Vision

From its base at Victoria Dock, Westgate Ports plays a pivotal role in redefining landside logistics through the Port of Melbourne. Since its arrival at the Port of Melbourne in 2004, Westgate Ports has managed escalating volumes of freight.

Westgate Ports is committed to maintaining Victoria's position as Australia's freight and logistics capital by developing solutions to address landside capacity constraints. By creating a more competitive and efficient port for importers and exporters, Westgate Ports plays a vital role in determining the future viability of freight pathways through the Port of Melbourne.

Maintaining the activities initiated in 2004, when Westgate Ports first acquired its lease at Victoria Dock, the company's vision for the future encompasses cost savings to the government and offers direct benefits to both port users and to the communities in the vicinity of the Port and in areas surrounding proposed transport hubs.

In response to the changing dynamics of sea freight, Westgate Ports' plans for the future include the development of a substantial amount of warehousing at Altona and Lyndhurst, creating import and export hubs in Melbourne's growth corridors.

Driven by Sam Tarascio Snr, the plan for the future for the Port of Melbourne encompasses an entire inland ports strategy linking hubs at Altona in the west and Lyndhurst in the south east via road and rail to the Port of Melbourne.

Westgate Ports' vision for the future would feed a pipeline of development of more than one million square metres of warehousing at Lyndhurst and further development at Altona, providing an employment generator that could create many thousands of jobs.

The company's plans are in line with the Federal Government's guidelines for the future of freight transport, providing the ability for increased automation and scalability for high efficiency within the logistics industry.

Westgate Ports is driven by the desire to ensure that Australia remains competitive on a global scale.