John Burns, Port of Coos Bay CEO, says the port has been working on several projects, including
the railroad rehabilitation project and Jordan Cove.
Currently, he says the port’s most consuming project has been focused on deepening its channel.
According to the port, Coos Bay is the largest coastal deep-draft harbor between the San Francisco bay and Puget Sound.
He says deepening this channel will promote even more job opportunities.
“When we have that opportunity to bring in deeper draft vessels, bigger vessels, it will open up the opportunity to bring in new members of the port community who will be able to take advantage of that deeper channel,” Burns says.