Port Description

The Port of Melbourne is Australia's second biggest city and the capital of the State of Victoria. Located at mouth of the Yarra River where it enters the northern end of Port Phillip Bay, the Port of Melbourne is about 33 nautical miles from the Port of Geelong across the Bay and about 727 kilometers southwest of Sydney. In 2006, over 3.5 million people lived in Greater Melbourne.

The Port of Melbourne is the busiest seaport in Australia, handling almost 40% of the country's container traffic, and home to much of the country's automotive industry. It is also an important manufacturing, financial, and business center. The Port of Melbourne is an increasingly-important center for technology, with more than 60 thousand people employed in the information and communications technology sector. With headquarters for two of the country's four major banks, the Port of Melbourne is an important financial hub for the Asia-Pacific region. The Port of Melbourne also has a busy tourism industry that hosted more domestic tourists than Sydney in 2008.

Port Authority

• Port of Melbourne Corporation

• Address:GPO Box 261 Melbourne, Victoria 3001 Australia
• Phone:+61 3 9628 7555
• Fax:+61 3 9628 7550
• Email:information@portofmelbourne.com
• Web Site:www.portofmelbourne.com

Port Description

The Port of Sydney rests on the inlet of the Tasman Sea in the low hills that surround Port Jackson on Australia's eastern shores about 20 nautical miles north-northwest of Port Botany and over 700 kilometers south-southwest of the Port of Brisbane. Capital of the State of New South Wales, the Port of Sydney is one of South Pacific's the most important ports and the largest and oldest city in Australia. In 2006, over 4.1 million people lived in the Port of Sydney metropolitan area.

Like most large cities, the Port of Sydney contains a wide variety of economic sectors. The largest sectors in the Port of Sydney include business and property services, manufacturing, retail sales, and community and health services. In past three decades, jobs in the Port of Sydney have moved from manufacturing to the services and information sectors. More than half of the country's major companies and 90 banks headquarter in the Port of Sydney, and it is one of the busiest financial centers in the Asia Pacific region. Over 10 million visitors come to the Port of Sydney each year, including 2.5 million (in 2004) international travelers, making Sydney one of the world's top tourist destinations.

Port Authority

• Sydney Ports Corporation

• Address:PO Box 25 Millers Point Sydney, NSW 2000 Australia
• Phone:61 2 9296 4999
• Fax:61 2 9296 4742
• Web Site:www.sydneyports.com.au

Port Description

The Port of Brisbane lies on Australia's eastern shores at the mouth of the Brisbane River as it enters Moreton Bay. The Port of Brisbane is about 220 kilometers north of the Port of Yamba and about 235 kilometers south of the Port of Maryborough. The third largest city in Australia, the Port of Brisbane was home to over 1.6 million people in 2001.

Capital and major port for the State of Queensland, the Port of Brisbane serves a large agricultural region. The port exports dairy products, wool, grain, meat, mineral sands, sugar, and preserved foods. The metropolitan area of the Port of Brisbane contains over half of the State's manufacturing. Plants in the Port of Brisbane include food processors, sawmills, oil refineries, paper mills, shipyards, and manufacturers of fertilizers, cement, automobiles, and rubber products.

There is a large white-collar industrial sector in the Port of Brisbane. Government, information technology, higher education, and financial services occupy the central business district and inner suburbs. Tourism is also a major contributor to the Port of Brisbane's local economy.

Port Authority

• Port of Brisbane Corporation

• Address:1 Sandpiper Avenue Locked Bag 1818
•  Port of Brisbane, Queensland 4178 Australia
• Phone:61 7 3258 4888
• Fax:61 7 3258 4703
• Email:info@portbris.com.au
• Web Site:www.portbris.com.au

Port Description

The Ports of Auckland is on the North Island of New Zealand. Ports of Auckland is located some 345 kilometers northwest of the Port of Napier and over 500 kilometers north of the Port of Wellington, two other ports on the North Island. Auckland is New Zealand's largest city and seaport. It is one of few cities with harbors on two different water bodies. The Ports of Auckland rests on a narrow strip of land between Waitemata Harbor to the east and Manukau Harbor to the southwest. In 2006, over 404 thousand people lived in the city of Auckland, and over 1.2 million called the urban area home.

The Ports of Auckland is the economic center of New Zealand, and most large international corporations have offices there. Its central business district contains many financial and business service companies, while the industrial and commercial zones are located in South Auckland along the Tamaki River estuary and the Manukau Harbour. The Ports of Auckland is a hub of road and rail transportation, and it is home to the country's main international airport. The Ports of Auckland area contains important engineering and publishing companies, and its manufacturers produce glass, paint, plastics, cement, and a host of consumer goods. Food processing, sugar refining, and brewing are important to the local economy, as are vehicle assembly and shipbuilding.

Port Authority

• Ports of Auckland

• Address:Ports of Auckland Building Sunderland Street
•  Auckland New Zealand
• Phone:64 9 366 0055
• Fax:64 9 367 5455
• Web Site:www.poal.co.nz