🌅 Morning Briefing

Saturday 18 July 2026  ·  Updated 5:00am  ·  Port of Melbourne

🌤️ Weather — Melbourne

Patches of frost about the nearby hills in the early morning. The chance of morning fog. Sunny afternoon. Light winds.

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🌊 Tides — Breakwater Pier, Port Melbourne

0.94m
at 5:03am High Water
Source: WillyWeather (Breakwater Pier)
▲ High
5:03am
0.94m
▼ Low
11:48am
0.28m
▲ High
6:19pm
1.01m
Breakwater Pier  ·  Webb Dock  ·  South Wharf  ·  Hovell Pile  ·  Melbourne VTS

☀️ Sun

🌄
7:31am
Sunrise
🌇
5:21pm
Sunset

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

Vessel Type Wharf Scheduled (VicPorts) Live Status (MarineTraffic) Track
Victorian Reliance II ARR Webb Dock 1 East 5:15am Ro-Ro Cargo 🔗 Live
Capitaine Tupaia ARR Swanson East 2 5:30am Container Ship 🔗 Live
Searoad Mersey II ARR Webb Dock 2 East 5:30am Ro-Ro Cargo 🔗 Live
Goliath ARR South Wharf 27 7:30am Cement Carrier 🔗 Live
Goliath ARR South Wharf 27 7:45am Cement Carrier 🔗 Live
Capitaine Tupaia ARR Swanson East 2 8:30am Container Ship 🔗 Live
Ivory Arrow ARR Webb Dock 1 West 10:30am Vehicles Carrier 🔗 Live
Mao Hong ARR Webb Dock 3 West 12:30pm Vehicles Carrier 🔗 Live
Maersk Wellington DEP Swanson West 2 2:00pm Container Ship 🔗 Live
Maersk Wellington DEP Swanson West 1 2:00pm Container Ship 🔗 Live
Poavosa Brave DEP Appleton Dock F 3:00pm Bulk Carrier 🔗 Live
Westport DEP Swanson East 3 4:00pm Container Ship 🔗 Live
Navios Indigo ARR Webb Dock 5 East 4:30pm Container Ship 🔗 Live
Victorian Reliance II DEP Webb Dock 1 East 5:55pm Ro-Ro Cargo 🔗 Live
Searoad Mersey II DEP Webb Dock 2 East 6:10pm Ro-Ro Cargo 🔗 Live

🚗 Traffic — Major Melbourne Roads

Eastern Freeway (Hoddle St – Springvale Rd)
🔶 Planned roadworks — delays possible
Eastern Freeway (Bulleen Rd citybound exit)
⛔ Exit ramp CLOSED — NELP works until early August
M1 West Gate / Princes Fwy (→ Geelong)
✓ Clear (night works inactive weekends)
M2 CityLink (Tullamarine / Bolte / Domain)
✓ Clear (Burnley Tunnel works from 21 Jul)
M1 Monash / M80 Ring Road / EastLink / Frankston / Calder
✓ No active incidents

⛈️ BOM Weather Alerts

⚠️ Frost Warning — North East, West & South Gippsland, East Gippsland
⚠️ Minor Flood Warning — Kiewa River

⚠️ WorkSafe / AMSA Incidents

✓ No new incidents since 13 July 2026
Plumber charged after trench collapse
WorkSafe VIC · 13 Jul 2026

⚠️ Notices to Mariners — Port of Melbourne 22 active

NtM No. Notice
360(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Station Pier - Vessel works TEMP
359(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Port Phillip - Search and rescue training TEMP
347(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Fairway Through Port Phillip Heads - Rip swim event TEMP
338(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Holden Dock - Berth remediation works TEMP
329(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Change to depths TEMP
324(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Station Pier - Pile driving and rehabilitation works TEMP
288(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Swanson Dock West Berth 3 remediation works TEMP
270(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - South Channel - Reduced DUKC node width TEMP
268-2026 Port of Melbourne - Harbour Master's Directions Edition 13.2
262(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Yarra River - Survey of services protection structure TEMP
239(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Swanson Dock Berth 1 West - Berth works TEMP
114(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - South Wharf 26 and 27 - Remediation works TEMP
646-2025 Port of Melbourne - Port Information Guide Edition 6
614(T)-2025 Port of Melbourne - Ann Street 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
— 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 / Yarra River - Shell Bunker Berth temporary light
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