Morning Briefing — Tuesday 4 August 2026

🌊 Tides — Breakwater Pier, Port Melbourne

Now: 0.47m ↗ rising · Astronomical tides via WillyWeather

LW

12:46am

0.42m

HW

6:28am

0.90m

LW

12:31pm

0.40m

HW

6:46pm

0.99m

Breakwater Pier Hovell Pile Webb Dock South Wharf Melbourne VTS Fawkner Beacon Queenscliff

☀️ Sun

🌄

7:16am

Sunrise

🌇

5:36pm

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	→ Burnie	🔗 Track
ICS Silver Lining	▲ ARR	Bay Anchorage Outer	5:30am	→ Port Pirie	🔗 Track
Searoad Mersey II	▲ ARR	Webb Dock 2 East	5:30am	→ Devonport	🔗 Track
MSC Anusha III	▼ DEP	Webb Dock 4 East	6:00am	→ Sydney	🔗 Track
Atlantic Pearl (T)	▼ DEP	Bay Anchorage Outer	8:00am	→ Singapore
Viking Passama	▼ DEP	Webb Dock 2 West	8:00am	→ Adelaide	🔗 Track
MSC Durban IV	▲ ARR	Webb Dock 5 East	10:30am	→ Sydney	🔗 Track
Genius Highway	▼ DEP	Webb Dock 1 West	11:00am	→ Port Kembla	🔗 Track
Maersk Yellowstone (PP) (SC)	▼ DEP	Swanson West 1	11:30am	→ Adelaide	🔗 Track
OOCL Chicago (PP)	▲ ARR	Swanson East 2	11:30am	→ Fremantle	🔗 Track
Androklis	▲ ARR	Swanson West 1	12:30pm	→ Botany Bay	🔗 Track
Radiant Ray (T)	▼ DEP	Maribyrnong 1	1:00pm	→ Sydney	🔗 Track
Wyuna	▲ ARR	South Wharf 26	2:30pm	→ Port Adelaide	🔗 Track
CC Ningbo (T)	▼ DEP	Holden Dock	4:00pm	→ Singapore	🔗 Track
OOCL Chicago (PP)	▲ ARR	Swanson East 2	4:30pm	→ Fremantle	🔗 Track
Victorian Reliance II	▼ DEP	Webb Dock 1 East	5:55pm	→ Burnie	🔗 Track
MSC Star R (SC)	▼ DEP	Webb Dock 5 East	6:00pm	→ Brisbane	🔗 Track
Searoad Mersey II	▼ DEP	Webb Dock 2 East	6:10pm	→ Melbourne	🔗 Track
OOCL Chicago (PP)	▲ ARR	Swanson East 2	6:30pm	→ Fremantle	🔗 Track

🚗 Traffic — Major Melbourne Roads

Eastern Fwy (NELP — Hoddle St to Springvale Rd)

🚧 Ongoing NELP works — planned closures continuing

M1 Monash Freeway (ITS Hawthorn–Toorak)

🚧 ITS lane works 9:30am–3pm until 30 Sep

M2 CityLink (Burnley Tunnel)

🚧 Overnight 2-lane closure westbound (Sun–Thu 10pm–5am) until 30 Aug

M1 West Gate / Princes Fwy (→ Geelong · ITS CityLink–WGT)

🚧 ITS works 1 lane daytime until 30 Sep

M80 Ring Road (Greensborough — NELP interchange)

🚧 Overnight lane closures ongoing until late 2026

Calder Freeway (Keilor East)

🚧 Daytime works 9:30am–3:30pm until 31 Aug

⛈️ BOM Weather Alerts

⚠️ Strong Wind Warning — West Coast, Central Coast, Central Gippsland Coast

⚠️ Strong Wind Warning — East Gippsland Coast (from Wednesday)

No land warnings active. Source: BOM Victoria

🌦️ Weather — Melbourne

ConditionsCloudy · showers likely
Min / Max7°C / 13°C
Rain chanceVery high (hail possible)
WindNW→W 20–30 km/h
UV Index2 — Low

⚠️ WorkSafe / AMSA Incidents

No new WorkSafe or AMSA incidents reported.

Last recorded: $400k fine Kew Rec Centre collapse — 30 Jul 2026 (WorkSafe)

NtM No.	Notice
374(T)-2026	Port of Melbourne - Yarra River - Survey of services protection structure completed TEMP
372(T)-2026	Port of Melbourne - Change to depths TEMP
364(T)-2026	Port of Melbourne - Port Phillip - Search and rescue training TEMP
338(T)-2026	Port of Melbourne - Holden Dock - Berth remediation works 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
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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