Breakbulk26 is the premier, senior-level conference and networking venue for the breakbulk and project cargo shipping and logistics community. The 2026 event, organized by Journal of Commerce by S&P Global, will be held April 20-22 in New Orleans.

Founded three decades ago and reestablished as an annual event by Journal of Commerce in 2019, Breakbulk26 is based on an editorially independent, data-driven and rigorous conference program developed by the Journal of Commerce’s journalists and analysts — subject matter experts covering international transportation and logistics — in collaboration with senior industry leaders.

Breakbulk26’s in-depth conference program delves into the most pressing challenges affecting breakbulk and project cargo shippers across the globe. The conference’s focus sessions are a unique opportunity for industry members to learn from and add to high-level, interactive conversations on key industry topics.  The program will also include an updated reprise of our very popular interactive project cargo case study, again providing a unique opportunity for industry newcomers and veterans to learn from top industry experts.  

Breakbulk26 attracts the most knowledgeable, high-level project and breakbulk cargo maritime audience in the industry. In addition to presenting the conference program, Breakbulk26 serves as a platform for essential and intensive networking, negotiations, and relationship-building within the project and breakbulk logistics supply chain. Shippers, carriers, forwarders, land transport providers, technology providers, ports, terminals, railroads, and others who participate in this market interact in an environment enriched by of-the-moment ideas, data, forecasts and debate.

Breakbulk26 is the only event the Journal of Commerce produces for the breakbulk, heavy lift and project cargo maritime market. Breakbulk26 supports but is not affiliated with the Breakbulk Americas, Breakbulk Europe, and Breakbulk Middle East exhibitions.

The Journal of Commerce by S&P Global, founded in 1827, is the leading specialized information provider in international transportation and logistics, led its independent, authoritative coverage of the end-to-end international supply chain, including breakbulk, air and ocean, ports, trucking, intermodal, and technology.