# Warrnambool (AU WMB)

**UN/LOCODE:** AU WMB  
**Country:** Australia  
**Water Body:** Indian Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** Coastal (Breakwater)  
**GPS:** -38.4000, 142.4833

Warrnambool's port has a long and troubled history: the breakwater built around 1890 never produced a thriving harbour, and the railway that arrived the same decade carried the region's trade instead. Today the state-owned port, managed by Warrnambool City Council, functions as a safe haven for commercial fishing and recreational boating rather than as a cargo facility. Strong wave action and ongoing sedimentation limit draught and force vessels onto swing moorings, so there is no container, bulk or breakbulk traffic. Forwarders in western Victoria use the bulk port of Portland or the container ports of Geelong and Melbourne.

## Transit Times & Routes

- [Sydney → Shanghai](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/sydney-shanghai)
- [Sydney → Shenzhen](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/sydney-shenzhen)
- [Sydney → Guangzhou](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/sydney-guangzhou)
- [Sydney → Hong Kong](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/sydney-hong-kong)
- [Sydney → Tokyo](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/sydney-tokyo)
- [Sydney → Busan](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/sydney-busan)

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