🌅 Morning Briefing

Saturday, 16 May 2026  ·  Updated 5:00am  ·  Port of Melbourne

📅 Archive 📆 All Ships (ICS) 📆 Webb Dock 📆 Swanson Dock 📊 Excel

🌊 Tides — Breakwater Pier, Port Melbourne

Now: 0.87m  ·  ↓ Falling

Low
7:39am
0.30m
High
2:27pm
0.95m
Low
8:03pm
0.64m
High
1:21am
0.94m
Breakwater Pier Webb Dock South Wharf Hovell Pile Melbourne VTS

☀️ Sun — Melbourne

🌄
7:14am
Sunrise
🌇
5:17pm
Sunset

Day length: 10h 3m

🌤️ Weather — Melbourne

Source: WillyWeather

⛈️ BOM Weather Alerts

✓ No active weather warnings for Victoria

Source: WeatherZone  ·  Checked 5:00am Sat 16 May

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

Vessel Type Wharf Scheduled (VicPorts) Destination / Origin Track
Victorian Reliance II ARR Webb Dock 1 East 5:15am Burnie 🔗 Live
Searoad Mersey II ARR Webb Dock 2 East 5:30am Devonport 🔗 Live
ESL Winner DEP Webb Dock 5 East 6:00am Bell Bay 🔗 Live
MSC Maria Clara DEP Webb Dock 4 East 6:00am Auckland 🔗 Live
Dubai Sky DEP Bulk Grain 3 8:04am — 🔗 Live
Goliath DEP South Wharf 27 1:00pm Devonport 🔗 Live
Swan Pride ARR Maribyrnong 1 1:00pm Port Botany 🔗 Live
Hafnia Despina ARR Gellibrand Pier 1:30pm Pt Allen 🔗 Live
Kmarin Respect DEP Bay Anchorage Outer 2:00pm Singapore 🔗 Live
MSC Alina ARR Webb Dock 5 East 4:30pm Sydney 🔗 Live
Victorian Reliance II DEP Webb Dock 1 East 5:55pm Burnie 🔗 Live
ESL Winner DEP Webb Dock 4 East 6:00pm Bell Bay 🔗 Live
Searoad Mersey II DEP Webb Dock 2 East 6:10pm Devonport 🔗 Live

🚗 Traffic — Major Melbourne Roads

M1 West Gate / Princes Fwy (→ Geelong)
⚠ Roadworks — Point Cook Rd entry/exit ramps (Geelong-bound lanes affected)
M1 Monash Freeway
⚠ Roadworks — Kooyong to Malvern East, Burke Rd interchange (both directions)
Eastern Freeway
⚠ Roadworks — Hoddle St to Springvale Rd (ongoing NELP works, both directions)
M2 CityLink / Bolte Bridge
✓ Clear
M80 Ring Road
⚠ Roadworks — Tullamarine (Airport ramp area) and Greensborough (westbound lanes)
EastLink
⚠ Roadworks — Seaford / Frankston interchange (both directions)
Calder Freeway
⚠ Roadworks — Keilor Park ramp works (all directions)
Frankston Freeway
⚠ Roadworks — Seaford interchange (same works as EastLink)

Source: VicTraffic  ·  Weekend roadworks in effect — check live map for current status.

⚠️ WorkSafe / AMSA Incidents

3 new incidents today

Farmer dies after quad bike rollover
WorkSafe VIC · 15 May 2026
$55,000 more in fines after work experience skylight fall
WorkSafe VIC · 14 May 2026
$180,000 fine for recidivist food manufacturer
WorkSafe VIC · 14 May 2026
Health service charged after death in emergency care
WorkSafe VIC · 11 May 2026
AMSA urges boaters: register EPIRBs and plan your trip
AMSA · 13 Apr 2026

⚠️ Notices to Mariners — Port of Melbourne 30 active 0 new

NtM No. Notice
265(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Port Phillip - Search and rescue training TEMP
263(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Port Phillip - Search and rescue training TEMP
262(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Yarra River - Survey of services protection structure TEMP
261-2026 Port of Melbourne - HMD 3.16.17
257-2026 Port of Melbourne - Port Phillip - Wreck
246(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Appleton Dock - Chainage restriction due to works 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
232(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Change to depths 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
114(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - South Wharf 26 and 27 - Remediation works TEMP
— 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
— Port of Melbourne - Station Pier - Pile driving and rehabilitation works
— Port of Melbourne - Towage requirements
136-2025 Port of Melbourne - HMD 3.12.3 and 3.16.17
— 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 - Appleton Dock - Pile driving, remediation and removal works
— Port of Melbourne / Yarra River - Shell Bunker Berth temporary light
📋 All Notices to Mariners — Ports Victoria