Morning Briefing — Monday 3 August 2026

🌊 Tides — Breakwater Pier, Port Melbourne

Current: 0.55m ↑ rising

High Water

5:46am

0.89m

Low Water

12:03pm

0.36m

High Water

6:25pm

0.98m

Live station data:

Breakwater Pier Webb Dock South Wharf Hovell Pile Melbourne VTS

☀️ Sun

🌄

7:17am

Sunrise

🌇

5:35pm

Sunset

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

Vessel	Type	Wharf	Scheduled (VicPorts)	Live Status (MarineTraffic)	Track
Maersk Fukuoka	DEP	Swanson East 2	7:30am	Brisbane	🔗 Live
Responder	ARR	Victoria Dock	8:00am	Melbourne	🔗 Live
Darya Neeti	DEP	Bulk Grain 3	8:04am	—	🔗 Live
Genius Highway	ARR	Webb Dock 1 West	10:30am	Fremantle	🔗 Live
Bunun Fortune	DEP	Yarraville 5	11:00am	Adelaide	🔗 Live
Cosco Singapore	DEP	Swanson West 2	11:30am	Brisbane	🔗 Live
Maersk Yellowstone	ARR	Swanson West 1	11:30am	Botany Bay	🔗 Live
Radiant Ray	ARR	Maribyrnong 1	1:30pm	Adelaide	🔗 Live
Tasmanian Achiever 2	DEP	Webb Dock 1 East	5:30pm	Burnie	🔗 Live
Kota Lumayan	ARR	Swanson East 3	6:30pm	Singapore	🔗 Live
Liekut	DEP	Webb Dock 2 East	6:00pm	Devonport	🔗 Live
MSC Star R	DEP	Webb Dock 5 East	6:00pm	Brisbane	🔗 Live

🚗 Traffic — Major Melbourne Roads

Eastern Freeway (NELP — Hoddle St → Springvale / Nunawading)

⚙ Long-term upgrade project — multiple overnight lane closures ongoing

M2 CityLink (Essendon North, westbound)

⚙ 2 lanes closed 9:30am–3:30pm weekdays until 30 Sep

M2 CityLink (Burnley Tunnel)

⚙ Entry ramp closed overnight 9pm–5am until 30 Aug

M1 Monash / CityLink (ITS Hawthorn–Toorak)

⚙ Lane works both directions 9:30am–3pm weekdays until 30 Sep

M1 Monash Freeway (Burke Rd)

⚙ Lane works 10am–2pm daily until 31 Oct

M1 Princes Freeway (Narre Warren → Longwarry)

⚙ Outbound lane closed 7am–5pm daily until 30 Nov

M80 Ring Road (Greensborough)

⚙ Overnight lane closures until Dec 2026

Calder Freeway (Keilor East)

⚙ Lane closed 9:30am–3:30pm weekdays / 7am–5pm weekends until 31 Aug

M1 West Gate / Princes Fwy · EastLink · Frankston Fwy

✓ Clear

⛈️ BOM Weather Alerts

⚠️ Strong Wind Warning — West, Central, Central Gippsland & East Gippsland coasts

⚠️ Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) — East Gippsland, North East & West and South Gippsland

⚠️ WorkSafe / AMSA Incidents

No new WorkSafe or AMSA incidents

NtM No.	Notice
374(T)-2026	Port of Melbourne - Yarra River - Survey of services protection structure completed TEMP
372(T)-2026	Port of Melbourne - Change to depths TEMP
364(T)-2026	Port of Melbourne - Port Phillip - Search and rescue training TEMP
338(T)-2026	Port of Melbourne - Holden Dock - Berth remediation works 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
239(T)-2026	Port of Melbourne - Swanson Dock Berth 1 West - Berth works 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

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