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The Port of Melbourne Corporation (PoMC) is a statutory body established by the Victorian Government to develop and manage the Port of Melbourne, Australia's busiest container port. The Corporation commenced operations on 1 July 2003, when it took over the management of the port from the Melbourne Port Corporation. On 1 September 2010, the corporation was re-established with a new charter under the Transport Integration Act.
The Melbourne Harbour Trust was established in 1877 after several boards of inquiry to improve access for shipping to Melbourne. The Trust engaged the British engineer Sir John Coode to advise on port improvements. Coode produces a scheme involving a large dock basin (Victoria Dock), and straightening the river through a new cut (now known as the Coode Canal. Dredging and dock construction began in 1880, with the canal opening to shipping in 1886, Victoria Dock opening in 1896 and dock-work and continuing into the 1920s. [1]
The North and South Wharves were extended downstream, and in the 1930s-50s Appleton Dock was constructed, followed by Swanson Dock, and Webb Dock.
In 1978 the Harbour Trust was reformed as the Port of Melbourne Authority, moving from its Market Street head office to the World Trade Centre (Melbourne) in 1983. The Port of Melbourne Corporation was formed on 1 July 2003, taking over the former Melbourne Port Corporation, and the Victorian Channels Authority. [2]
The Port of Melbourne Corporation administers the Yarra River downstream of Bolte Bridge, and operates several wharfs and piers on the Yarra River and Port Melbourne that comprise the Port of Melbourne. The Port of Melbourne is Australia's largest container and general cargo port, handling around 37% of the nation's container trade. More than forty shipping lines, make around 3100 ship calls a year to Melbourne, providing services to ports in all major parts of the world. The port is at the north of Port Phillip Bay. It is serviced by more than 100 nautical miles of shipping channels and fairways between the Port Phillip Heads and the berths on the Yarra River, at Williamstown and Station Pier, Port Melbourne. [3]
With more than 3100 commercial ship calls each year at the port, Melbourne provides access to more than 300 ports of call across the globe. In 2009-10, the ten main containerised commodity exports, in decreasing quantity, were: miscellaneous manufactures, cereal grains, beverages, dairy products, fruit & vegetables, paperboards & fibreboards, pulp & wastepaper, timber, stockfeed, paper & newsprint. In 2009-10, the ten main containerised commodity imports, in decreasing quantity, were: miscellaneous manufactures, furniture, electrical equipment, paper & newsprint, fruit & vegetables, machinery, clothing, vehicle parts, metal manufactures, rubber manufactures. [3]
The Port of Melbourne posted record trade in October and November 2011. Total trade through the Port of Melbourne grew 7.3% over the same period in 2011 setting a monthly record of 7.81 million revenue tonnes. [3]
The Corporation was initially established on 1 July 2003 under the Port Services Act 1995 (Victoria) [4] to manage the Port of Melbourne, a port for containerised and general cargo located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
The Corporation took over management of the Port of Melbourne from the Melbourne Port Corporation, which ceased operations on 30 June 2003. On 3 November 2003, it took over responsible for the port waters and channels from the Victorian Channels Authority. [5]
The Port of Melbourne Corporation was re-established with a new corporate charter on 1 September 2010 on the commencement of ports-related changes to the Transport Integration Act [6] and changes made to that Act by the Transport Legislation Amendment (Ports Integration) Act 2010. [7]
The Transport Integration Act establishes a framework for an integrated and sustainable transport system in Victoria and empowers key Victorian Government agencies with responsibility for the State's land and water transport system.
The Act provides that Port of Melbourne Corporation's primary object is to manage and develop its ports consistent with the vision statement in the Act and system-based objectives which emphasise transport integration and sustainability. [8] More specifically, the Corporation is required to—
The 2010 legislative changes abolished the Port of Hastings Corporation and transferred its responsibilities for the Port of Hastings to the Port of Melbourne Corporation. These developments were reversed on 1 January 2012 with the establishment of the Port of Hastings Development Authority.
The Yarra River or historically, the Yarra Yarra River, is a perennial river in south-central Victoria, Australia.
Docklands, also known as Melbourne Docklands, is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2 km (1.2 mi) west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Melbourne local government area. Docklands recorded a population of 15,495 at the 2021 census.
The Port of Melbourne is the largest port for containerised and general cargo in Australia. It is located in Melbourne, Victoria, and covers an area at the mouth of the Yarra River, downstream of Bolte Bridge, which is at the head of Port Phillip, as well as several piers on the bay itself. Since 1 July 2003, the Port of Melbourne has been managed by the Port of Melbourne Corporation, a statutory corporation created by the State of Victoria.
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Coode Island is a former island at the convergence of the Yarra and Maribyrnong Rivers, 4 km west of central Melbourne, Australia. The island was formed by the excavation of the Coode Canal in 1887, and became connected to the mainland in the 1930s. Today the low-lying land is part of the Port of Melbourne, and is used as the site of Swanson and Appleton Docks and their associated container storage and rail yards, as well as a number of chemical storage facilities.
The Public Transport Corporation (PTC) was a Victoria State Government owned statutory authority formed under the Transport Act 1983 which operated passenger and freight trains, trams and bus services.
VicTrack, trading as the Victorian Rail Track Corporation, is a Victorian Government state-owned enterprise which owns all railway and tram lines, associated rail lands and other rail-related infrastructure in the state of Victoria, Australia, with the exception of the Emerald Tourist Railway Board's heritage Puffing Billy Railway.
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Port Botany is a deepwater seaport located in Botany Bay in Sydney, Australia. The port is dominated by trade in containerised manufactured products and, to a lesser extent, bulk liquid imports including petroleum and natural gas. It is one of Australia's largest container ports and is administered by NSW Ports which entered into a 99-year lease agreement with the Port Authority of New South Wales in May 2013.
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The Director of Public Transport was the head of the Public Transport Division (PTD) of the Victorian Department of Transport. PTD was the government agency responsible for promoting, providing, coordinating and regulating public transport in the state of Victoria, Australia between August 1999 and June 2013. The Director of Public Transport was created as a statutory office supported by staff of the Department of Transport.
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