Port of Melbourne

Port of Melbourne is pleased to welcome Debbie Goodin as the newly appointed independent Chair of the Board of Directors, effective 1 March 2025. With more than 30 years of senior management experience in the public and private sectors, Ms Goodin’s extensive experience, particularly the critical infrastructure sector, will help move Port of Melbourne forward through its next phase of growth and development. As part of this announcement, current Chair John Stanhope will step down from his role on 28 February 2025. Mr Stanhope was appointed to the role of inaugural Chair in 2016 and oversaw the development of the first roadmap for the future of the Port, ensuring effective response to trade demand growth while bringing positive effects to the broader community. Port of Melbourne is grateful for his leadership and dedication, and wishes him all the best. Under Ms Goodin’s leadership, Port of Melbourne looks forward to continuing to work with our stakeholders and the community in which we operate, enhancing supply chain efficiencies for the future needs of Victoria, while ensuring environmental and social responsibility. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gS7pcgqK

Port of Melbourne is proud to welcome the largest ever vessel to call at the Port’s Swanson Dock. The Seaspan Breeze arrived at Patrick Terminals this morning, setting a new benchmark at 337 metres in length and 48.2 metres in beam. The milestone comes just days after CMA CGM Volga arrived at Swanson Dock East. With an impressive capacity of 10,622 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units), the CMA CGM Volga broke the record as the largest container vessel by TEU capacity to visit Swanson Dock. Port of Melbourne is proud to continually invest in the Port’s capacity to handle larger vessels, including at Swanson Dock, and we look forward to continuing to work with our tenants and broader stakeholders to build Victoria’s supply chain resilience. We thank and congratulate Patrick Terminals, Ports Victoria, Port Phillip Sea Pilots Pty Ltd, Svitzer Australia, SeaportOPX, Stantec, and Highwater Marine for the successful coordination of this historic achievement. https://lnkd.in/gEztfbiW

#NationalSafeWorkMonth: Fire and explosion can result in catastrophic consequences for people and property, including serious injury or loss of life. At Port of Melbourne, extra care is taken at Bulk Liquid Berths, where flammable chemicals and fuels are present. In addition to the protocols in the graphic below, we also place restrictions on non-intrinsically safe equipment and require all workers to complete a site-specific induction for Bulk Liquid Berths. #nationalsafeworkmonth #SafetyIsOurBusiness #whs #workhealthandsafety #safeatwork

Last week, Port of Melbourne hosted 60 postgraduates from RMIT's Shipping Business Management course on a boat tour around the Port. It's always a pleasure to offer a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the Port, especially to an enthusiastic group such as these students. Their keen interest in the shipping, freight, logistics, and supply chain sectors is a promising reflection of our future workforce.

#NationalSafeWorkMonth: At Port of Melbourne, many of our projects involve ground penetration/excavation. Ground penetration/excavation refers to digging and excavation work, such as trenching or spike driving. To ensure safety, we have set Critical Risk Protocols in place, which include the following 'must's:   #nationalsafeworkmonth #SafetyIsOurBusiness #whs #workhealthandsafety #safeatwork 

Port of Melbourne is pleased to be an active contributor to the Industry Stakeholder Reference Group of the Victorian Freight Plan refresh. As Melbourne is projected to become Australia’s largest city by the mid-2030s, prioritising new infrastructure and capacity upgrades is essential. To strengthen Victoria’s freight system, Port of Melbourne supports establishing the right frameworks to integrate freight into key state policies, such as Plan Victoria. Port of Melbourne also hopes that sustainability and climate resilience remain a focus as the freight sector looks ahead. We applaud the Victorian Government's ongoing engagement with industry, and we look forward to further collaboration in shaping a prosperous future for Victoria's freight sector.

Fighting hunger onboard our community partner Foodbank Victoria's mobile supermarket bus! Last week, volunteers from Port of Melbourne packed 1,809 kilos of food - the equivalent of 3,618 meals.   Since 2018, we have provided more than 2 million meals to Victorians in need through Foodbank Victoria. This time around, a total of 135 families came through the bus - and we can't wait to be back to support more families! #foodbank #communitypartnership

At our recently completed Swanson Dock East 150T Bollards Stage 2 Project, diving was undertaken to complete works beneath the berth. Given the port environment, many of our projects involve diving and works afloat. This was identified as the #1 critical risk in our yearly safety review, and Port of Melbourne has set a number of Critical Risk Protocols to ensure a safe work environment.   This #NationalSafeWorkMonth, we're pulling back the curtain on diving and works afloat to show you some of the many protocols that exist for the safety of our staff and contractors.   #SafetyIsOurBusiness #whs #workhealthandsafety #safeatwork

This National Safe Work Month, we reaffirm our commitment to creating a safe and healthy workplace.   Safety risks are present in any workplace. With several ongoing projects across 505 hectares of port land, it is our responsibility to ensure that safety risks are managed.   Here are the top risks identified within the Port for which we have established Critical Safety Risk Protocols.   Each week this month, we'll be sharing the ways in which these risks can be minimised. Stay tuned for more - after all, safety is everyone's business.   #nationalsafeworkmonth #SafetyIsOurBusiness #whs #workhealthandsafety #safeatwork 

Port of Melbourne has been ranked first among Australian and international ports in the 2024 Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) for the second year running. We also received a 5-star GRESB rating for the third consecutive year. We are proud to be seen as a leader in sustainability that has met all of GRESB’s best practice benchmarks this year, and we remain committed to continually improving to meet ever-increasing expectations in the sustainability space. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gzFYyYNG #gresb #sustainability #infrastructure