RAMPS Logistics chief executive officer Shaun Rampersad is excited about the upcoming Energy Conference 2023.

In a conversation with Business Day, he described the conference – January 23-25, Hyatt Regency, Port of Spain – as a tremendous networking opportunity that results in broadening connections and expanding each participant's business.

“The conference is a huge part of being successful in building relationships, getting to know people, understanding who are the major players in the industry and I feel like that the TT Energy Conference does that very well,” he said.

“I think that the energy conference gives a chance for service companies to hear directly from the operators. They come to to the conference, they tell us about their plans for next year, where they plan to invest and we get an idea as to where the industry is heading. One of the things that every single service company will be paying attention to at the conference is what is the capital spend of each of the major operators, so we know where to focus our business as well.”

Rampersad said the conference will also give the service companies insight as to what the next few years may look like within the industry. He said Ramps Logistics as a service company offers its clients the resources needed to carry out their functions undisturbed.

Ramps Logistics first started as a customer brokerage business and has grown over the last few years to become an integrated logistics company for oil and gas freight services, shore base management, material management business, and provisional personnel logistics – getting visas or work permits for the workers. He explained that the company is responsible for providing the necessary resources to its clients for smooth operations.

Ramps Logistics will be an exhibitor at this year’s conference and Rampersad said that it’s important for the company since last year, it focused on building new digital systems to ensure the company and its customers were able to operate virtually without hiccups.

“It gives us a chance to display back to our customers over three days on the progress we made as an organisation, what digital systems we built out and to really show people how the company has progressed and it gives us a chance to try and convince participants of the conference that we can add value to their business.”

Rampersad said this conference would be the company’s second physical one post-pandemic restrictions and he expects to see a full conference since there’ll be around 700 participants.

[caption id="attachment_995404" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Anisha Bain of Plant Solutions Ltd shows a flame-resistant coverall to attendees at the Energy Conference, Hyatt Regency, Port of Spain on January 1, 2022. - File photo/Ayanna Kinsale[/caption]

“I really hope that the conference is a shot of energy especially for the smaller service companies in the country because those are the ones who really felt the brunt of the pandemic. Those are the