Port of Melbourne Records Second Consecutive Year

Port of Melbourne records second consecutive year

Port of Melbourne handled 3.52 million TEUs in financial year 2026, marking a second consecutive year of record container trade and cementing its position as Australia’s largest container port. The results, published in the port’s Trade in Review report, reflect the resilience and adaptability of trade across south-east Australia amid persistent global uncertainty. Port of […]

Melbourne port handles record 3.52 million TEU in FY2026

Melbourne port handles record 3.52 million TEU in FY2026

Uncle Sam rattled the globe. Victorian trade just kept shipping: Port of Melbourne

Victoria's agricultural exporters have had every reason to feel exposed this year. Tariff changes in the United States and instability around the Strait of Hormuz both threatened to disrupt the routes that growers and processors rely on. What Port of Melbourne's FY26 report shows is that diversification has done exactly what it's meant to do and given exporters somewhere else to turn when one market becomes unpredictable.