Port of Melbourne receives its longest ever vessel as Maersk repositions boxes

The Port of Melbourne and Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT) recently welcomed the container vessel Soroe Maersk, which at almost 347 m, is the longest vessel to call at the port.

The vessel was deployed to Sydney and Melbourne to load empty containers for repositioning back to Asia where there is a shortage.

The ship, which has a capacity of 9,640 teu, is over 11 m longer than the previous longest vessel to call at the port. It departed Melbourne on April 6 after loading 4,148 teu.