NEXT OPERATIONAL & TECHNICAL CONFERENCE

19-20-21 May 2025 in New Orleans (USA)

Join us for the Operational & Technical Conference in New Orleans in May. At our next Conference, our terminal tour will take us alongside the Mississippi River, allowing us to tour some of our Member’s operations. The Mississippi River is known for its huge reach from the Northern part of USA to the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico at Southwest Pass 120 miles (193km) downriver of New Orleans in the State of Louisiana, a total length of 2,340 miles (3.766 km). The intensive and very efficient system of river barging, with land-based and mid-stream terminals provides for the movement of hundreds of millions of tons annually. We will be visiting Impala Terminals with an expansion project on biomass and Zen-Noh Grain terminal, one of the largest and most efficient grain terminals on the Lower Mississippi River for export loadings.

Of course Safe Operations will be highly ranked on our program list. One of the main items we will be focusing on, will be the operations under difficult weather conditions. Louisiana and other parts of the Southern USA are heavily impacted by extreme hurricanes. In recent years, more parts of the world are impacted by complicated weather types. How to prepare? How to defend yourself? What can you do to protect your people and handling equipment from these dangers? How can you reduce the impact on your operations? An important part of our conference will focus on this from a broader perspective, putting it on a global level. From a USA perspective, we will have speakers from the southeastern USA.  Next to these, we will have speakers, panellists and other active participants from South-America, Africa, Europe, Asia, the Middle-East and Oceania.

We will also be focusing on training, equipment developments and changes in the digital world. Fitting into the geographic perspective of Louisiana, we will have a showcase on data capture from floating mobile harbour cranes to a terminal operating system for a wholly Mid-streaming organization.  

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM
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HOTEL REGISTRATION IN THE WESTIN NEW ORLEANS
We have a room block in the Westin New Orleans. Book your hotel room with our special DBTG rate of 229 USD per room per person (excluding tax). This rate is only for delegates of the DBTG Conference and can be taken between 16-22 May 2025.  You can use our hotellink.

GOLF TOURNAMENT-THE COOPER CUP
The DBTG Golf tournament takes place on Sunday 18th of May at the English Turn Golf & Country Club in New Orleans. This Jack Nicklaus Signature Design, Par 72 Championship Golf Course presents a unique challenge to golfers of all skill levels. Every hole has an individual personality including numerous bunkers, large waste bunkers, plentiful grass depressions and mounds which line the sculpted fairways. The property was designed with meandering lakes surrounding the golf course giving a separation from the community and a magnificent Plantation Style Clubhouse making your visit at English Turn an unparalleled experience. You can register for the golf tournament via the Conference Registration Form.

Welcome to the International Dry Bulk Terminals Group

ABOUT DBTG

A not-for-profit society open to all owners/operators of dry bulk terminals world-wide. Established in 1998 The International Dry Bulk Terminals Group (DBTG) provides an effective forum and voice for a global, but highly fragmented, industry that is of critical importance to the seaborne trade and transportation of dry bulk commodities. Since foundation DBTG has developed into a community where members freely exchange ideas and concerns, experience and expertise on issues such as operational safety and efficiency, technical analysis and innovation, environmental matters, operator training, as well as maritime security. In all these matters DBTG’s work programme includes initiatives of regional and global relevance.