Morning Briefing — Friday 3 July 2026

🌊 Tides — Breakwater Pier, Port Melbourne

Now: 0.74m ↑ rising

HIGH

3:57am

0.89m

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

☀️ Sun

🌄

7:36am

Sunrise

🌇

5:12pm

Sunset

Weather Cloudy, showers · 9°C – 15°C
Rain Very high chance (morning & afternoon)
Wind NW–W 25–35 km/h, easing evening
UV 1 — Low

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

Vessel	Type	Wharf	Scheduled (VicPorts)	Live Status (MarineTraffic)	Track
He Chi	DEP	Holden Dock	5:00am	Scheduledvia VicPorts	🔗 Live
Tasmanian Achiever 2	ARR	Webb Dock 1 East	5:15am	Scheduledvia VicPorts	🔗 Live
Liekut	ARR	Webb Dock 2 East	5:30am	Scheduledvia VicPorts	🔗 Live
OOCL Miami	DEP	Webb Dock 4 East	6:00am	Scheduledvia VicPorts	🔗 Live
MSC Nadia IV	ARR	Webb Dock 4 East	9:30am	Scheduledvia VicPorts	🔗 Live
Fairchem Valor	DEP	Maribyrnong 1	11:00am	Scheduledvia VicPorts	🔗 Live
OOCL Miami	DEP	Webb Dock 4 East	11:00am	Scheduledvia VicPorts	🔗 Live
Maersk Bratan	ARR	Swanson West 1	11:30am	Scheduledvia VicPorts	🔗 Live
Atlantic Topaz	DEP	Bay Anchorage Outer	12:00pm	Scheduledvia VicPorts	🔗 Live
OOCL Texas	DEP	Webb Dock 5 East	12:00pm	Scheduledvia VicPorts	🔗 Live
MSC Melani III	ARR	Webb Dock 4 East	12:30pm	Scheduledvia VicPorts	🔗 Live
MSC Montserrat III	DEP	Webb Dock 4 East	12:50pm	Scheduledvia VicPorts	🔗 Live
Atlantic Topaz	DEP	Bay Anchorage Outer	3:00pm	Scheduledvia VicPorts	🔗 Live
CMA CGM Samson	DEP	Swanson East 3	3:00pm	Scheduledvia VicPorts	🔗 Live
Maersk Bratan	ARR	Swanson West 1	4:00pm	Scheduledvia VicPorts	🔗 Live
He Chi	DEP	Holden Dock	5:00pm	Scheduledvia VicPorts	🔗 Live
Tasmanian Achiever 2	DEP	Webb Dock 1 East	5:55pm	Scheduledvia VicPorts	🔗 Live
Fairchem Valor	DEP	Maribyrnong 1	6:00pm	Scheduledvia VicPorts	🔗 Live
OOCL Texas	DEP	Webb Dock 5 East	6:00pm	Scheduledvia VicPorts	🔗 Live
Liekut	DEP	Webb Dock 2 East	6:10pm	Scheduledvia VicPorts	🔗 Live

🚗 Traffic — Major Melbourne Roads

M1 West Gate / Princes Fwy (→ Geelong)

⚠ Collision — 3 lanes closed westbound near CityLink

All other major roads

✓ Clear

⛈️ BOM Weather Alerts

⚠ Severe Weather Warning — East Gippsland, North East, Central, South West, West & South Gippsland

⚠ Marine Wind Warning — Victoria

🌊 Flood warnings active — King River (Major), Goulburn (Moderate), Kiewa (Moderate), Ovens & Loddon (Minor)

🐑 Sheep Grazier Warning — North Central, North East, South West, Central, Gippsland

⚠️ WorkSafe / AMSA Incidents

Firm fined $555,000 after fatal quad bike accident

WorkSafe VIC · 2 Jul 2026

No new AMSA incidents

Last: Marine incident data highlights safety risks — 25 Jun 2026

NtM No.	Notice
329(T)-2026	Port of Melbourne - Change to depths TEMP
328(T)-2026	Port of Melbourne - Port Phillip - S5 Anchorage obstruction 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
241(T)-2026	Port of Melbourne - Port Phillip - Scientific Equipment TEMP
239(T)-2026	Port of Melbourne - Swanson Dock Berth 1 West - Berth works TEMP
171(T)-2026	Port of Melbourne - Port Melbourne Channel - Submarine gas pipeline inspection 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

🌅 Morning Briefing