About the port

Port of Melbourne is Australia’s largest container and general cargo port, handling around 38% of the nation’s container trade.

Forty-two container shipping lines, as well as a number of other general cargo carriers, make around 3200 ship calls a year to Melbourne, providing services to ports in all major parts of the world.

The port is at the north of Port Phillip Bay. It is serviced by more than 100 nautical miles of shipping channels and fairways between the Port Phillip Heads and the berths on the Yarra River, at Williamstown and Station Pier, Port Melbourne.

Who does what in the port?
Port services and facilities