🌅 Morning Briefing

Tuesday, 21 April 2026  ·  Updated 5:00am  ·  Port of Melbourne

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🌊 Tides — Breakwater Pier, Port Melbourne

Current 0.71m ▲ Rising
High
4:33am†
0.96m
Low
11:42am
0.21m
High
6:27pm
1.03m
Low
12:18am‡
0.55m
† already passed  ‡ next day
Breakwater Pier Webb Dock South Wharf Hovell Pile Melbourne VTS

☀️ Sun

🌄
6:51am
Sunrise
🌇
5:45pm
Sunset

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

Vessel Type Wharf Scheduled (VicPorts) Vessel Type Track
Esprit Lotus ARR Bulk Grain 3 5:15am Wood Chips Carrier 🔗
Tasmanian Achiever 2 ARR Webb Dock 1 East 5:15am Ro-Ro Cargo 🔗
Searoad Mersey II ARR Webb Dock 2 East 5:30am Ro-Ro Cargo 🔗
Hafnia Lillesand DEP Bay Anchorage Outer 6:00am Crude Oil Tanker 🔗
Rio Grande DEP Webb Dock 4 East 6:00am Container Ship 🔗
Atlantic Sunshine DEP Holden Dock 7:00am Oil/Chemical Tanker 🔗
Coral Chief DEP Swanson East 1 8:00am Container Ship 🔗
Positive Leader DEP Webb Dock 1 West 8:00am Vehicles Carrier 🔗
Aquamarine Ace ARR Webb Dock 3 West 9:30am Vehicle Carrier 🔗
Cosco Philippines ARR Swanson East 3 10:30am Container Ship 🔗
MSC Chulai III ARR Webb Dock 4 East 10:30am Container Ship 🔗
Magdalena Schulte DEP Swanson West 2 11:30am Container Ship 🔗
Ocean Draco DEP Bay Anchorage Outer 11:30am Bulk Carrier 🔗
Pelion ARR Swanson West 1 12:30pm Container Ship 🔗
Forever Cordiality DEP Gellibrand Pier Berth 3:00pm Oil Products Tanker 🔗
Maersk Fukuoka DEP Swanson East 2 3:00pm Container Ship 🔗
CMA CGM Loire BM ARR Webb Dock 5 East 4:30pm Container Ship 🔗
Tasmanian Achiever 2 DEP Webb Dock 1 East 5:55pm Ro-Ro Cargo 🔗

🚗 Traffic — Major Melbourne Roads

M3 Eastern Freeway
⚠ NELP active closures — Doncaster to Blackburn North, multiple lanes affected both directions
M2 CityLink
⚠ Lane closures — Burnley/Richmond area, >10min delay
M80 Ring Road
⚠ Maintenance works — Derrimut/Sunshine West, >10min delay northbound
M1 West Gate / Princes Fwy
⚠ Works — Spotswood ramp area westbound, 6–10min delay
M1 Monash Freeway · EastLink · Calder · Frankston Fwy
⚠ Scheduled works on all corridors — minor delays 0–10min

⛈️ BOM Weather Alerts

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

⚠️ WorkSafe / AMSA Incidents

Charges after prison officer assault
WorkSafe VIC · 16 April 2026 · WorkSafe charged DJCS following serious assault of prison officer at Barwon Prison
Previous:
WorkSafe responds to Geelong oil refinery fire
WorkSafe VIC · 16 April 2026 · Fire at Viva Energy Geelong refinery MOGAS unit

🌦️ Weather — Melbourne

Patchy Morning Fog · Sunny Afternoon
Fog clearing to a sunny autumn afternoon. NE–SE winds 15–20 km/h through the day, shifting NW–NE in the evening.
MIN
11°C
MAX
26°C
WIND
NE–SE
15–20 km/h
UV
Moderate
4

⚠️ Notices to Mariners — Port of Melbourne 29 active

NtM No. Notice
240-2026 Port of Melbourne - Port Phillip - Special mark buoys V3 & V4 NEW
239(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Swanson Dock Berth 1 West - Berth works TEMP NEW
232(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Change to depths TEMP
231-2026 Port of Melbourne - Port Phillip - Special mark buoy V2
221(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Port Phillip - Search and rescue training TEMP
213-2026 Port of Melbourne - Port Phillip - Wreck
206(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Appleton Dock - Chainage restriction due to works 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
153(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Port Phillip - Hume Tower remediation works TEMP
114(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - South Wharf 26 and 27 - Remediation works TEMP
073-2026 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
242(T)-2025 Port of Melbourne - Station Pier - Pile driving and rehabilitation works TEMP
148(T)-2025 Port of Melbourne - Towage requirements TEMP
136(T)-2025 Port of Melbourne - HMD 3.12.3 and 3.16.17 TEMP
114(T)-2025 Port of Melbourne - Short Road Wharf - Remediation works TEMP
463(T)-2024 Port of Melbourne - Williamstown Channel - Port Phillip Ferries TEMP
405(T)-2024 Port of Melbourne - Webb Dock 2 East berth - Remediation works extended TEMP
391(T)-2024 Port of Melbourne - Navigational controls for cruise shipping at Station Pier TEMP
299(T)-2024 Port of Melbourne - Appleton Dock - Pile driving, remediation and removal works TEMP
534(T)-2023 Port of Melbourne / Yarra River - Shell Bunker Berth temporary light TEMP
📋 All Notices to Mariners — Ports Victoria