Summary
Max. Size:
Breakbulk:
LOA 270 m., draft 10.1 m.
Containers:
LOA 336 m., draft 14.0 m.
Passengers:
LOA 345 m., draft 10.3 m.
Ro-Ro:
LOA 250 m., draft 11.8 m.
Bulk:
LOA 228 m., draft 10.8 m.
Tankers:
LOA 287 m., draft 14.7 m.
Largest Vessel:
111,249 g.t., LOA 350 m., beam 42.87 m.
Fuel:
All grades.
Airport:
Melbourne Tullamarine Int'l, 21 km. Avalon Domestic, 52 km.
Medical:
Facilities available.
Melbourne
AUMEL
Also see
General before first Australia port
OVERVIEW:
Melbourne is Australia's largest container and breakbulk port, handling around 36%
of Australia's container trade. The port handles more than 3,500 commercial ship calls
each year, giving access to all major trading regions. Victorian Ports Corporation
(Melbourne) (VPCM) is the Port Authority, Port of Melbourne (PoM) Group is the private
leaseholder and strategic manager of the port's commercial operations and assets.
LOCATION:
At the northern end of Port Phillip Bay, in the state of Victoria in the SE of Australia.
CHARTS:
AUS Charts No. 143, 144, 154, 155, 157, 158, 788 and 801.
Publications:
BA Australia Pilot, Vol. 2, NP 14.
Sailing Directions for Victoria
List of Lights NP Vol. K
Australian National Tide Tables AHP 11.
Victoria Ports Melbourne
Port Operations handbook and Harbour
Master's Directions,
available from
www.portofmelbourne.com/
PORT LIMITS:
Bound to seaward by the arc of a 3.0 n.m.…
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