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 or to check on the status or request for cancelled notices:
Navigation Services, Melbourne
Tel: +61 3 9644 9758
Email: navigationservices@ports.vic.gov.au
Extant NtMs issued by Ports Victoria for port of Melbourne
Extant OIs issued by Ports Victoria for port of Melbourne
| Number | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 01-2026 | Navigational Controls for shipping at Yarraville 5 | 27 January 2026 |
| 01-2025 | ALS Container vessels with dimensions LOA 255m x Beam 42.8m | 22 October 2025 |
| 03-2024 | Navigational Controls for Cruise Shipping at Station Pier | 17 September 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 issued by Ports Victoria for port of Geelong & Hastings
| Number | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 333(T)-2026 | Ports Victoria - Port of Geelong - Refinery Pier Outer Dolphins - Fixed red lights unlit | 27 June 2026 |
| 294(T)-2026 | 294(T) - 26 - Ports Vic - Port of Hastings - Hydrographic survey works | 5 June 2026 |
| 404T-2025 | Ports-Vic-Port-of-Geelong-Hydrographic-survey-works | 6 August 2025 |
| 353-2025 | Ports-Vic-Port-of-Geelong-Water-Monitoring-Buoy-1 | 4 July 2025 |
| 146T-2025 | Ports-Victoria-Port-of-Geelong-Refinery-34-Temporary-Light-Mooring-Dolphin | 28 March 2025 |
| 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 |
| 348-2022 | Ports-Vic-Port-of-Geelong-Corio-Bay-Buoy-deployment | 14 October 2022 |