Port Phillip SEMP (Part 1) - Parks Victoria

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3.2 Port tenants, licensees and service providers
There are 28 tenants across the local port. There are 4 tenants located in the East Port
Phillip management area. Williamstown, in the North Port Phillip management area
and Queenscliff, in the Bellarine management area are the two key Committee of
Management areas with 20 and 4 tenants respectively. The location of tenants in the
Queenscliff Harbour Committee of Management area will change substantially in the
near future with the leasing of part of the area. The requirement for Safety and
Environment Management Plans for this lease and any sub-leases has been
incorporated into the contract.
In addition to tenants at Williamstown there are six other businesses that have
licenses or permits to occupy parts of the local port
Maps of tenants lease areas are in Figure 3. The tenants, their localities and activities
are listed in Appendix 1 as are the license and permit holders.
In addition there are 38 commercial operators with tenancies located on the Yarra or
Maribyrnong Rivers upstream of the local port that are licensed with Trading Vessel
Permits and regularly use the local port of Port Phillip for their activities.
Parks Victoria manages berthing and mooring permits in the local port. Designated
mooring areas are managed by Parks Victoria workcentres around the local ports or
are managed on Parks Victoria’s behalf by yacht clubs. Set-asides to designate
mooring areas as required by the Port Services (Local Port) Regulations 2004,
Regulation 205 were completed in 2004. There are 37 mooring areas in Port Phillip.
Service providers (eg maintenance contractors) are invited to submit expressions of
interest and are then placed on a preferred suppliers list for use by local work centres.
3.3 Dangerous goods or hazardous materials storage facilities
There are no dangerous goods or hazardous materials storage facilities in Parks
Victoria managed areas of the local port.
There may be some facilities in tenants areas but this information is not available.
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Safety and environment management plan for the local port of Port Phillip