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Port of Melbourne 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 300 ports in all major parts of the world. The port has 30 commercial berths at five docks, river wharves and Gellibrand Pier in Williamstown. The berths service two modern, purpose-built international container terminals as well as multi-purpose berths that handle cargoes ranging from timber to motor vehicles and specialised berths for dry cargoes including cement, grain, sugar, fly ash and gypsum, plus dedicated facilities for a variety of liquids, from molasses to crude oil and petrochemicals, using the latest handling methods. Maritime facilities managed by PoMC include more than 100 nautical miles of shipping channels and fairways between the entrance to Port Phillip Bay and the berths in Melbourne and more than 150 navigation aids, lighthouses, beacons and buoys marking the commercial shipping channels and approaches to the port. Trade information The financial year 2006/07 marked the sixteenth consecutive year of container trade growth through the Port of Melbourne, which set a new Australian milestone as the first port to handle two million TEU (twenty foot equivalent containers) in a 12 month period. This puts Melbourne in the world’s top 40-60 container ports. In 2006/07, the main containerised commodity exports were: miscellaneous manufactures, dairy products, beverages, cereal grains, stock feed, fruit and vegetables, paper and newsprint, meat, pulp and wastepaper, miscellaneous food preparations. Per day, on average, the port handles 920 motor vehicles, 550 tonnes of tea and coffee, 750 tonnes of wood and timber, 1300 tonnes of chemicals, 2200 tonnes of fruit, vegetables and nuts, 2400 tonnes of dairy products, 5100 tonnes of cereals and 10,800 tonnes of petroleum, alongside many other raw materials and manufactured goods. For more information, view Port of Melbourne Corporations annual reports on the corporate website.
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