🌅 Morning Briefing

Wednesday, 30 July 2026  ·  Updated 5:00am  ·  Port of Melbourne

📅 Archive 🚢 Commercial Vessel Requirements 📅 All Movements (ICS)

🌊 Tides — Breakwater Pier, Port Melbourne

0.83m current (steady)
Source: WillyWeather
High
2:00am
0.84m
Low
9:22am
0.27m
High
4:30pm
0.94m
Low
10:28pm
0.58m
Breakwater Pier Webb Dock South Wharf Hovell Pile Melbourne VTS

☀️ Sun

🌄
7:23am
Sunrise
🌇
5:32pm
Sunset

🚢 Ship Movements — Port of Melbourne (5am–7pm) 24 scheduled

Vessel Move Type Wharf Scheduled Live Status Track
Victorian Reliance II ARR Ro-Ro Cargo Webb Dock 1 East 05:15 — 🔗 Live
Searoad Mersey II ARR Ro-Ro Cargo Webb Dock 2 East 05:30 — 🔗 Live
APL Vancouver DEP Container Ship Webb Dock 4 East 06:00 — 🔗 Live
MSC Star R DEP Container Ship Webb Dock 5 East 06:00 — 🔗 Live
Maersk Mammoth DEP Container Ship Bay Anchorage Outer 06:00 — 🔗 Live
Hansa Freyburg ARR Container Ship Webb Dock 5 East 06:30 — 🔗 Live
Golden Sky DEP Oil/Chemical Tanker Maribyrnong 1 07:00 — 🔗 Live
MSC Shristi ARR Container Ship Webb Dock 4 East 07:00 — 🔗 Live
Hansa Freyburg ARR Container Ship Webb Dock 5 East 08:30 — 🔗 Live
MSC Anusha III ARR Container Ship Webb Dock 4 East 10:30 — 🔗 Live
APL Vancouver DEP Container Ship Webb Dock 4 East 11:00 — 🔗 Live
Morning Margareta DEP Vehicles Carrier Webb Dock 3 West 11:00 — 🔗 Live
MSC Shristi ARR Container Ship Webb Dock 4 East 12:00 — 🔗 Live
Seasmile ARR Container Ship Webb Dock 4 East 12:30 — 🔗 Live
Asteria Leader DEP Vehicles Carrier Webb Dock 2 West 15:00 — 🔗 Live
Darya Neeti ARR Bulk Carrier Bulk Grain 3 15:35 — 🔗 Live
Morning Margareta DEP Vehicles Carrier Webb Dock 3 West 16:00 — 🔗 Live
MSC Jessenia R ARR Container Ship Webb Dock 4 East 16:30 — 🔗 Live
Morning Margareta DEP Vehicles Carrier Webb Dock 3 West 17:00 — 🔗 Live
Viking Carina ARR Vehicles Carrier Webb Dock 2 West 17:30 — 🔗 Live
Victorian Reliance II DEP Ro-Ro Cargo Webb Dock 1 East 17:55 — 🔗 Live
Searoad Mersey II DEP Ro-Ro Cargo Webb Dock 2 East 18:10 — 🔗 Live
Phoebe ARR Container Ship Webb Dock 5 East 18:30 — 🔗 Live
Progress Ace ARR Vehicles Carrier Webb Dock 1 West 19:00 — 🔗 Live

🌦️ Weather — Melbourne

Cloudy, Showers
7°C min  /  13°C max

🚗 Traffic — Major Melbourne Roads

Eastern Freeway — NELP (Hoddle–Springvale)
⚠ Lane closures nightly 9pm–5am; ongoing until early 2028
Eastern Freeway — NELP (Box Hill–Nunawading nights)
⚠ Both directions 8:30pm–6am weeknights/weekends until Dec 2026
Eastern Freeway — NELP (Thompson Rd/Bulleen Rd, until 31 Jul)
⚠ On-ramp + outbound lanes closed nights until 31 Jul 2026
Eastern Freeway — ITS (Kew–Balwyn, Burke Rd–Doncaster Rd)
⚠ Both directions 9pm–5am nightly until 30 Sep 2026
M1 West Gate / Princes Fwy (→ Geelong)
⚠ Point Cook Rd intersection upgrade + Laverton utility works overnight ongoing
M1 Monash Freeway (ITS works)
⚠ Stanley Ave 11pm–5am; Burke–Blackburn daytime 10am–2pm until Dec/Oct 2026
M2 CityLink / Tullamarine (Naarm Way/Airport)
⚠ 24/7 both directions until 30 Sep 2026
M80 Ring Road (Greensborough, Laverton)
⚠ Completion works overnight; Laverton North overnight until Aug 2026
EastLink (Boronia Rd, Ringwood, Seaford)
⚠ Multiple overnight/daytime lane closures until Nov 2026
Calder Freeway (Keilor Park 24/7)
⚠ Keilor Park on-ramp 24/7 until Dec 2026; Vineyard Rd daytime until 11 Aug
Frankston Freeway (Seaford/EastLink interchange)
⚠ Overnight closures 9pm–5am + daytime works until Nov 2026

⛈️ BOM Weather Alerts

❄️ Frost Warning — North East
🌬️ Strong Wind Warning — East Gippsland Coast (Cancellation for Central Gippsland Coast)

⚠️ WorkSafe / AMSA Incidents

$150,000 safety spend after forklift strikes truck driver
WorkSafe VIC  ·  29 July 2026
Amusement ride regulations now in force
WorkSafe VIC  ·  29 July 2026

⚠️ Notices to Mariners — Port of Melbourne 20 active

NtM No. Notice
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
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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