🌅 Morning Briefing

Friday, 1 May 2026  ·  Updated 5:00am  ·  Port of Melbourne

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🌊 Tides — Breakwater Pier, Port Melbourne

Current 0.88m — Steady
Low
8:45am
0.32m
High
3:09pm
0.93m
Low
9:27pm
0.54m
High
2:33am‡
0.88m
‡ 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

🌄
6:59am
Sunrise
🌇
5:35pm
Sunset

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

Vessel Type Wharf Scheduled (VicPorts) Vessel Type Track
Tasmanian Achiever 2 ARR Webb Dock 1 East 5:15am Ro-Ro Cargo 🔗
Dimitra C ARR Swanson West 1 5:30am Container Ship 🔗
Liekut ARR Webb Dock 2 East 5:30am Ro-Ro Cargo 🔗
MSC Anusha III DEP Webb Dock 5/4 East 6:00am Container Ship 🔗
MSC Capetown III ARR Webb Dock 4 East 10:30am Container Ship 🔗
Nord Ventura DEP Holden Dock 11:00am Oil/Chemical Tanker 🔗
Gan Jiang Kou DEP Webb Dock 1/2 West 12:00pm Vehicles Carrier 🔗
Northern Highway DEP Webb Dock 2 West 12:00pm Vehicles Carrier 🔗
Maersk Wellington ARR Swanson West 2/1 12:30pm Container Ship 🔗
Sydney Express DEP Swanson East 3 3:00pm Container Ship 🔗
Tasmanian Achiever 2 DEP Webb Dock 1 East 5:55pm Ro-Ro Cargo 🔗
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🚗 Traffic — Major Melbourne Roads

Eastern Freeway
⚠️ Major upgrade works — lane closures ongoing to early 2028
M1 West Gate / Princes Fwy
✓ Clear
M1 Monash Freeway
✓ Clear
M2 CityLink / Tullamarine
✓ Clear
M80 Ring Road
✓ Clear
EastLink / Frankston Fwy
✓ Clear

⛈️ BOM Weather Alerts

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

⚠️ WorkSafe / AMSA Incidents

Have your say on the draft Code of Claimants' Rights
WorkSafe VIC · 29 April 2026
Previous:
Builder fined over worker's fatal fall
WorkSafe VIC · 22 April 2026

🌦️ Weather — Melbourne

Sunny
Min 16°C, max 26°C. North to northeasterly winds 25–35 km/h. No rain expected. UV moderate (index 3).
MIN
16°C
MAX
26°C
RAIN
0%
WIND
N–NE
25–35 km/h
UV
Moderate
3

⚠️ Notices to Mariners — Port of Melbourne 31 active

NtM No. Notice
249(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Port Phillip - Large fender reported TEMP
248(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Port Phillip - Search and rescue training TEMP
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
📋 All Notices to Mariners — Ports Victoria