14 Dec VITA Global Networking Lunch – Port of Los Angeles Tour and Program Recap
VITA hosted a special Global Networking Lunch on November 30, 2017 with lunch at Acapulco San Pedro, program and boat tour of The Port of Los Angeles.
Jim MacLellan, Director of Trade Development and Norman Arikawa, Assistant Director of Trade Development from The Port of Los Angeles presented “State of the Port” during lunch and highlighted their successful year.
The educational boat tour offered an up close view of The Port’s cargo operations and ships unloading hundreds of containers. The top two containerized imports furniture and auto parts and top containerized exports are paper/wastepaper and pet/animal feed.
Special guests included guests from the Myanmar Consulate General at Los Angeles, Consulate General of The People’s Republic of China in Los Angeles and Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia
Lunch was sponsored by The Polaris Group.