Port of Newcastle is a declared security regulated port in New South Wales, with berths at Western Basin, Dyke Point, Kooragang and Mayfield. Its own MSIC page states that MSICs are required at the port when a Maritime Security Zone has been established, and the port separately requires every worker on its managed land to hold a Port of Newcastle induction card. This page brings together what applies at Port of Newcastle and how to get your card through ClientView.
Illustration of the port, not a photograph.
Each port below is separately declared a security regulated port under the Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003. One MSIC covers all of them, and every other regulated port and offshore facility in Australia.
Each port below shows the participating Australia Post outlet closest to it, but you do not have to use that one. Any participating outlet in Australia can verify your identity, and for most people the easiest one is near home, not near the wharf. Not every Post Office offers the service, so use our one-minute guide to find one that does: Find an Australia Post MSIC verifier near you.
Induction cards for Port of Newcastle managed sites are collected 24 hours a day from the Carrington Gatehouse (Engine House Road, Carrington) or the K2 Gatehouse (Heron Road, Kooragang), with government issued photo ID.
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Newcastle Post Office, G 1 Market St, Newcastle NSW 2300
An MSIC shows you have passed the AusCheck background check. Your port or terminal operator decides who enters, and runs the inductions, permits and access cards. Your MSIC and Port of Newcastle's own site access requirements are separate. Port of Newcastle requires every company working on its managed land to be registered, and every worker to hold a Port of Newcastle induction card, collected 24 hours a day from the Carrington Gatehouse or the K2 Gatehouse with government issued photo ID. Visitors doing no work must be escorted and check in at the nearest gatehouse. Confirm current requirements with Port of Newcastle or your employer before you travel.
Port of Newcastle's own MSIC page sets out when the port requires an MSIC. Its exact words are quoted in full below, as read on 1 October 2026.
Separately, Port of Newcastle states that every company engaged to access or work on its managed land must register in its Contractor Management System, and that every employee must hold a valid induction card for entry onto site. Induction cards are collected 24 hours a day from the Carrington Gatehouse or the K2 Gatehouse, with government issued photo ID. Visitors doing no work must be escorted at all times by an inducted person and check in by QR code at the nearest gatehouse. Port of Newcastle does not induct for some facilities at the port run by other companies; for those, confirm requirements with the facility.
ClientView is an Australian Government authorised MSIC issuing body, offering the national MSIC and the AusCheck background check behind it, completed online with identity verified at a participating Australia Post outlet.
"The Maritime Security Identification Card (MSIC) is a maritime identification card issued to identify a person who has been the subject of a background check to ensure port security is consistent Australia-wide."
"MSIC's are required at the Port of Newcastle when a Maritime Security Zone has been established."
"You should speak to the relevant shipping agent or Stevedoring company to clarify if there are any Maritime Restricted Zones established at the terminal you are seeking access to."
"There are a number of authorised issuing bodies to choose from."
Source: Port of Newcastle, MSIC page, read 1 October 2026.
Port of Newcastle is a security regulated port declared under the Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003 (C2023G00381, registered 29 March 2023, which revoked the earlier declarations C2012G00261 and C2019G00754). The instrument was confirmed in force on the Federal Register of Legislation on 1 October 2026.
Anyone who needs unmonitored access to a maritime security zone at Port of Newcastle at least once each year (r. 6.07F(1)) must hold a valid MSIC. The card is national: issued once, it is valid at Port of Newcastle and at every other security regulated port and offshore facility in Australia.
Four steps. We lodge to AusCheck every business day, so nothing sits in a queue at our end.
Fill out the secure online form. Between 20 and 45 minutes online if you have your details to hand.
Visit any of at least 324 Australia Post outlets that offer the MSIC identity check (Australia Post outlet locator, 27 August 2026), or use your trained workplace verifier if your employer has one.
Once you are verified we submit your application to the Department of Home Affairs for the mandatory AusCheck background check.
After approval your MSIC is printed and dispatched by registered post to the address you nominate.
How long it takes
Apply at least six weeks before you need the card, so there is buffer even if your application falls outside the typical range. ClientView's measured processing time data, with its sample size, period and full methodology, is published and refreshed monthly at msic.com.au/msic-processing-times, which is the page that owns that dataset.
One all inclusive price covering the government background check fee, identity and document verification, secure lodgement and postage. No separate verification, finance or postage charges. Prices as at 18 August 2026. You will complete your application on our secure application portal, msic.au.
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If your staff verify identity through your own trained workplace verifier rather than at Australia Post, the rate is $451.82 ex GST for a 2 year card and $765.45 ex GST for a 4 year card, a saving of $27.27 and $9.10 respectively.
If your organisation puts people onto sites at Port of Newcastle, ClientView's corporate portal lets you apply for, track and renew every MSIC in one place, and bulk applications take a single spreadsheet. Tell us and we will set it up.
Under regulation 6.07F(1), anyone who needs unmonitored access to a maritime security zone at Port of Newcastle at least once each year must hold a valid MSIC. Port of Newcastle's own MSIC page sets out when the port requires an MSIC, and its exact words are quoted on this page under What the operator requires. Confirm current requirements with Port of Newcastle or your employer before you travel.
No. Port of Newcastle states that every company engaged to access or work on its managed land must register in its Contractor Management System, and that every employee must hold a valid induction card for entry onto site. Confirm current requirements with Port of Newcastle or your employer before you travel.
Yes. ClientView is an Australian Government authorised MSIC issuing body, and the application runs fully online, with identity verified at a participating Australia Post outlet. Port of Newcastle's own MSIC page states that there are a number of authorised issuing bodies to choose from. Call 1300 855 960.
Yes. An MSIC is national. One card is valid at Port of Newcastle and at every other security regulated port and offshore facility in Australia.
At a participating Australia Post outlet. The nearest to Port of Newcastle is shown on its card above; the nearest to you may be closer to home than to the port.
Port of Newcastle's Inductions page states that induction cards are collected 24 hours a day from the Carrington Gatehouse (Engine House Road, Carrington) or the K2 Gatehouse (Heron Road, Kooragang), with government issued photo ID, and that your photo is taken for its access control system. Contact the Port of Newcastle Inductions Team on (02) 4908 8209 to confirm current arrangements.
ClientView has issued MSICs as an Australian Government authorised MSIC issuing body since 2005, and has served more than 5,000 companies.
An MSIC can only be issued by a body the Australian Government has authorised under the Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Regulations 2003, and the background check behind every card is run by AusCheck. If you are ever unsure about an issuing body, ask AusCheck before you pay.
You do not have to take our word for it. AusCheck publishes the list of MSIC issuing bodies, and you can read it yourself: the AusCheck issuing bodies list.
Port of Newcastle's own MSIC page states that there are a number of authorised issuing bodies to choose from (read 1 October 2026).
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