Notices to Mariners

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Notices to Mariners​ & Operational Instructions

Victorian Notices to Mariners (NtMs) issued by Ports Victoria for the port of Melbourne provide legal notification of changes to port waters that could affect the safe and efficient movement of shipping in or out of the port of Melbourne. The master of a vessel must ensure the vessel carries copies of, and complies with, NtMs affecting the port of Melbourne or its port waters. An RSS feed is available via the link below.

Operational Instructions (OIs) are operational or organisational notices promulgated by the Harbour Master of the port of Melbourne pursuant to section 232 of the Marine Safety Act 2010 (Vic), to port users.

For more information:
Navigation Services, Melbourne
Tel: +61 3 9644 9758
Email: navigationservices@ports.vic.gov.au

Extant ​​​NtMs is​sued by Ports Victoria for port of Melbourne

Number Description Date
500(T)-2025 Port of Melbourne - Western By-Pass Channel - Salvage of submerged object 14 October 2025
499(T)-2025 Port of Melbourne - Maribyrnong River - West Gate Tunnel Project - No go zones removed 14 October 2025
498(T)-2025 Port of Melbourne - Swanson Dock - Pile remediation works completed 14 October 2025
497(T)-2025 Port of Melbourne - Station Pier - Chainage restrictions lifted 13 October 2025
486(T)-2025 Port of Melbourne - Port Phillip Bay - Search and rescue training 7 October 2025
478(T)-2025 Port of Melbourne - Holden Dock berth restrictions due to works 1 October 2025
470(T)-2025 Port of Melbourne - Yarraville 6 berth remediation works 18 September 2025
456(T)-2025 Port of Melbourne - Appleton Dock berths D & E - Chainage restriction due to works 8 September 2025
445(T)-2025 Port of Melbourne - Swanson Dock West Berth 3 remediation works 29 August 2025
428(T)-2025 Port of Melbourne - Melbourne - Beacon replacement works 20 August 2025
401(T)-2025 Port of Melbourne - South Wharf 30 and 31 - Remediation works 4 August 2025
400(T)-2025 Port of Melbourne - Maribyrnong River -Temporary Pontoon Jetty 1 August 2025
394-2025 Port of Melbourne - Maribyrnong River - West Gate Tunnel Project construction works completed 1 August 2025
381(T)-2025 Port of Melbourne - Jetty South Of Holden Dock - Pile remediation works 24 July 2025
379(T)-2025 Port of Melbourne & Geelong - Port Phillip Bay -Survey and sampling works 22 July 2025
375(T)-2025 Port of Melbourne - Change to depths 17 July 2025
335(T)-25 Port of Melbourne - South Channel - Beacon No 1 destroyed 20 June 2025
242(T)-25 Port of Melbourne - Station Pier - Pile driving and rehabilitation works 12 May 2025
205(T)-25 Port of Melbourne - South Channel - Entrance Beacon destroyed 16 April 2025
148(T)-25 Port of Melbourne - Towage requirements 14 March 2025
136(T)-25 Port of Melbourne - HMD 3.12.3 and 3.16.17 4 March 2025
114(T)-25 Port of Melbourne - Short Road Wharf - Remediation works 21 February 2025
486(T)-24 Port of Melbourne - South Channel - Beacon replacement works 14 November 2024
463(T)-24 Port of Melbourne - Williamstown Channel - Port Phillip Ferries 1 November 2024
405(T)-24 Port of Melbourne - Webb Dock 2 East berth - Remediation works extended 25 September 2024
391(T)-24 Port of Melbourne - Navigational controls for cruise shipping at Station Pier 17 September 2024
299(T)-24 Port of Melbourne - Appleton Dock - Pile driving, remediation and removal works 17 July 2024
198(T)-24 Port of Melbourne - Navigational controls for shipping at Yarraville 5 8 May 2024
534(T)-23 Port of Melbourne / Yarra River - Shell Bunker Berth temporary light 18 December 2023
389-23 Port of Melbourne / Harbour Master's Directions Edition 13.1 29 September 2023
408(T)-21 Port Melbourne / Webb Dock - Operational Instruction in force trial for oversize container vessels to Webb Dock 17 December 2021

Extant OIs issued by Ports Victoria for port of Melbourne

Number Description Date
​03-2024 Navigational Controls for Cruise Shipping at Station Pier 17 September 2024
​02-2024 Navigational controls for shipping at Yarraville 5 8 May 2024
06-2021 Trial for oversize container vessels to Webb Dock 17 December 2021
​01-2018 ​Yarraville 6 - Mooring requirements 29 March 2018

Extant ​​​NtMs is​sued by Ports Victoria for port of Geelong & Hastings

Number Description Date
448T-2025 Ports Vic Port of Geelong Diving Operations Refinery Pier 3&4 2 September 2025
404T-2025 Ports-Vic-Port-of-Geelong-Hydrographic-survey-works 6 August 2025
402T-2025 Ports-Vic-Port-of-Hastings-Hydrographic-survey-works-Completion 5 August 2025
353-2025 Ports-Vic-Port-of-Geelong-Water-Monitoring-Buoy-1 4 July 2025
241P-2025 Ports-Victoria-Port-of-Geelong-Corio-Channel-Beacons-51-55-Installation 16 May 2025
146T-2025 Ports-Victoria-Port-of-Geelong-Refinery-34-Temporary-Light-Mooring-Dolphin 28 March 2025
080T-2025 Corio-Grammar-Jetty-Submerged-Hazards 11 February 2025
075-2025 Ports-Victoria-Port-of-Melbourne-Transit-Only-Zone-Wreck 7 February 2025
066T-2025 Ocean-Grove-Boat-Ramp-Barge-Operations-3-2-2025 3 February 2025
62T-2025 Port-of-Portland-Shoaling-Near-Main-Breakwater 31 January 2025
061T-2025 Port-of-Portland-Declared-Depths-1 31 January 2025
048-2025 Port-Of-Corner-Inlet-Port-Welshpool-Harbour-Wreck-Navigation-Hazard-23-01-25- 29 January 2025
044T-2025 Parks-Vic-Tankerton-Tankerton-Boat-Ramp-Works 21 January 2025
041T-2025 Parks-Vic-St-Leonards-Temporary-Boat-Ramp-Closure 21 January 2025
040T-2025 STV-East-Bass-Strait-Seaspray-USV-Operations-XOcean-signed 21 January 2025
036-2025 STV-West-Bass-Strait-Torquay-VFA-FADs-Re-established-until-May-2025 21 January 2025
030T-2025 Ports-Victoria-Port-of-Melbourne-Appleton-Dock-berths-Condemned-bollards-and-no-go-zones 14 January 2025
025T-2025 Parks-Vic-Tankerton-Port-lateral-Buoy-Established 14 January 2025
580-2024 Williamstown-Special-Mark-Buoy-P3-Re-established 30 December 2024
570-2024 BHSA-5-knot-Exemption-and-Events-Calendar-2024-2025_23-12-2024 23 December 2024
564T-2024 Parks-Vic-Hobsons-Bay-Artificial-Reef-Installation 17 December 2024
541T-2024 Ports-Victoria-Port-of-Melbourne-Swanson-Dock-West-Berth-No.-1-closure-for-remediation-works 5 December 2024
540T-2024 STV-East-Bass-Strait-Seaspray-USV-operations-XOcean-signed 5 December 2024
539T-2024 Park-Vic-Williamstown-Ferguson-St-Pier-maintenance-works 5 December 2024
523T-2024 Ports-Victoria-Port-of-Melbourne-Change-to-depths 29 November 2024
518T-2024 Ports-Victoria-Port-of-Melbourne-Yarraville-5-Pile-remediation-works-extended 25 November 2024
511T-2024 Parks-Vic-Tootgarook-Temporary-mooring-ground 22 November 2024
509T-2024 Parks-Vic-Mordialloc-Blueys-Berthing-Pile-Walkway-Removal 22 November 2024
500T-2024 Ports-Vic-Western-Port-Bluescope-Front-Lead-and-Long-Island-Point-Berth-Lights-Unlit 20 November 2024
487-2024 Barwon-Coast-Barwon-Heads-Floating-Bird-Roost-Trial_14-11-2024 15 November 2024
486T-2024 Ports-Victoria-Port-of-Melbourne-South-Channel-Beacon-replacement-works 14 November 2024
477T-2024 Ports-Victoria-Port-of-Melbourne-South-Wharf-26-Berth-remediation-works-extended 8 November 2024
476T-2024 Ports-Victoria-Port-of-Melbourne-Yarraville-6-berth-Remediation-works 7 November 2024
463T-2024 Ports-Victoria-Port-of-Melbourne-Williamstown-Channel-Port-Phillip-Ferries 1 November 2024
405T-2024 Ports-Victoria-Port-of-Melbourne-Webb-Dock-2-East-berth-Remediation-works-extended_ 26 September 2024
393-2024 Ports-Victoria-Port-of-Melbourne-Vessels-equipped-with-engine-or-shaft-power-limiters 19 September 2024
389T-2024 Parks-Vic-The-Narrows-San-Remo-Bridge-Reduced-Air-Draught-and-Navigation-Direction-Stage-3 17 September 2024
320T-2024 Parks-Vic-Williamstown-Gem-Pier-Isolated-Danger-Buoy-Missing 31 July 2024
284T-2024 Parks-Vic-St-Kilda-St-Kilda-Pier-Redevelopment 2 July 2024
272T-2024 Parks-Vic-San-Remo-Bridge-Stage-2-Reduced-Air-Draught-Navigation-Direction 26 June 2024
198T-2024 Ports-Victoria-Port-of-Melbourne-Navigational-controls-for-shipping-at-Yarraville-5 8 May 2024
186-2024 Ports-Victoria-Port-of-Melbourne-Williamstown-5-knot-speed-limit-zone 30 April 2024
162-2024 Ports-Victoria-Port-of-Melbourne-Fairway-Through-Port-Phillip-Heads-Change-to-tidal-stream-limits 19 April 2024
107T-2024 Ports-Victoria-Port-of-Melbourne-Appleton-Dock-Standby-towage-requirements 7 March 2024
389-2023 Ports-Victoria-Port-of-Melbourne-Harbour-Masters-Directions-Edition-13.1 2 October 2023
275T-2023 Ports-Victoria-Western-Port-Fairway-Buoy-Unlit 5 July 2023
417T-2022 STV-Bass-Strait-East-Inverloch-Deployment-of-Sofar-Spotter-wave-buoy 29 November 2022
348-2022 Ports-Vic-Port-of-Geelong-Corio-Bay-Buoy-deployment 14 October 2022