NEXT OPERATIONAL & TECHNICAL CONFERENCE

19-20-21 MAY 2025 NEW ORLEANS (USA)

The Conference will take place in The Westin Hotel in New Orleans

100 Iberville
New Orleans, LA 70130
United States
westin.com/neworleans

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.  

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.

PARTICIPATION FEE for Conference participants (Members and non-Members) includes a terminal tour alongside the Mississippi River, 3 lunches, a welcome reception, a dinner, 1.5 days business sessions all transportation costs and a lot of networking moments. We are a not-for-profit company so our prices are based on covering our costs.

The participation fee for partners/spouses of the Conference participants includes the welcome reception, a dinner and a special New Orleans visit during the day on Tuesday 20^th of May 2025. You can register via the conference registration form at our website www.drybulkterminals.org.

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CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM
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