreement as an Independent Contractor, and shall perform the services set forth herein solely as an Independent
Contractor.

X. ENGAGEMENT AND OTHER DUTIES

The president of the COMPANY shall be the sole company officer authorized to engage the consulting services of CONSULTANT. The parties acknowledge that
CONSULTANT currently serves as a member of the Board of Representatives of American Commercial Lines Holdings LLC and receives fees separately for such services. CONSULTANT'S duties associated with
his role as a board member shall remain separate and apart from any engagements contemplated under this Agreement.

XI. GOVERNING LAW

The terms of this Agreement shall be construed and interpreted under, and all rights and duties of the parties shall be governed by the law of the State of
Louisiana, U.S.A.

XII. ENTIRE AGREEMENT

This Agreement supersedes and replaces any and all prior consulting agreements, written or oral, between the parties.

No
waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any right hereunder and no authorization of any act not in conformity herewith shall be deemed to amend or supersede this Agreement, in
whole or in part, unless such waiver of authorization shall be in writing and signed by an officer of the COMPANY.

Should
any provision, in whole or in part, of this Agreement be found to be legally invalid, void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected
thereby, and the parties hereto shall, by amendment to this Agreement, promptly replace such provision by a reasonable new provision that, as far as legally possible, shall approximate what the
parties intended by such original provision to carry out their purpose hereunder.

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WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have set their hands to this Agreement on the day and year first above written.

| |  | AMERICAN COMMERCIAL LINES LLC             
| |  | ------------------------------------------
| |  | By:                                       
| |  | As:  President and Chief Executive Officer
| |  | DAVID WAGSTAFF IIICONSULTANT              
| |  | /s/DAVID WAGSTAFF III                     

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