Export and Import Statistics

Aerial view of the container terminal in the harbor Maasvlakte, Netherlands

Scope /

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Chairpersons /

Melanie Siggs

Melanie Siggs

Melanie Siggs has worked internationally in strategic roles for both commercial and NGO organisations across the food and timber sectors. She has specialised in fisheries and aquaculture over the past 14 years. She is a consultant to the Global Seafood Alliance, and an Advisor to the World Economic...

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Travis Larkin

Seafood Exchange

Travis Larkin

Owner & CEO

Travis Larkin is CEO and owner of Seafood Exchange, a seafood importing and wholesale company based in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. He joined Seafood Exchange in 1997 from Darden Restaurants, where he handled shrimp procurement for Red Lobster, Olive Garden, and Bahama Breeze. He possesses...

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Program /

9:00-9:05

Opening

9:05-9:55

Export Statistics

Presented by Willem van der Pijl, Board Member and Managing Director, Global Shrimp Forum Foundation

Panelists:

Aris Utama, Director, Bumi Menara Internusa

Gabriel Luna, Shrimp Procurement Specialist, G.Luna Shrimp

Indian expert TBA

Vietnamese expert TBA

Moderated by Travis Larkin, CEO, Seafood Exchange

9:55-10:45

Import Statistics

Presented by Willem van der Pijl, Board Member and Managing Director, Global Shrimp Forum Foundation

Panelists:

Alex Bongiorno, Operations Director, Eurotrade Seafood

Henry DelaLlana, Senior Director Procurement, Chicken of the Sea

Kotaro Mori, General Manager, Maruha Nichiro

Chinese expert TBA

Moderated by Travis Larkin, CEO, Seafood Exchange

Speakers /

Alex Bongiorno

Operations Director

Alex Bongiorno, born in France to a Latin American family, is the COO of Eurotrade Fish in Marseille. Passionate about sales and management, he helps grow the company as a top European and MENA....

Panelist

Aris Utama

Director, Head of Sales & Marketing

Aris serves as Head of Sales and Marketing at Bumi Menara Internusa. He began his career in the seafood processing industry in 2004. Thoughout his 20-year career at Bumi Menara Internusa, he has taken....

Panelist

Gabriel Luna

Gabriel Luna is the owner of Gluna Shrimp. He is also the co-founder and co-chair of the Global Shrimp Council Gabriel Luna works as an international purchase advi sor for several companies who source....

Panelist

Henry Delallana

Chicken of the Sea

Henry DelaLlana

Senior Director Procurement

As Sr. Director of Procurement at Chicken of the Sea Frozen Foods, Henry DelaLlana oversees the purchase and import of over 100 million pounds of seafood annually, overseeing his procurement team....

Panelist

Kotaro Mori

Maruha Nichiro Group

General Manager

Mori joined the company in 1996 and has remained with them for 29 years, dedicating his career to the shrimp business. His experience includes working as shrimp operations manager for the group....

Panelist

Willem van der Pijl

Willem van der Pijl

Co-Founder and Managing Director

Since 2020, Willem is the owner of Shrimp Insights, a leading consulting and intelligence outfit within the shrimp sector. He has travelled across the shrimp industry in Europe, Asia, Latin America....

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