Approved pilotage service providers

Information about pilotage service providers, including registration and licensing.

This page publishes live register data (provider details, vessels, pilot names and licence numbers) that changes over time. Treat the tables as a managed register rather than editorial copy: providers must notify Ports Victoria within 14 days of any change.

Ports Victoria must establish and maintain a register of all pilotage services providers registered under Part 7.1 of the Marine Safety Act 2010 (the Act).

The register includes:

  1. the name and address of the pilotage services provider; and
  2. the name and identification number of any vessel to be used in connection with the provision of pilotage services; and
  3. the date of commencement of the provision of pilotage services by the provider; and
  4. the name and licence number of each pilot employed or engaged by the provider, or if the provider holds a pilot licence, the number of that licence; and
  5. details of arrangements by the provider to transport pilots other than by vessel; and
  6. any other information determined by Ports Victoria to be included in the register.
    • The information listed below has been collected and is displayed pursuant to these obligations. In accordance with the relevant legislation, a pilotage services provider must notify Ports Victoria within 14 days after any change to information recorded in the register.
    • This register does not advise whether pilots listed are currently available and Ports Victoria recommends that customers confirm with the associated pilotage service providers that the listed pilots are available to operate under the requirements of the relevant legislation before engaging a pilot for piloting services.
 

Port Phillip Sea Pilots Pty Ltd

2 Tobin Drive, Queenscliff VIC 3225
ABN 36 006 413 485
Date of registration: 1 July 1999
Date of commencement: 17 June 1839

Vessel Name ID Number
Victoria III MB 7159
Ranger III MSV 11818
Nepean MSV 12837
Petrel III 457070
Torquay 463233

Transfer by means other than vessel

Port Phillip Sea Pilots Pty Ltd does not use any other means to transfer Pilots other than current registered vessels.

Pilot Port of Melbourne and Geelong Port of Melbourne Port of Geelong Port of Hastings Port of Portland
Captain Andrew Herman 9643        
Captain Arjan Visser V018224          
Captain Bradley Seal 3143       8311
Captain Bruce McMinn 1294     3747  
Captain Cade Richardson   V099622 V099627    
Captain Caspar Alfrink  2782        
Captain Dale Cunningham 5372     V169682  
Captain Damian Laughlin 4897        
Captain Darren Corbett 3347        
Captain David Benyan 4715        
Captain David Berends 6954        
Captain David Ellis 1922        
Captain David Lawrie 3107     V099967  
Captain Gregory Martin 2238        
Captain Himmat Dhillon   V053166  V114629    
Captain James Tayton 9475        
Captain Jonathan Dicker 2748     V033725  
Captain Kieran Quilty 8779        
Captain Macus De Fina 4578     V136308  
Captain Mark Keane 3198       5377
Captain Matthew Close 2756        
Captain Michael Hanson 2580     9744  
Captain Nathan Owens   V073158 V084009      
Captain Richard Hart 1786     3140  
Captain Ronald Jones 3300        
Captain Simon Milwright   V120492 V120493    
Captain Toby Shelton 4653     V077559  
 

Port of Portland Pty Ltd

23-25 Kunara Cres, PO Box 292, Portland VIC 3305
ACN 072 507 012
Date of registration: 1 July 1999
Date of commencement: 1 July 1996

Vessel Name ID Number
Tiger 445807
Wyuna III 432869

Transfer by means other than vessel

Port of Portland Pty Ltd does not use any other means to transfer Pilots other than current registered vessels.

Pilot Licence Number
Captain Altaf Hussain 3243
Captain Milinda Gammune 3501
Captain Gerard Veldkamp 5266
Captain Ian Luke Marthick V151828
Captain Sadiqul Haque V152432
 

Auriga Pilots Melbourne Pty Ltd

1A / 4 Wharf Street E, Queenscliff VIC 3225
ACN 606 490 591
Date of registration: 23 February 2016
Date of commencement: 22 July 2019

Vessel Name ID Number
Malu Bau 427000
Griffiths 458602
Tempest 427234

Transfer by means other than vessel

Auriga does not use any other means to transfer pilots other than current registered vessels.

Pilot Port of Melbourne and Geelong Port of Melbourne Port of Geelong
Captain Nicholas Woods   036208  
Captain Keith Hagen   054609 V168069
Captain Lee Weldon   V053167  
Captain Anuj Puri   075175 V096198
Captain Aaron Kavanagh   096199 096549
Captain Benjamin Davis   097008 097152
Captain Kevin Maguire   118605 120488
Captain Andrew Roebuck   V138073 V140228
 

Poseidon Marine Services Pty Ltd

PO Box 1430, Eagle Farm QLD 4009
ACN 689 951 335
Date of registration: 1 October 2025
Date of commencement: 1 October 2025
Ports: Melbourne, Geelong, Hastings

Vessel Name ID Number
PV Yorke 430970
PV Trident 459387
George Tobin MV234

Transfer by means other than vessel

Poseidon does not intend to use any other means other than vessels to transfer pilots.

Pilot Port of Melbourne and Geelong Port of Melbourne Port of Geelong Port of Hastings Port of Portland Port of Corner Inlet
Captain Gavin Barry V0003265          
Captain Timothy Fitzgerald V0003484       V0009721 V0007366
Captain Raymond McAllister V0001466     V0005375   V0007364
Captain David Porrett V0002432     V135797 V0005399  
Captain Craig Murchie V0002915          
Captain Robert Fernon V0002061     V0007882    
Captain Shareef Cooper   V135937 V135932      
Captain Vivek Mathew   V055638 V156177      
Captain Danylo Lyzlov   096200 097494