The 22nd Annual Breakbulk Americas Transportation Conference and Exhibition set a new record for New Orleans attendance recently with a strong turnout of 3,342 attendees and 238 exhibitors. The event was held from October 24-27, 2011 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.
CSS Group was well represented during the exhibition, led by Ken Dinnadge, VP Business Development, Sreenath V, General Manager CSS Projects, Oil & Energy, Roshmon Manoli, Route Development Manager, North America, Amith Horra, Marketing Manager, and Chandrakala(CK) Asst. Manager, NVOCC Operations. From IFS Doha, Oliver Hahn, Regional Manager was also in attendance.
“Being one of the largest and most important gathering in the Americas for companies involved in the shipping of heavy-lift, out of gauge project cargo and traditional Breakbulk cargoes, Breakbulk Americas was the perfect platform for CSS and its network partners to introduce its products and services whilst networking and developing relationships with the leading specialized carriers, forwarders, ports, terminals and packers who have the expertise and resources to handle oversized cargoes with unique handling requirements” – Sreenath V, General Manager CSS Projects, Oil & Energy, CSS Dubai.
The conference program showcased industry leaders and noted analysts during four days of education sessions and conference panel discussions, which addressed the project cargo market outlook, carrier solvency, new Incoterms, modularization trends and controlling contract costs, among other issues facing the Breakbulk and heavy-lift sectors.
In addition to the conference program and bustling exhibition hall, Breakbulk Americas 2011 hosted Breakbulk Education Day; the first annual Rickmers Golf Tournament, which raised $2,800 for the New Orleans Chapter of Habitat for Humanity; the Breakbulk Business Run, which brought together 40 runners for networking and charity, a certificate program in project cargo management and a heavy-lift technical workshop sponsored by Proven Logistics Solutions.
Breakbulk Americas is one of three major conferences and exhibitions organized annually by UBM Global Trade’s Breakbulk division. Breakbulk Americas will return to Houston October 9-11, 2012.
In addition to the trio of annual conferences and exhibitions, Breakbulk Events will premiere a trio of two-day congresses in 2012: Breakbulk South America in Rio de Janeiro in August 2012, Breakbulk India in Mumbai, India in November 2012, and Breakbulk Africa in Cape Town, South Africa in September 2012.