A high value commodity handled at the Port of Hueneme includes the import and export of automobiles and other rolling stock. Automobiles make up the greatest percentage of the District’s ocean freight operating revenue. The Oxnard Harbor District has contracts with three vehicle distribution companies for the handling of vehicles transiting the Port. These read more
The Port of Hueneme began 80 years ago with a mission to provide California’s central coast agricultural community with an ocean link to the global market. Located approximately sixty miles northwest of Los Angeles in Ventura County, it became known as “the Port the Farmers Built.”
In 1978 Del Monte Banana Company began a weekly service read more
The idea for building a Port at point Hueneme was the direct result of a coastal exploration by Thomas Bard in 1867. Bard had learned of a freak submarine valley (Hueneme Canyon over 1000 feet deep that came within 300 feet of the proposed channel and how an underground river would keep the read more
ILWU Local 46 will hold its Walk the Coast event in Port Hueneme on Saturday, August 9, 2014. The event will include an ocean-view walk that begins at 10:00 a.m., starting at the Dorrill B. Wright Cultural Center, Oceanview Pavilion, 575 Surfside Drive, Port Hueneme and ends at the historical lighthouse on the Promenade. read more
