Track any container moving through Melbourne and see the port's real activity: carriers calling, scheduled connections, and a measured congestion signal. Four independent lenses on every shipment.
Track a shipment moving through Melbourne by pasting your container number, bill of lading, or booking reference at trackingmcp.com/ports/aumel. TrackingMCP resolves the carrier automatically and shows its events, the vessel's satellite AIS position, the schedule, and a cross-checked ETA together, with no carrier portal login.
Any carrier calling Melbourne: we detect the line and format automatically.
Daily signal, 9 July 2026 to 7 October 2026; dashed line marks the port's typical baseline.
As of 2 October 2026, port-call throughput at Melbourne was 12% above its typical baseline, on 43 calls in the trailing 7 days. Derived from AIS port-call observations; inside the tracker this signal refreshes continuously and feeds each shipment's ETA-at-risk flag.
Melbourne appears in 7,037 scheduled port calls in TrackingMCP's sailing database (January 2025 to March 2028 schedule window), with 19 carriers we track calling the port. Track any of them by container, bill of lading, or booking number.
Port reference facts last reviewed 10 July 2026.
AUMEL. The five-character UN/LOCODE (AU for Australia, plus MEL) identifies Melbourne in carrier schedules, booking confirmations, and tracking feeds worldwide.
Enter your container number, bill of lading, or booking reference in the search box above. TrackingMCP auto-detects the carrier and format, then returns live carrier events, the vessel's AIS position, and a forecast ETA. Your first shipment is free, no account needed to start.
OOCL, Hapag-Lloyd, CMA CGM lead the 19 carriers with scheduled sailings calling Melbourne in TrackingMCP's sailing database. Each line links to its own tracking page below.
As of 2 October 2026, AIS port-call data put Melbourne's 7-day throughput 12% above its typical baseline, on 43 port calls in 7 days; the signal level reads mild. Signals refresh continuously inside the tracker; this page shows the snapshot from its last build.
Shanghai, Singapore, Ningbo, Nansha, Port Botany, Sydney see the most scheduled sailings to and from Melbourne in TrackingMCP's sailing database.
Melbourne handles around 3,020,000 TEU a year and operates 31 berths and takes vessels drawing up to 14.7 m, according to the port's published statistics and public registries.
Free time is set by each carrier's tariff for Australia, not by the port. The TrackingMCP free-time reference lists published demurrage and detention free days for Australia by carrier, and the tracker watches the free-time clock on every shipment.