Port of Melbourne invests to accommodate bigger ships

Pictured: a container ship underway. Photo credit: Cameron Venti via Unsplash.

Port of Melbourne will extend Webb Dock East Berth 4/5, enabling more ships to be berthed at the port.

WDE was completed in 2016 as part of the Port Capacity Project with a berth length of 660 metres, enabling two vessels of 300 metres to be berthed concurrently.

The design vessel was envisaged as being 300 metres long, 40 metres beam (wide) and 14 metres maximum draught.

However, there has been an increasing number...

https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/port-of-melbourne-invests-to-accommodate-bigger-ships/

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