Editing Geelong (section)

===Ports and ferry services===
[[File:Cunningham Pier.Geelong Vic. Aust. (12076909603).jpg|thumb|Cunningham Pier]]
The [[Port of Geelong]] is located on the shores of Corio Bay, and is the sixth-largest [[Port|seaport]] in Australia by tonnage.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/Accessing_Council/Transportation/Sea/ 
 |title=City of Greater Geelong - Sea 
 |work=City of Greater Geelong website 
 |access-date=2007-12-16 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070903094716/http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/Accessing_Council/Transportation/Sea/ 
 |archive-date=3 September 2007 
 |url-status=dead 
 |df=dmy 
}}</ref> Major commodities include [[crude oil]] and petroleum products, export [[grain]], [[Woodchipping|woodchips]], [[alumina]] imports, and [[fertiliser]].<ref name="ageport">{{Cite news
|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/geelong-port-contributes-500mn-a-year-to-victoria/2005/09/11/1126377204533.html
|title='Geelong port contributes $500mn a year to Victoria'
|date=12 September 2005
|work=[[The Age]]
|access-date=2007-12-16
| location=Melbourne}}</ref> The [[Bellarine Peninsula]] has been linked to the [[Mornington Peninsula]] since 1987<ref name="stamp">{{Cite book
|title=Notes on the inauguration of the Peninsular Princess car / passenger ferry
|author=Peninsular Stamp Club
|year=1987}}</ref> by the [[Searoad ferry]], which runs every hour using two roll-on/roll-off ferries between [[Queenscliff, Victoria|Queenscliff]] and [[Sorrento]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dtf.vic.gov.au/domino/Web_Notes/MediaRelArc02.nsf/d025c300601da9dc4a25688e00143d49/e9fa53d63dc6e4ac4a256b510080ffb2!OpenDocument&Click=|title=DEPUTY PREMIER LAUNCHES $12 MILLION QUEENSCLIFF TO SORRENTO FERRY|work=Media Release from the Office of the Premier|date=22 April 2001|access-date=2007-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207213802/http://www.dtf.vic.gov.au/domino/Web_Notes/MediaRelArc02.nsf/d025c300601da9dc4a25688e00143d49/e9fa53d63dc6e4ac4a256b510080ffb2%21OpenDocument%26Click%3D|archive-date=7 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Port Phillip Ferries]] began operating twice daily services between [[Portarlington, Victoria|Portarlington]] and Melbourne [[Docklands, Victoria|Docklands]] in November 2016. Three years later overcrowding on trains led to a similar service being introduced from Geelong to Docklands. The services are popular with both tourists and commuters, providing an alternative access for Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula to Melbourne. The {{Convert|36|m|4=-long|adj=mid}} catamaran ferries seat over 400 passengers, provide a comfortable vantage point to enjoy the sights of Port Phillip. The introduction of the Portarlington service led to a major revamp of the local pier, with pier extensions and a protective rock wall installed.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

On 23 October 2022 the Tasmanian ferry service, the [[Spirit of Tasmania]], started operating from a new terminal in [[North Geelong]] rather than from [[Port Melbourne]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.spiritoftasmania.com.au/geelong-terminal | title=Introducing Spirit of Tasmania Quay }}</ref>