Morning Briefing — Thursday 6 August 2026

🌊 Tides — Breakwater Pier, Port Melbourne

Now: rising from LW · Astronomical tides via WillyWeather

LW

2:01am

0.35m

HW

8:01am

0.92m

LW

1:40pm

0.48m

HW

7:43pm

1.01m

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

☀️ Sun

🌄

7:17am

Sunrise

🌇

5:36pm

Sunset

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

Vessel	Type	Wharf	Scheduled (VicPorts)	Route	Track
Victorian Reliance II	▲ ARR	Webb Dock 1 East	5:15am	from Burnie	🔗 Track
Searoad Mersey II	▲ ARR	Webb Dock 2 East	5:30am	from Devonport	🔗 Track
Darya Neeti	▼ DEP	Bulk Grain 3	6:30am	→ Anchorage	🔗 Track
OOCL Chicago (PP)	▼ DEP	Swanson East 2	9:00am	→ Adelaide	🔗 Track
ESL Winner (SC)	▼ DEP	Webb Dock 5 East	1:00pm	→ Bell Bay	🔗 Track
MSC Cancun IV	▲ ARR	Webb Dock 5 East	1:30pm	from Adelaide	🔗 Track
Pan Bonita	▼ DEP	Lascelles 2	3:00pm	→ Portland	🔗 Track
Victorian Reliance II	▼ DEP	Webb Dock 1 East	5:55pm	→ Burnie	🔗 Track
Searoad Mersey II	▼ DEP	Webb Dock 2 East	6:10pm	→ Devonport	🔗 Track

🚗 Traffic — Major Melbourne Roads

M1 West Gate / Princes Fwy (→ Geelong — Point Cook Rd)

⚠️ Point Cook Rd entry ramp CLOSES 8pm tonight until 24 Aug · ITS CityLink–WGT 1 lane daytime until 30 Sep

Eastern Fwy (NELP — Hoddle St to Springvale Rd)

🚧 Ongoing NELP works — planned closures continuing

M2 CityLink (Burnley Tunnel)

🚧 Daytime westbound works ongoing until 30 Aug

M1 Monash Freeway (ITS Hawthorn–Toorak)

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

M80 Ring Road (Greensborough completion)

🚧 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 — East Gippsland Coast (for Friday 7 Aug)

⚠️ Frost Warning — Northern Country, North Central, North East & Central (final)

No Port Phillip/Western Port warnings. Source: BOM Victoria

🌦️ Weather — Melbourne

ConditionsCloudy · showers likely evening
Min / Max6°C / 16°C
Rain chanceMedium (evening most likely)
WindN to NW 15–25 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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