School Boat Tour Program

Have your students ever wondered where their computers, iPods™ or Adidas™ running shoes come from? They are on sale at local stores only after they have arrived here via the international goods movement system.

The Port of Los Angeles would like to invite your fifth grade class to join us for a free educational boat tour to demonstrate the dynamics of world trade. There is nothing like the experience of pulling up next to a massive containership as it unloads hundreds of containers, or seeing the world’s largest container facility that covers nearly 500 acres. By the way, that’s more than three times the combined size of Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure.

Our narrated tours will be offered from March 1 through June 30, 2010. Scheduling will begin on January 18, 2010 on our website. Special consideration will not be given to requests submitted before then because it is an automated system. Once the date and time of your tour are confirmed, a letter along with printed materials to enhance the students’ learning experience will be sent to you. Each school must make its own bus transportation arrangements to the Port. Limited bus subsidies are available.

For more than 100 years, the Port of Los Angeles has been making history as the leading economic engine for Southern California and the nation. Last year, more than 12,000 Los Angeles Unified School District students took part in our free boat tour program. We hope you too will come aboard and learn about your Port!

For more information about our school boat tour program, please call (310) 732-0423 or send an email to edtours@portla.org.

Hope to see you soon!