The Port of Hueneme will not be shutting down when construction begins later this year on an $8 million effort to deepen the port — a project that will increase the amount of cargo shipped in by 200,000 tons a year, port officials say.
Port CEO Kristin Decas said the commercial port operations have an agreement with the U.S. Navy to use its berths if necessary. “There will be some financial hit to the port, but not to workers. No one will lose their jobs because of the project.”
The deepening effort, set to begin in December, will smooth out the bottom of the man-made port, taking it down to 40 feet from its current average of 35 feet.