Loading and unloading equipment includes various shore cranes, grab cranes, floating cranes, container cranes and ro-ro facilities. The maximum lifting capacity of floating crane is 250 tons. There are railway lines and oil tank trains on the dock, which can go directly to the dock. There are 40,000 square meters of yards for importing wood and cars. About 62% of Melbourne's total trade volume has been containerized.

There are four international container terminals in this port: (1) swanson terminal, which was built in 1960s and covers an area of 1.46 million square meters. It is divided into two wharves, east and west, with the maximum water depth of 13. 1m, and 45-ton container cranes. (2) Webb Wharf, built in 1960s+091950s, covers an area of 260,000 square meters, has five container berths, and the maximum water depth is11.2m.. (3) Victoria Wharf, which was built in1980s, recently built a ro-ro berth with the maximum water depth of 9.4m and a 36t single-arm crane. (4) appleton Wharf is a dedicated wharf for two companies, with the maximum water depth of 10.7m, which is used for containers and ro-ro. The anchorage of the ship is about 0.6n miles offshore, with the maximum water depth 15m. There is also a holden wharf, which specializes in processing petroleum processing products.