And thus starts 2010…!
This year will be a very busy year for the Global Project Logistics Network with even more travel and promotion than ever before. This year we will be attending even more exhibitions and conferences representing our membership. Expect to see you branching out from the our usual logistics events as this year we will start to see more of a focus on target industry events for such industries as oil & gas, heavy equipment, etc. There are plans in the works and you will be updated by e-mail announcements from me, web page and blog updates as well as announcements in subsequent issues of our GPLN newsletter.
I would like to remind everyone to pay attention to the calendar for our upcoming events. We will again make an appearance at the BreakBulk Asia Conference & Exhibition. This is the second event of its kind which is organized by the Journal of Commerce. We will have a fairly large booth there as usual with several members participating together. It is an excellent opportunity to meet the real players in Southeast Asia who are working daily in the oil & gas, mining and heavy industry fields. We had very good results from last year’s event and expect to continue this run in 2010.
A few weeks later we will be at the 4th Indian Ocean Ports & Logistics Conference & Exhibition in Mauritius. With this event we hope to target companies that would be in the eastern coasts of Africa, southern Arabian Peninsula as well as Sri Lanka and other nations in the Indian Ocean. The membership as a whole could benefit from qualified members in this region.
Then come the biggies…
I hope that all of you are getting prepared for our event of the year in Brazil! We have organized a large GPLN booth at Intermodal South America in São Paulo. This is one of the three logistics events biggest events in the world (along with TransRussia and Transportlogistic, which we also take part in) and this show is by far the largest event in all of Latin America. We have conveniently arranged our own GPLN global meeting this year to be three days after the Intermodal South America event. For project cargo specialists this is a huge opportunity to make inroads into Latin America as well as to meet our new members and to visit with our older members all on one trip. The details for the GPLN meeting can be found on our events page on our website. I urge you all to have a look at this as soon as possible due to the fact that we will have a limited number of rooms available at the negotiated price. So be ahead of the eight ball on this.
Finally, I want to remind you all to check our blog, Project Cargo Logistics, on a regular basis for what’s going on with our group. There are lots of photos and updates from GPLN and our membership that you might find interesting. The blog can be found at: http://ProjectCargoLogistics.gpln.net. It would be great as well if you feel like making comments and sharing our blog with others. It is excellent promotion for the group.
Best regards,
Gary Dale Cearley
Executive Director
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