Note regarding Pilot Information
Safe Transport Victoria must establish and maintain a register of all pilotage services providers registered under Part 7.1 of the Marine Safety Act 2010 (the Act).
The register includes:
(a) the name and address of the pilotage services provider; and
(b) the name and identification number of any vessel to be used in connection with the provision of pilotage services; and
(c) the date of commencement of the provision of pilotage services by the provider; and
(d) the name and licence number of each pilot employed or engaged by the provider, or if the provider holds a pilot licence, the number of that licence; and
(e) details of arrangements by the provider to transport pilots other than by vessel; and
(f) any other information determined by Safe Transport Victoria to be included in the register.
The information listed below has been collected and is displayed pursuant to these obligations. In accordance with the relevant legislation, a pilotage services provider must notify Safe Transport Victoria within 14 days after any change to information recorded in the register.
This register does not advise whether pilots listed are currently available and Safe Transport Victoria recommends that customers confirm with the associated pilotage service providers that the listed pilots are available to operate under the requirements of the relevant legislation before engaging a pilot for piloting services.
Port Phillip Sea Pilots Pty Ltd
2 Tobin Drive
Queenscliff VIC 3225
A.B.N 36 006 413 485
Date of Registration: 1 July 1999
Date of Commencement: 17 June 1839
Vessels
| Vessel Name | ID Number |
|---|---|
| Victoria III | MB 7159 |
| Ranger III | MSV 11818 |
| Nepean | MSV 12837 |
| Petrel III | 457070 |
| Torquay | 463233 |
Transfer by other means other than vessel
Port Phillip Sea Pilots Pty Ltd does not use any other means to transfer Pilots other than current registered vessels.
Pilots employed by Port Phillip Sea Pilots Pty Ltd
Pilot names and licence numbers listed below.
| Licence numbers | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot | Port of Melbourne and Geelong | Port of Melbourne only | Port of Geelong only | Port of Hastings | Port of Portland |
| Captain Caspar Alfrink | 2782 | ||||
| Captain David Benyan | 4715 | ||||
| Captain David Berends | 6954 | ||||
| Captain Matthew Close | 2756 | ||||
| Captain Darren Corbett | 3347 | ||||
| Captain Dale Cunningham | 5372 | ||||
| Captain Marcus De Fina | 4578 | V136308 | |||
| Captain Jonathan Dicker | 2748 | 33725 | |||
| Captain David Ellis | 1922 | ||||
| Captain Michael Hanson | 2580 | 9744 | |||
| Captain Richard Hart | 1786 | 3140 | |||
| Captain Ronald Jones | 3300 | ||||
| Captain Mark Keane | 3198 | 5377 | |||
| Captain Damian Laughlin | 4897 | ||||
| Captain David Lawrie | 3107 | 099967 | |||
| Captain Gregory Martin | 2238 | ||||
| Captain Bruce McMinn | 1294 | 3747 | |||
| Captain Bradley Seal | 3143 | 8311 | |||
| Captain Toby Shelton | 4653 | 077559 | |||
| Captain Kieran Quilty | 8779 | ||||
| Captain James Tayton | 9475 | ||||
| Captain Andrew Herman | 9643 | ||||
| Captain Arjan Visser | 18224 | ||||
| Captain Nathan Owens | 73158 | 84009 | |||
| Captain Himmat Dhillon | 53166 | 114629 | |||
| Captain Cade Richardson | 99622 | 99627 | |||
| Captain Simon Milwright | 120492 | 120493 | |||
Port of Portland Pty Ltd
23-25 Kunara Cres
PO Box 292
Portland, Vic 3305
A.C.N 072 507 012
Date of Registration: 1 July 1999
Date of Commencement: 1 July 1996
Vessels
| Vessel name | ID number |
|---|---|
| Tiger | 445807 |
| Wyuna III | 432869 |
Transfer by other means other than vessel
Port of Portland Ply Ltd does not use any other means to transfer Pilots other than current registered vessels.
Pilots employed by Port of Portland Pty Ltd
| Pilot | Licence number |
|---|---|
| Captain Altaf Hussain | 3243 |
| Captain Milinda Gammune | 3500 |
| Captain Gerard Veldkamp | 5266 |
| Captain Ian Luke Marthick | V151828 |
| Captain Sadiqul Haque | V152432 |
Auriga Pilots Melbourne Pty Ltd
1A /4 Wharf Street E
QUEENSCLIFF VIC 3225
A.C.N 606 490 591
Date of Registration: 23 February 2016
Date of Commencement: 22 July 2019
Vessels
| Vessel Name | ID Number |
|---|---|
| Malu Bau | 427000 |
| Griffiths | 458602 |
| Tempest | 427234 |
| PV Yorke | 430970 |
| PV Trident | 459387 |
Transfer by other means other than vessel
Auriga does not use any other means to transfer pilots other than current registered vessels.
Pilots employed by Auriga Pilots Pty Ltd
| Licence Number | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot | Port of Melbourne and Geelong |
Port of Melbourne | Port of Geelong |
| Captain Nicholas Woods | 036208 | ||
| Captain Keith Hagen | 054609 | ||
| Captain David Burns | 419 | ||
| Captain Dean Zanoni | 3559 | ||
| Captain Anuj Puri | 075175 | ||
| Captain Aaron Kavanagh | 096199 | 096549 | |
| Captain Benjamin Davis | 097008 | 097152 | |
| Captain Kevin Maguire | 118605 | 120488 | |
| Captain Andrew Roebuck | V138073 | V140228 | |
| Captain Scott Pitts | V155363 | V155364 | |
Poseidon Marine Services Pty Ltd
PO Box 1430
EAGLE FARM QLD 4009
A.C.N 689 951 335
Date of Registration:1 October 2025
Date of Commencement: 1 October 2025
Ports: Melbourne, Geelong, Hastings
Vessels
| Vessel Name | ID Number |
|---|---|
| Malu Bau | 427000 |
| Griffiths | 458602 |
| Tempest | 427234 |
| PV Yorke | 430970 |
| PV Trident | 459387 |
Transfer by other means other than vessel
Poseidon does not intend to use any other means other than vessels to transfer pilots
Pilots employed by Poseidon Marine Services Pty Ltd
| Licence numbers | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot | Port of Melbourne and Geelong |
Port of Melbourne | Port of Geelong | Port of Hastings | Port of Portland | Port of Corner Inlet |
| Captain Gavin Barry | V0003265 | |||||
| Captain Timothy Fitzgerald | V0003484 | V0009721 | V0007366 | |||
| Captain Raymond McAllister | V0001466 | V0005375 | V0007364 | |||
| Captain David Porrett | V0002432 | V135797 | V0005399 | |||
| Captain Craig Murchie | V0002915 | |||||
| Captain Robert Fernon | V0002061 | V0007882 | ||||
| Captain Shareef Cooper | V135937 | V135932 | ||||
| Captain Vivek Mathew | V055638 | V156177 | ||||
| Captain Danylo Lyzlov | 096200 | 097494 | ||||