Port of Melbourne - Facts and Figures

Facts and Figures

The Port of Melbourne is made up of the following:

• Swanson Dock West has four berths and is used for containerised cargo. It is managed by D.P.World a division of DUBAI WORLD
• Swanson Dock East has four berths and is used for containerised cargo. It is managed by Patrick Terminals.
• Appleton Dock berths B,C and D are used for general cargo. They are managed by DP World.
• Appleton Dock E is used for general cargo destined for or from Tasmania.
• Appleton Dock F is used for bulk dry cargo.
• Maribyrnong (Coode Island) is a bulk liquid facility.
• Webb Dock West is a roll-on-roll-off facility for motor vehicles. It is managed by Toll Stevedores.
• Webb Dock East 1 is managed by Toll Shipping for Tasmanian general cargo.
• Webb Dock East 2 is also for general Tasmanian cargo but managed by Patrick.
• Webb Dock East 3,4,5 are managed by Patrick for general and automotive cargo.
• Gellibrand Pier is operated by Mobil and has a direct pipeline to their refinery at Altona
• Holden Dock handles refined petroleum products.
• South Wharf berths 26 to 33 handle general cargo.

From May 2003 till May 2004, approximately 3,400 ships from 42 different lines called at the Port of Melbourne. The port handled 64.4 million tonnes of cargo, including a throughput of 1.9 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) of cargo. In 2006-07 it became the first Australian port to handle two million TEU in a year.