Step into the driver’s seat and fuel your mind at Transportation Go!

As the premier conference for soybean and grain transportation and trade issues in the Midwest, Transportation Go! is putting the industry’s top stakeholders in the driver’s seat with a complete set of distinguished speakers, panel discussions and more, offering a full tank of knowledge to everyone that enters the doors. 

“Transportation Go! is uniquely oriented to the transportation opportunities and issues of the value-added specialty grains and oilseeds industry,” said Gary Williams, Specialty Soya and Grains Alliance (SSGA) director of transportation and regulatory affairs. “While other transportation conferences provide a value in emphasizing imports by container, a wide-angle lens on ag products, or bulk commodity perspectives, this conference carves out what is relevant for these shippers and buyers.” 

Hosted by SSGA, the event brings together boots-on-the-ground commodity growers, organizations, traders and shippers of specialty crops, offering in-depth discussions on the global supply chain and how it affects the vital movement of agricultural products domestically and around the world March 12-13 in Minneapolis. 

“We are able to attract decision makers and influencers such as the Federal Maritime Commission, Surface Transportation Board, U.S. St. Lawrence Seaway Administration, Department of Transportation, legislators, state departments of agriculture, commodity associations, and other agencies to hear and learn more about our transportation issues, needs, and barriers face-to-face,” Williams said.  

The conference is also known for pulling the entire transportation supply chain into the conversation, including CEOs of the Port of Los Angeles and Northwest Seaport Alliance, rail roads and container carrier lines. 

“Our conference presents today’s cross-section in transportation in identity preserved products, while always asking the question of what we can expect or change for what lies ahead,” Williams said.  

To help navigate what’s on the horizon, Transportation Go! has a full lineup of distinguished speakers, including Daniel Maffei from the Federal Maritime Commission, John Wolfe of the Northwest Seaport Alliance, Gene Seroka with the Port of Los Angeles, Sten Könst with Spliethoff, Dr. Sal Mercogliano with Campbell University, Hardy Pearson with Hapag-Lloyd and Joe Jobe with SABR.  

“The ability to interact with extremely high approachability, and have your questions responded to is a major selling point of this conference in March each year,” Williams said. “We rotate the conference purposefully to highlight where issues and opportunities are, and to foster new ideas, and participation by different minds in the country, while ensuring we deliver on providing very rich content from the top subject matter experts we can find.” 

Registration is open at www.transportationgo.com/register-now/. Early bird registration is available through Jan. 31, 2025. Sponsorship information is available at transportationgo.com/sponsors/  

SSGA’s annual meeting will be held in the same location on March 11. The annual meeting will reflect on the successes from the past year and look ahead to the future. Board of Directors elections will be held, and the annual SSGA Alliance Honors will be presented at the meeting. The annual meeting is free for members, but pre-registration is requested. Non-members can register for $55.