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First container ship to visit the Port of Melbourne

Port Melbourne HistoryMarch 4, 2013
Encounter Bay, the first container ship to visit no 1 Swanson Dock in 1969 image Glen Stuart This first blog post takes a Port theme, following the government's recent approval of the Port Capacity Project.  A recent Port of Melbourne publication says that "In the 2011-12 financial year 2.58 million containers - 20-foot equivalent units (TEU) were handled by the Port of…

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Acknowledgement of Traditional Custodians

We respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we meet and work, the Bunurong Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin Nation and pay respect to their Elders past, present and emerging.