🌅 Morning Briefing

Monday, 20 April 2026  ·  Updated 5:00am  ·  Port of Melbourne

📅 Archive

🌊 Tides — Breakwater Pier, Port Melbourne

Current 0.77m ▲ Rising
High
3:51am†
0.93m
Low
10:51am
0.22m
High
5:33pm
1.03m
Low
11:39pm
0.55m
Breakwater Pier Webb Dock South Wharf Hovell Pile Melbourne VTS

☀️ Sun

🌄
6:50am
Sunrise
🌇
5:46pm
Sunset

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

Vessel Type Wharf Scheduled (VicPorts) Vessel Type Track
Rio Grande DEP Webb Dock 4 East 6:00am Container Ship 🔗
STI Marshall ARR Bay Anchorage Outer 9:30am Oil/Chemical Tanker 🔗
Atlantic Sunshine DEP Holden Dock 10:00am Oil/Chemical Tanker 🔗
HMAS Stuart RAN DEP Station Pier Outer East 10:00am Military 🔗
Sagittarius Leader ARR Webb Dock 2 West 10:00am Vehicles Carrier 🔗
Magdalena Schulte DEP Swanson West 2 11:30am Container Ship 🔗
Pelion ARR Swanson West 3 12:30pm Container Ship 🔗
Positive Leader ARR Webb Dock 1 West 12:30pm Vehicles Carrier 🔗
MSC Capucine R DEP Webb Dock 5 East 2:00pm Container Ship 🔗
Hafnia Lillesand ARR Bay Anchorage Outer 2:29pm Crude Oil Tanker 🔗
Seagull DEP Webb Dock 4 East 3:00pm Container Ship 🔗
TS Sydney DEP Swanson East 3 3:00pm Container Ship 🔗
Victorian Reliance II DEP Webb Dock 1 East 5:30pm Ro-Ro Cargo 🔗
MSC Capucine R DEP Webb Dock 4 East 5:50pm Container Ship 🔗
Liekut DEP Webb Dock 2 East 6:10pm Ro-Ro Cargo 🔗
Coral Chief ARR Swanson East 1 6:30pm Container Ship 🔗
Rio Grande ARR Webb Dock 4 East 6:30pm Container Ship 🔗

🚗 Traffic — Major Melbourne Roads

M3 Eastern Freeway
⚠ Planned roadworks — between Hoddle St and Springvale Rd, expect delays
M1 West Gate / Princes Fwy · M1 Monash · M2 CityLink · M80 Ring Road · EastLink · Calder · Frankston Fwy
✓ No incidents reported

⛈️ BOM Weather Alerts

Strong Wind Warning — Victorian Central Coast (Tuesday)
Frost Warning — North East & East 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

Sunny — Light Winds
Clear sunny day with light winds. Cooler morning start. Pleasant autumn afternoon.
MIN
10°C
MAX
22°C
RAIN
Low
WIND
Light
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
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
📋 All Notices to Mariners — Ports Victoria