🌅 Morning Briefing

Tuesday, 28 April 2026  ·  Updated 5:00am  ·  Port of Melbourne

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🌊 Tides — Breakwater Pier, Port Melbourne

Current 0.72m ▼ Falling
Low
5:27am
0.47m
High
11:18am
0.82m
Low
5:15pm
0.44m
High
11:51pm
0.89m
Low
6:45am‡
0.42m
‡ next day
Breakwater Pier Hovell Pile Webb Dock South Wharf Melbourne VTS
🌡️ Bay Water Temps (unavailable — site unreachable)
🌡️ Bay Water Temps — baywx.com.au

☀️ Sun

🌄
6:58am
Sunrise
🌇
5:35pm
Sunset

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

Vessel Type Wharf Scheduled (VicPorts) Vessel Type Track
Victorian Reliance II ARR Webb Dock 1 East 5:15am Ro-Ro Cargo 🔗
Cosco Istanbul DEP Webb Dock 5 East 5:30am Container Ship 🔗
Searoad Mersey II ARR Webb Dock 2 East 5:30am Ro-Ro Cargo 🔗
CMA CGM Dutch Harbor DEP Swanson West 1 6:00am Container Ship 🔗
Akuna DEP South Wharf 26 7:00am Cement Carrier 🔗
Cosco Genoa DEP Swanson East 2 7:00am Container Ship 🔗
Spirit of Melbourne ARR Swanson West 1 7:00am Container Ship 🔗
Sydney Express ARR Swanson East 3 7:45am Container Ship 🔗
OOCL Yokohama ARR Swanson East 2 11:30am Container Ship 🔗
Meridian Ace DEP Webb Dock 2 West 12:01pm Vehicles Carrier 🔗
Kondili ARR South Wharf 26 12:30pm Cement Carrier 🔗
MSC Maritina V ARR Webb Dock 4 East 12:30pm Container Ship 🔗
Don Carlos DEP Webb Dock 1 West 2:00pm Container Ship 🔗
MSC Acapulco IV DEP Webb Dock 4 East 2:00pm Container Ship 🔗
Atlantic Prince ARR Bay Anchorage Outer 2:30pm Oil/Chemical Tanker 🔗
ALS Juno ARR Webb Dock 5 East 3:00pm Container Ship 🔗
Asteria Leader ARR Webb Dock 1 West 3:30pm Vehicles Carrier 🔗
Golden Axis ARR Bay Anchorage Inner 3:30pm Oil/Chemical Tanker 🔗
Trans Future 5 DEP Webb Dock 2 West 4:00pm Vehicles Carrier 🔗
Hafnia Bobcat ARR Bay Anchorage Outer 4:30pm Oil/Chemical Tanker 🔗
Victorian Reliance II DEP Webb Dock 1 East 5:55pm Ro-Ro Cargo 🔗
Searoad Mersey II DEP Webb Dock 2 East 6:10pm Ro-Ro Cargo 🔗
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All Ships Webb Dock Swanson Station Pier Bay Anchorage

🚗 Traffic — Major Melbourne Roads

Eastern Freeway
NELP upgrade works (Hoddle St–Springvale Rd) — allow extra time overnight and morning
M2 CityLink / Tullamarine
Maintenance works near Tullamarine (9:30am–3:30pm)
M80 Ring Road
Maintenance works near Tullamarine (9:30am–3:30pm)
EastLink
Maintenance works near Police Road, Mulgrave (9:30am–3:30pm)
Frankston Freeway
Maintenance works near Seaford/Frankston (7am–5pm)
M1 West Gate / Princes, M1 Monash, Calder
✓ Clear

⛈️ BOM Weather Alerts

No active warnings for Victoria
Checked via WeatherZone — no disruptions reported

⚠️ WorkSafe / AMSA Incidents

No new incidents today
No new WorkSafe VIC or AMSA reports since last briefing
Previous:
Builder fined over worker's fatal fall
WorkSafe VIC · 22 April 2026

🌦️ Weather — Melbourne

Partly Cloudy — Patchy Morning Fog
Min 11°C, max 25°C. N to NW winds 15–20 km/h, becoming light in the afternoon. UV moderate (index 3).
MIN
11°C
MAX
25°C
WIND
N–NW
15–20 km/h
UV
Moderate
3

⚠️ Notices to Mariners — Port of Melbourne 30 active 2 new

NtM No. Notice
246(T)-2026 🆕 Port of Melbourne - Appleton Dock - Chainage restriction due to works TEMP
242(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Port Phillip - Hume Tower works completed TEMP
241(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Port Phillip - Scientific Equipment TEMP
240-2026 Port of Melbourne - Port Phillip - Special mark buoys V3 & V4
239(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Swanson Dock Berth 1 West - Berth works TEMP
232(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Change to depths TEMP
231-2026 Port of Melbourne - Port Phillip - Special mark buoy V2
213-2026 Port of Melbourne - Port Phillip - Wreck
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
— 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
408(T)-21 🆕 Port of Melbourne - Webb Dock - Operational Instruction in force trial for oversize container vessels TEMP
📋 All Notices to Mariners — Ports Victoria