Plano estratégico porto de los angeles
Mayor, City of Los Angeles
Janice Hahn
Senior Management
Geraldine Knatz, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Councilwoman, 15th District
Michael Christensen
Deputy Exectuive Director Development
Board of Harbor Commissioners
Molly Campbell
President
Deputy Exectuive Director
Finance and Administration
Jerilyn López-Mendoza
Captain John M. Holmes
S. David Freeman
Vice President
Deputy Executive Director Operations
Kaylynn L. Kim
Kathryn McDermott
Commissioner
Douglas P. Krause
Commissioner
Joseph R. Radisich
Commissioner
Deputy Executive Director
Business Development
Arley Baker
Director
Public Relations and Legislative Affairs
Thomas A. Russell
General Counsel
PORT OF LOS ANGELES
The Port of Los Angeles is among the world’s premier ports and is a critical hub for global trade. This prominence brings with it responsibilities and expectations for the highest possible standards for efficiency, safety and security, and environmental leadership.
Booming Asian trade has made Los Angeles the nation’s busiest container port – and part of the world’s fifth busiest port complex, handling 8.4 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in 2007. The six-county metropolitan area surrounding the Los Angeles Harbor is home to 21.2 million residents, 485,000 businesses and – with more than 930,000 workers – is one of the largest U.S. manufacturing centers. The Port is the optimal gateway for Pacific Rim cargo moving to Sunbelt and Southeastern United States factories and distribution centers.
San Pedro Bay, which includes both the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, receives more than 42% of total
U.S. waterborne containerized imports, with some 70% of such imports coming from Asia. Container cargo moving across
Port of Los Angeles docks has doubled since 1999, and tripled since 1995. The Port’s 7,500 acres, 43 miles of waterfront,
270 berths and 26 cargo terminals represent a