🌅 Morning Briefing

Wednesday, 15 April 2026  ·  Updated 5:00am  ·  Port of Melbourne

📅 Archive

🌊 Tides — Breakwater Pier, Port Melbourne

Current 0.75m ▼ Falling
Low
6:03am
0.48m
High
11:51am
0.78m
Low
6:09pm
0.43m
High
12:45am†
0.84m
Breakwater Pier Webb Dock South Wharf Hovell Pile Melbourne VTS

☀️ Sun

🌄
6:46am
Sunrise
🌇
5:53pm
Sunset

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

Vessel Type Wharf Scheduled (VicPorts) Vessel Type Track
Victorian Reliance II ARR Webb Dock 1 East 5:15am Ro-Ro Cargo 🔗
Liekut ARR Webb Dock 2 East 5:45am Ro-Ro Cargo 🔗
MSC Luisa DEP Webb Dock 5 East 5:50am Container Ship 🔗
Androklis DEP Swanson West 2 6:00am Container Ship 🔗
MSC Bay IV DEP Webb Dock 4 East 6:30am Container Ship 🔗
Stolt Sakura DEP Bay Anchorage Inner 6:30am Chemical Tanker 🔗
MSC Tianping ARR Webb Dock 4 East 7:15am Container Ship 🔗
Horizon Highway ARR Webb Dock 1 West 7:30am Vehicles Carrier 🔗
Stolt Sakura DEP Maribyrnong 1 8:00am Chemical Tanker 🔗
JS Kumano ⚓ JMSDF ARR Station Pier Outer East 8:30am Naval Frigate —
Goliath DEP South Wharf 27 10:00am Cement Carrier 🔗
Cosco Rotterdam ARR Swanson West 1 12:30pm Container Ship 🔗
ESL Winner ARR Webb Dock 4 East 12:30pm Vehicles Carrier 🔗
OOCL Chicago ARR Swanson East 2 12:30pm Container Ship 🔗
Phoebe ARR Webb Dock 5 East 2:00pm Container Ship 🔗
Lord Vishnu DEP Webb Dock 2 West 5:00pm Vehicles Carrier 🔗
Victorian Reliance II DEP Webb Dock 1 East 5:55pm Ro-Ro Cargo 🔗
Liekut DEP Webb Dock 2 East 6:00pm Ro-Ro Cargo 🔗

🚗 Traffic — Major Melbourne Roads

M3 Eastern Freeway
⚠ Roadworks — lane closures Hoddle St to Springvale Rd (ongoing upgrade)
M1 Princes Freeway
⚠ Roadworks — multiple sections (Laverton to Drouin area, camera & utility works)
Calder Freeway
⚠ Roadworks — lane closures near Sunbury (ongoing to mid-2026)
M1 West Gate / M1 Monash / M2 CityLink / M80 / EastLink / Frankston Fwy
✓ Clear

⛈️ BOM Weather Alerts

✓ No active warnings for Victoria

⚠️ WorkSafe / AMSA Incidents

✓ No new WorkSafe or AMSA incidents

🌦️ Weather — Melbourne

Cloudy — Chance of showers
High chance in SE suburbs, medium chance elsewhere. Possible fog in NE suburbs early afternoon.
MIN
12°C
MAX
20°C
RAIN
Med–High
WIND
NW 15–20
km/h
UV
Moderate
5

⚠️ Notices to Mariners — Port of Melbourne 28 active

NtM No. Notice
226(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Holden Dock - Fender and ladder works completed TEMP
221(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Port Phillip - Search and rescue training TEMP
220(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Rocky Point directional light restored to normal TEMP
213-2026 Port of Melbourne - Port Phillip - Wreck
206(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Appleton Dock - Chainage restriction due to works 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
163(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Change to depths. TEMP
153(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Port Phillip - Hume Tower remediation works 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
— 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