🌅 Morning Briefing

Sunday, 19 April 2026  ·  Updated 5:00am  ·  Port of Melbourne

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🌊 Tides — Breakwater Pier, Port Melbourne

Current 0.82m ▲ Rising
Low
10:03am
0.24m
High
4:39pm
1.00m
Low
10:51pm
0.54m
High
3:51am†
0.93m
Breakwater Pier Webb Dock South Wharf Hovell Pile Melbourne VTS

☀️ Sun

🌄
6:49am
Sunrise
🌇
5:48pm
Sunset

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

Vessel Type Wharf Scheduled (VicPorts) Vessel Type Track
Liekut ARR Webb Dock 2 East 5:30am Ro-Ro Cargo 🔗
African Roller DEP Appleton Dock D 6:00am Bulk Carrier 🔗
Golden Wave DEP Maribyrnong 1 6:00am Oil/Chemical Tanker 🔗
Atlantic Sunshine ARR Holden Dock 6:30am Oil/Chemical Tanker 🔗
Norwegian Spirit CRUISE ARR Station Pier Outer West 6:30am Cruise Ship 🔗
Victorian Reliance II ARR Webb Dock 1 East 6:40am Ro-Ro Cargo 🔗
Morning Menad ARR Webb Dock 1–2 West 8:15am Vehicles Carrier 🔗
HMAS Supply RAN ARR Victoria Dock 8:55am Military 🔗
JS Kumano JMSDF DEP Station Pier Outer East 9:00am Military 🔗
MSC Augusta III DEP Webb Dock 4 East 9:50am Container Ship 🔗
MSC Shanvi III DEP Webb Dock 4 East 10:00am Container Ship 🔗
AL Danah ARR Appleton Dock F 10:30am Bulk Carrier 🔗
Seagull ARR Webb Dock 4–5 East 10:30am Container Ship 🔗
HMAS Brisbane RAN DEP Station Pier Outer East 1:00pm Military 🔗
Esprit Lotus ARR Bulk Grain 3 1:35pm Wood Chips Carrier 🔗
OOCL Canada DEP Webb Dock 5 East 2:00pm Container Ship 🔗
HMAS Stuart RAN ARR Station Pier Outer East 2:25pm Military 🔗
Forever Cordiality ARR Gellibrand Pier 4:30pm Oil Products Tanker 🔗
MSC Capucine R ARR Webb Dock 5 East 4:30pm Container Ship 🔗
Goliath DEP South Wharf 27 5:00pm Cement Carrier 🔗
Norwegian Spirit CRUISE DEP Station Pier Outer West 5:00pm Cruise Ship 🔗

Note: Navy vessels (RAN/JMSDF) transmit AIS intermittently. JS Kumano is Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force.

🚗 Traffic — Major Melbourne Roads

M3 Eastern Freeway
🚧 CLOSED BOTH DIRECTIONS — Bulleen Rd to Tram Rd, until 5am Mon 20 Apr (Eastern Freeway Upgrade asphalting works)
M1 West Gate / Princes Freeway
⚠ Lane reductions — 3 lanes inbound between M80 and Millers Rd (gantry installation works, until Mon 5am)
M80 Ring Road
⚠ Intermittent works — Greensborough area (North East Link construction); check before travel
M1 Monash / M2 CityLink / EastLink / Calder / Frankston Fwy
✓ No incidents reported

⛈️ BOM Weather Alerts

Marine Wind Warning — Active for Victorian coastal and marine waters
Frost Warning — Mallee, Wimmera, Northern Country, North Central, North East, Central, West & South Gippsland, East Gippsland districts
Warning to Sheep Graziers — North East, West & South Gippsland districts

No severe weather warnings currently affecting Port Phillip Bay or Melbourne metro.

⚠️ WorkSafe / AMSA Incidents

No new incidents today
No new WorkSafe VIC or AMSA reports since 18 April 2026
Most recent:
WorkSafe responds to Geelong oil refinery fire
WorkSafe VIC · 16 April 2026 · Fire at Viva Energy Geelong refinery MOGAS unit; no workers injured

🌦️ Weather — Melbourne

Mostly Sunny — Slight Chance of Late Shower
Mostly sunny day. Slight chance of a shower in the late afternoon and evening. Areas of morning frost. Light NNE winds 9–13 km/h.
MIN
4°C
MAX
20°C
RAIN
Slight
WIND
NNE 9–13
km/h
UV
Moderate
4

⚠️ Notices to Mariners — Port of Melbourne 31 active

NtM No. Notice
232(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Change to depths TEMP
231-2026 Port of Melbourne - Port Phillip - Special mark buoy V2
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
073-2026 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
242(T)-2025 Port of Melbourne - Station Pier - Pile driving and rehabilitation works TEMP
148(T)-2025 Port of Melbourne - Towage requirements TEMP
136(T)-2025 Port of Melbourne - HMD 3.12.3 and 3.16.17 TEMP
114(T)-2025 Port of Melbourne - Short Road Wharf - Remediation works TEMP
463(T)-2024 Port of Melbourne - Williamstown Channel - Port Phillip Ferries TEMP
405(T)-2024 Port of Melbourne - Webb Dock 2 East berth - Remediation works extended TEMP
391(T)-2024 Port of Melbourne - Navigational controls for cruise shipping at Station Pier TEMP
299(T)-2024 Port of Melbourne - Appleton Dock - Pile driving, remediation and removal works TEMP
534(T)-2023 Port of Melbourne / Yarra River - Shell Bunker Berth temporary light TEMP
408(T)-2021 Port of Melbourne - Webb Dock - Operational Instruction in force trial for oversize container vessels TEMP
📋 All Notices to Mariners — Ports Victoria