🌅 Morning Briefing

Monday, 18 May 2026  ·  Updated 5:00am  ·  Port of Melbourne

📅 Archive 📆 All Ships (ICS) 📆 Webb Dock 📆 Swanson Dock 📊 Excel

🌊 Tides — Breakwater Pier, Port Melbourne

Now: 0.94m  ·  ↑ Rising

Low
9:27am
0.23m
High
4:39pm
1.04m
Low
10:21pm
0.65m
High
3:06am ✦
0.98m

✦ Tuesday morning

Breakwater Pier Webb Dock South Wharf Hovell Pile Melbourne VTS

☀️ Sun — Melbourne

🌄
7:17am
Sunrise
🌇
5:18pm
Sunset

Day length: 10h 1m

🌧️ Weather — Melbourne

Source: WillyWeather

⛈️ BOM Weather Alerts

⚠ Strong Wind Warning for Tuesday — East Gippsland Coast
✓ No warnings for Port Phillip or Melbourne metro

Source: WeatherZone  ·  Checked 5:00am Mon 18 May

🚢 Ship Movements — Port of Melbourne (5am–7pm)

Vessel Type Wharf Scheduled (VicPorts) Destination / Origin Track
Dee4 Nerium ARR Bay Anchorage Outer 7:30am Westernport 🔗 Live
Hoegh Copenhagen DEP Webb Dock 1 West 9:00am Port Kembla 🔗 Live
Da Hua Shan ARR Bay Anchorage Outer 9:30am Cristobal 🔗 Live
Tampa 1 ARR Swanson West 2 10:31am Kaohsiung 🔗 Live
Elanora ARR Bay Anchorage Outer 11:00am Thevenard 🔗 Live
OOCL Texas DEP Webb Dock 5 East 11:00am Adelaide 🔗 Live
Dee4 Nerium ARR Bay Anchorage Outer 12:30pm Westernport 🔗 Live
GSL Vinia ARR Swanson East 2 12:30pm Botany Bay 🔗 Live
Swan Pride DEP Maribyrnong 1 1:00pm Risdon 🔗 Live
Orchid Ace ARR Webb Dock 1 West 2:30pm Lianyungang 🔗 Live
Tasmanian Achiever 2 DEP Webb Dock 1 East 5:30pm Burnie 🔗 Live
Liekut DEP Webb Dock 2 East 5:45pm Devonport 🔗 Live
Salvia Ace DEP Webb Dock 2 West 6:00pm Hitachi 🔗 Live
Elanora DEP Bay Anchorage Outer 7:00pm Sydney 🔗 Live
⚠️ Data gaps — verify in PortView (2 vessels)
🔄 MSC Shina Vcurrently at Bay Anchorage Outer, leaving 18 may 11:00am → transfer to Webb Dock 5 East not recorded19 May
🔄 Adeliecurrently at Lascelles 1, leaving 18 may 11:00am → transfer to South Wharf 27 not recorded19 May

🚗 Traffic — Major Melbourne Roads

Eastern Freeway (Hoddle St → Springvale Rd)
⚠ Planned roadworks — road impacted
M1 West Gate / Princes Fwy (→ Geelong)
✓ Clear
M1 Monash Freeway
✓ Clear
M2 CityLink / Bolte Bridge
✓ Clear
M80 Ring Road
✓ Clear
EastLink
✓ Clear
Calder Freeway
✓ Clear
Frankston Freeway
✓ Clear

Source: Transport Victoria  ·  Check live map for real-time updates.

⚠️ WorkSafe / AMSA Incidents

No new incidents today

Farmer dies after quad bike rollover
WorkSafe VIC · 15 May 2026
$55,000 more in fines after work experience skylight fall
WorkSafe VIC · 14 May 2026
$180,000 fine for recidivist food manufacturer
WorkSafe VIC · 14 May 2026
AMSA urges boaters: register EPIRBs and plan your trip
AMSA · 13 Apr 2026

⚠️ Notices to Mariners — Port of Melbourne 30 active 0 new

NtM No. Notice
265(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Port Phillip - Search and rescue training TEMP
263(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Port Phillip - Search and rescue training TEMP
262(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Yarra River - Survey of services protection structure TEMP
261-2026 Port of Melbourne - HMD 3.16.17
257-2026 Port of Melbourne - Port Phillip - Wreck
246(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Appleton Dock - Chainage restriction due to works TEMP
241(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Port Phillip - Scientific Equipment TEMP
239(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Swanson Dock Berth 1 West - Berth works TEMP
232(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Change to depths TEMP
171(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Port Melbourne Channel - Submarine gas pipeline inspection TEMP
164(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - South Channel - Reduced DUKC node width TEMP
114(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - South Wharf 26 and 27 - Remediation works TEMP
— Port of Melbourne - Vessel reporting requirements
646-2025 Port of Melbourne - Port Information Guide Edition 6
614(T)-2025 Port of Melbourne - Ann Street Pier - Pile remediation works TEMP
575(T)-2025 Port of Melbourne - Gellibrand Pier - Pile remediation works TEMP
556(T)-2025 Port of Melbourne - South Wharf 32 - Remediation works TEMP
542(T)-2025 Port of Melbourne - Yarraville 5 berth remediation works TEMP
470(T)-2025 Port of Melbourne - Yarraville 6 berth remediation works TEMP
445(T)-2025 Port of Melbourne - Swanson Dock West Berth 3 remediation works TEMP
379(T)-2025 Port of Melbourne & Geelong - Port Phillip Bay - Survey and sampling works TEMP
— Port of Melbourne - Station Pier - Pile driving and rehabilitation works
— Port of Melbourne - Towage requirements
136-2025 Port of Melbourne - HMD 3.12.3 and 3.16.17
— Port of Melbourne - Short Road Wharf - Remediation works
— Port of Melbourne - Williamstown Channel - Port Phillip Ferries
— Port of Melbourne - Webb Dock 2 East berth - Remediation works extended
— Port of Melbourne - Navigational controls for cruise shipping at Station Pier
— Port of Melbourne - Appleton Dock - Pile driving, remediation and removal works
— Port of Melbourne / Yarra River - Shell Bunker Berth temporary light
📋 All Notices to Mariners — Ports Victoria