 The Port of Geelong is located on the shores of Corio Bay, and is the sixth-largest seaport in Australia by tonnage.Major commodities include crude oil and petroleum products, export grain, woodchips, alumina imports, and fertiliser.The Bellarine Peninsula has been linked to the Mornington Peninsula since 1987 by the Searoad ferry, which runs every hour using two roll-on/roll-off ferries between Queenscliff and Sorrento

Port Phillip Ferries began operating twice daily services between Portarlington and Melbourne Docklands in November 2016.