Gary Burrows

Editorial Director Breakbulk Events & Media

Gary Burrows’ career spans nearly four decades in editing and publishing. A 33-year veteran of business journalism, he’s focused on international shipping and logistics, supply chain management, regulatory and management issues, including multimodal transport, ports, carriers and infrastructure. He joined Breakbulk Events & Media in December 2011 and was promoted from managing director to editorial director in September 2013, guiding Breakbulk’s industry-leading media products. Burrows previously served nearly 22 years with American Shipper, including more than a dozen years as managing editor, leading staff in producing its magazine, website and Daily NewsWire, which were acquired by FreightWaves in July 2019.


Breakbulk Events & Media builds connections between all people involved in the logistics and transport of project and breakbulk cargoes. Since 1989, we have built industry-leading events in response to market demands with conference programmes that deliver timely information and spark lively discussion, created a respected magazine that serves the full industrial supply chain, and produced a year-round calendar of digital programming for on-demand knowledge and insight from industry experts. We know our industry is “always on” and our digital on-demand content is always available. Yet, we also know that nothing replaces face-to-face for discovering new business contacts and growing relationships and trust over time. You can rely on Breakbulk events to provide a friendly atmosphere to do your best networking.