Welcome to the official website of The Greater New Orleans Barge Fleeting Association commonly referred to as GNOBFA.

Seminar Information

41st River and Marine Industry Seminar

InterContinental-New Orleans
444 St. Charles Ave
New Orleans, Louisiana, 70130

Wednesday, April 9th, 2025

Thursday, April 10th, 2025

Friday, April 11th, 2025

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Bulletin

Notices for our events and programs

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Board

View some of our board members

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Memberships

View pricing and requirements for our memberships

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Forums

Missed some meetings? Catch up with what happened on our forums page

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Checkout Our Helpful Links

View a list of important links like the Corp of Engineers, USCG, and weather websites.

60

One barge of grain = 60 trucks or 15 rail cars

450

One 30 barge tow of grain = 1800 trucks or 450 rail cars.

18k

Ten 30 barge tows a week = 18,000 trucks or 4500 rail cars.

936k

52 weeks of tows = 936,000 trucks or 234,000 rail cars.