The Departments of Treasury and Finance and Infrastructure commissioned PricewaterhouseCoopers to undertake a study to investigate and assess the economic contribution to the Victorian and Australian economies of the Port of Melbourne, and industries directly related to the Port.
Economic Analyses of the Port of Melbourne Report (822 kb PDF)
Media release: Port of Great Value to Victoria's Future
The study presents the findings of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ analysis and details the effects of a number of scenarios, particularly the economic benefits accruing from the proposed Port Phillip Bay Channel Deepening Project.
The findings of the study, and the independently prepared modelling, have been released to the Port of Melbourne Corporation for inclusion into the Corporation’s modelling of the benefits and costs of the Channel Deepening Project in the project’s Supplentary Environmental Effects Statement.
Overall, the study reports the economic benefits that arise from proposed public and private infrastructure projects that together seek to improve the operational efficiency of the Port of Melbourne in the medium to long term.
Related links
Supplementary Environmental Effects Statement
Port of Melbourne Corporation
