Coast Guard Honors Heroic Tugboat Crew
It was an unusually slow day on the docks back on April 21, 2021 when crewmembers onboard a Brusco tugboat sprang into action from the Port of Hueneme to assist a vessel in distress. A 17-year-old containership named the President Eisenhower was headed from Los Angeles to San Francisco when it suffered an engine room fire that disabled command of the vessel.A vessel named Teresa Brusco and her crew pushed the Eisenhower vessel away from shore while other tugboats and salvage companies came to assist. The vessel was disabled in the shipping lane while fully loaded and drifting to shore. Crewmembers of
Port of Hueneme Jobs Impact Up 25%
throughout Ventura County including the communities Ventura, Camarillo, Thousand Oaks, Moorpark, Santa Paula, and Ojai. The Economic Assessment concludes that 2,651 induced jobs, 1,239 indirect jobs, and 7,218 jobs with the area’s exporters and importers result from cargo moving through the Port of Hueneme’s marine terminals, making the total job count 13, 632. Indirect jobs reflect local purchases from local suppliers of parts and equipment, business services, maintenance and repair services, communications and utilities, office equipment and fuel by those firms directly dependent on vessel
Legislation Signed for Ports Upgrades
for any new borrowing. "A lot has changed since 1984, and our ports need to be able to compete in the global economy," said Bonnie Lowenthal, chair of the Assembly Transportation Committee and the Select Committee on Ports. "By modernizing the financing ability for the Port of Hueneme, they'll be able to take on some significant infrastructure upgrades, create jobs and increase local revenue." "This legislation will help the Oxnard Harbor District and the Port of Hueneme in their efforts to modernize the port's infrastructure and to expand the global footprint
