🌅 Morning Briefing

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

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🌊 Tides — Breakwater Pier, Port Melbourne

Current 0.85m ▲ Rising
Low
9:15am
0.29m
High
3:45pm
0.95m
Low
9:51pm
0.53m
High
3:06am†
0.90m
Breakwater Pier Webb Dock South Wharf Hovell Pile Melbourne VTS

☀️ Sun

🌄
6:49am
Sunrise
🌇
5:49pm
Sunset

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

Vessel Type Wharf Scheduled (VicPorts) Vessel Type Track
Tasmanian Achiever 2 ARR Webb Dock 1 East 5:15am Ro-Ro Cargo 🔗
Searoad Mersey II ARR Webb Dock 2 East 5:30am Ro-Ro Cargo 🔗
African Roller DEP Appleton Dock D 6:00am General Cargo 🔗
Celebrity Edge CRUISE ARR Station Pier Outer West 6:30am Cruise Ship 🔗
MSC Shanvi III DEP Webb Dock 4 East 7:50am Container Ship 🔗
One Cosmos DEP Swanson East 3 9:00am Container Ship 🔗
Seagull ARR Webb Dock 4 East 10:30am Container Ship 🔗
TS Sydney ARR Swanson East 3 10:30am Container Ship 🔗
RCC Asia DEP Webb Dock 1–2 West 11:00am Vehicles Carrier 🔗
Maersk Bratan DEP Swanson West 1–3 11:30am Container Ship 🔗
Cosco Rotterdam ARR Swanson West 1–2 12:30pm Container Ship 🔗
Magdalena Schulte ARR Swanson West 2 12:30pm Container Ship 🔗
Golden Wave DEP Maribyrnong 1 1:00pm Tanker 🔗
Goliath ARR South Wharf 27 3:00pm Ro-Ro Cargo 🔗
OOCL Brisbane DEP Swanson East 2 3:00pm Container Ship 🔗
Andreas Viking DEP Victoria Dock 4:35pm Offshore Supply Ship 🔗
Tasmanian Achiever 2 DEP Webb Dock 1 East 5:55pm Ro-Ro Cargo 🔗
Celebrity Edge CRUISE DEP Station Pier Outer West 6:00pm Cruise Ship 🔗
Searoad Mersey II DEP Webb Dock 2 East 6:10pm Ro-Ro Cargo 🔗

🚗 Traffic — Major Melbourne Roads

M3 Eastern Freeway
🚧 CLOSED BOTH DIRECTIONS — Bulleen Rd to Tram Rd, until 5am Mon 20 Apr (North East Link works)
M1 West Gate / Princes Freeway
⚠ Roadworks — ongoing lane restrictions (West Gate Tunnel Project); no crashes
M1 Monash / M2 CityLink / M80 / EastLink / Calder / Frankston Fwy
✓ No incidents reported

⛈️ BOM Weather Alerts

Severe Weather Warning — East Gippsland, North Central, North East, West & South Gippsland, Central districts
Warning to Sheep Graziers — North Central, North East, South West, Central, West & South Gippsland districts

No warnings affecting Port Phillip Bay or Melbourne metro.

⚠️ WorkSafe / AMSA Incidents

WorkSafe responds to Geelong oil refinery fire
WorkSafe VIC · 16 April 2026 · Fire at Viva Energy Geelong refinery MOGAS unit; no workers injured; investigation underway
AMSA bans vessel BBG Wuzhou
AMSA · April 2026 · Banned from Australian ports until 4 Oct 2026; defects include underpayment of crew wages and insufficient food/water

🌦️ Weather — Melbourne

Cloudy — Slight Chance of Morning Shower
Cloudy with a slight chance of a shower in the morning. W to SW winds 15–20 km/h easing during the afternoon.
MIN
11°C
MAX
17°C
RAIN
Slight
WIND
W/SW 15–20
km/h
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