# Welshpool (AU WHL)

**UN/LOCODE:** AU WHL  
**Country:** Australia  
**Water Body:** Bass Strait; South Pacific Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** Coastal (Natural)  
**GPS:** -38.7000, 146.4667

Trawlers unloading gummy shark and snapper set the rhythm at Port Welshpool, a fishing harbour on Victoria's Corner Inlet rather than a freight gateway. A 1.8-metre channel rules out commercial cargo vessels, and the long wharf mainly serves the fishing fleet and tourist cruises toward Wilsons Promontory. Coastal barges historically linked the port with Tasmania and the Gippsland coast, and Bass Strait oil exploration used it in the 1960s. Shippers needing container, breakbulk or customs-cleared cargo should route via Hastings (Western Port) or 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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