Port profile · AUMEL
Melbourne
Melbourne is a large natural coastal harbour on the Bass Strait, in Australia. Its UN/LOCODE is AUMEL. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Melbourne offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water, major repairs and a small dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Melbourne
What members see for Melbourne, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
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In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Melbourne right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Melbourne day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Melbourne and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Melbourne offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Diesel
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Provisions
- Yes
- Deck stores
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Major
- Dry dock
- Small
- Slipway
- Large
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 349 m
- Beam
- 50 m
- Draft
- 14.7 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Melbourne, as the nautical port index records them. Depths are not shown: the index gives them as broad bands for one point in the port, too coarse to plan a call on.
Approach
- Shelter
- Excellent
- Entrance restrictions
- Tide, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
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Questions about Melbourne
What is the UN/LOCODE of Melbourne?
The UN/LOCODE of Melbourne is AUMEL.
Is pilotage compulsory in Melbourne?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Melbourne as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Melbourne?
Yes. Melbourne offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Melbourne have a dry dock?
Yes. Melbourne has a small dry dock and major ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Melbourne can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 349 m long, 50 m wide, 14.7 m draft for Melbourne.
Is Melbourne a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Melbourne.
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