UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (date of earliest event reported): January 3, 2005

MARTIN MIDSTREAM PARTNERS L.P.

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (903) 983-6200

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets

     On January 3, 2005, Martin Midstream Partners L.P. (the “Partnership”) completed the purchase of a liquefied petroleum gas (“LPG”) pipeline located in East Texas from an unrelated third party for $3.0 million. The pipeline, which will be used by the Partnership to transport LPG for third parties as well as its own account, spans approximately 200 miles running from Kilgore to Beaumont, Texas. The pipeline purchase was financed through the acquisition subfacility of the Partnership’s credit facility.

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SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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