Commercial ports
There are five Harbour masters in Victoria. They regulate the way vessels conduct their navigation in port.
- Stephen D’Souza: Port of Melbourne
- Kylie McDonald: Port of Hastings
- Kylie McDonald: Port of Geelong
- Bevis Haywood: Gippsland Ports
- Andrew Hays: Port of Portland
For further information about licensing harbour masters, please contact [email protected].
Read Victorian harbour masters’ directions
- Port of Melbourne – Victorian Ports Corporation (Melbourne) – now Ports Victoria
- Ports of Geelong and Hastings – Victorian Regional Channels Authority – now Ports Victoria
- Gippsland Ports
- Port of Portland
Visit the Department of Transport website to learn more: About Victoria’s commercial ports
Local port management
Port managers are responsible for the operation and maintenance of local ports, including:
- Planning
- Issuing permits and licences
- Allocating moorings
- Maintaining wharves, jetties and navigation aids
- Dredging
- Operating facilities such as slipways
- Constructing new facilities.
Victoria's local ports
- Gippsland Lakes
- Corner Inlet and Port Albert
- Snowy River
- Mallacoota
- Anderson Inlet
- Port Phillip and Western Port
- Port Fairy
- Apollo Bay
- Warrnambool
- Port Campbell
- Lorne
- Barwon Heads
- Portland Bay.
Visit the Department of Transport website to learn more: About Victoria’s local ports.