The International Liquid Terminals Association is accepting proposals through April 26 for 2021’s Terminal Operating Practices Symposium, its highly regarded all-day discussion to promote peer-to-peer learning and operational excellence in the terminal industry.  

The International Liquid Terminals Association today launched registration and unveiled its new website, https://ilta2021.ilta.org/, for the 2021 Annual Operating Conference and Trade Show, slated for October 4-6 in Houston. 

After signing the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill into law on March 11, President Joe Biden quickly turned his attention to moving a massive infrastructure package through Congress, outlining a $2 trillion infrastructure and jobs plan called the “Build Back Better Recovery Plan” In Pittsburgh March 31.   

Many ILTA terminal members partner closely with barge companies to keep goods moving in and out of their facilities, contributing to local economies and interstate commerce. Some ILTA companies like Canal Barge are both terminal operators and barge operators. These companies have a special appreciation for the importance of our national waterways network.

With Passover beginning March 27 and running through April 4, you may have noticed more special kosher labels on food goods in your supermarket. But unless you are an Orthodox Jew, you’ve probably never really thought about what it means to keep kosher or even what is entails to handle and certify kosher products. You’ve probably thought even less about the role the liquid terminal industry performs in the process.