Backlog has desperate vehicle importers looking to port for relief

PORT of Portland infrastructure manager Michael Carr with the number five and six berths in the background, possible sites for the unloading of vehicles.

By Chalpat Sonti

March 11, 2023 | 6:30 PM

IT has been about 40 years since cars and other vehicles were offloaded at the Port of Portland, but all that might be about to change thanks to a critical issue at the Port of Melbourne.

Both vehicle importers and shipping agents are facing a three-month wait to unload vehicles at the city port, with thousands backed up either on the wharves or still in ships.