Port of Melbourne

Melbourne: Container volume increased in December

Total trade through the Port of Melbourne for December 2018 was 8.12 million revenue tonnes which was 0.6 per cent above December 2017 and 4.6 per cent up for the financial year to date.

Full container imports continued to trend upward in December increasing 2.2 per cent over the comparable month last year to be up 5.9 per cent for the financial year to date.

Imports from Tasmania gained 19.4 per cent, and mainland coastal imports increased 41.9 per cent (633 to 898 TEU).

Commodities most...

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Port of Melbourne to deliver a real rail solution

Farmers, exporters and importers will see real benefits from the delivery of a real rail solution at the Port of Melbourne.

Port of Melbourne CEO, Brendan Bourke, welcomed the State and Federal Government’s Port Rail Shuttle Network (PRSN) funding announcement that will improve rail connections to the Port of Melbourne.

Mr Bourke also commended the Victorian Government’s public commitment to work with the Port of Melbourne on its proposal to progress a comprehensive ‘on dock’ rail solution,...

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Price hike for trucks at Port of Melbourne

Operations at the Port of Melbourne have become the nation’s most expensive, with charges to some truck and rail operators escalating by more than 2000 per cent in two years.

The rapid price hike has led the nation’s competition watchdog to warn that the state government may need to step in to protect consumers from escalating prices.

From January, the cost of shipping cargo to or from Melbourne will rise to $85 per container, if the city’s biggest stevedoring company, DP World, is the company...

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Melbourne as a main player in Australia

Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT), Melbourne, is now the regular recipient of large container vessel calls, bringing the port into line with its peers on the east coast of Australia – Sydney and Brisbane – and delivering multiple benefits to importers and exporters.

VICT was developed as part of the Port of Melbourne’s, Port Capacity Project (PCP), a Victorian State Government initiative conceived to redevelop Webb Dock East, to deliver the extra capacity needed to support...

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Port of Melbourne supports a “green” event

On Sunday 23 September, Port of Melbourne sponsored Ocean Crusaders “Paddle Against Plastic” event at Moonee Ponds Creek. Over 120 incredible volunteers braved the cold to remove 916 kg of debris in just 2 hours. This was added to the several tonnes of rubbish that Ocean Crusaders removed around the Port of Melbourne during the week.

Victorian Ports Corporation (Melbourne) was in also attendance with their Steer Clear safety vessel.

Ocean Crusaders is calling it their most successful community...

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