🌅 Morning Briefing

Friday, 17 April 2026  ·  Updated 5:00am  ·  Port of Melbourne

📅 Archive

🌊 Tides — Breakwater Pier, Port Melbourne

Current 0.85m ▼ Falling
Low
8:15am
0.35m
High
2:45pm
0.88m
Low
8:51pm
0.51m
High
2:21am†
0.87m
Breakwater Pier Webb Dock South Wharf Hovell Pile Melbourne VTS

☀️ Sun

🌄
6:48am
Sunrise
🌇
5:50pm
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 Tianping DEP Webb Dock 4 East 6:00am Container Ship 🔗
TS Chennai DEP Swanson West 2 6:00am Container Ship 🔗
ESL Winner ARR Webb Dock 4 East 7:15am Vehicles Carrier 🔗
HMAS Brisbane ARR Station Pier Outer East 9:00am Military 🔗
Phoebe DEP Webb Dock 5 East 9:30am Container Ship 🔗
OOCL Canada ARR Webb Dock 5 East 10:30am Container Ship 🔗
RCC Asia ARR Webb Dock 1 West 10:30am Vehicles Carrier 🔗
European Highway DEP Webb Dock 1–2 West 11:00am Vehicles Carrier 🔗
Maersk Bratan ARR Swanson West 2–3 12:30pm Container Ship 🔗
Andreas Viking ARR Bay Anchorage Outer 4:30pm Offshore Supply Ship 🔗
Victorian Reliance II DEP Webb Dock 1 East 5:55pm Ro-Ro Cargo 🔗
One Cosmos DEP Swanson East 3 6:00pm Container Ship 🔗
Liekut DEP Webb Dock 2 East 6:25pm Ro-Ro Cargo 🔗

🚗 Traffic — Major Melbourne Roads

M1 West Gate / Princes Freeway
⚠ Roadworks — ongoing lane restrictions (West Gate Tunnel Project & ITS works); no crashes
M3 Eastern Freeway
⚠ Roadworks — NELP construction (Hoddle St to Springvale Rd, ongoing)
M2 CityLink / Tullamarine
⚠ Roadworks — lane restrictions outbound Tullamarine (Gladstone Park to Airport West)
M1 Monash / M80 / EastLink / Calder / Frankston Fwy
⚠ Minor roadworks on each — no crashes or hazards; conditions normal

⛈️ BOM Weather Alerts

✓ No active warnings for Victoria

⚠️ WorkSafe / AMSA Incidents

✓ No new WorkSafe or AMSA incidents

🌦️ Weather — Melbourne

Partly Cloudy — High Chance of Morning Showers
Partly cloudy with a high chance of showers, most likely in the morning. Clearing during the afternoon.
MIN
12°C
MAX
17°C
RAIN
High
WIND
W 15–25
km/h → SW 25–35
UV
Moderate
4

⚠️ Notices to Mariners — Port of Melbourne 30 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
— 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