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Notices to Mariners 2009 - archived

Victorian Notices to Mariners 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 that the vessel carries copies of, and complies with, Notices to Mariners affecting the port or port waters.

Victorian Notices to Mariners 2009
Number Description Date
178/09 Old Inverloch boat ramp

23 Dec 09

177(T)/09 Port of Port Phillip / Corio Bay - New Year on the waterfront fireworks event - Temporary exclusion zone

23 Dec 09

176/09 Port of Melbourne / Williamstown Channel - Lateral mark re-established

21 Dec 09

175/09 Port Phillip / Rosebud Jetty Head - Light re-established

18 Dec 09

174/09 Bass Strait / Special use and exclusion zones - Ex-HMAS Canberra dive site

11 Dec 09

173 Pending
172 Pending
171(T)/09 Port Phillip / Mornington - Maintenance dredging

3 Dec 09

170(T)/09 Port Phillip / Corio Bay - Carols By The Bay fireworks event - Temporary exclusion zone

1 Dec 09

169/09 Port of Anderson Inlet / Anderson Inlet entrance - Alteration to navigation facilities

26 Nov 09

168/09 Port Phillip / Mordialloc Creek entrance - Maintenance dredging complete

26 Nov 09

167/09 Port of Melbourne / Gellibrand Dock - New sector light established

25 Nov 09

166/09 Port Phillip / South Channel beacons No. 2, 4, 21 - established
/ Port Melbourne Channel - beacons E1, E2, 1A & 2A established

25 Nov 09

165/09 Port of Melbourne / Port of Melbourne Corporation - Operations Handbook - New edition

25 Nov 09

164/09 Port of Melbourne / Port Melbourne Channel; Williamstown Channel and River Yarra -
Maintained depth re-declared

25 Nov 09

163/09 Port Phillip / South Channel - Re-aligned, maintained depth - Re-declared

25 Nov 09

162/09 Port Phillip / Great Ship Channel - Maintained Depth re-declared
/ Nepean Bank - Entrance channels depth re-declared

25 Nov 09

161/09 Port Phillip / Channel Deepening Project - Completed

25 Nov 09

160/09 Port Phillip / Point Richards - Rock groyne construction and access channel dredging

23 Nov 09

159(T)09 Port Phillip / Mordialloc Creek Entrance - Maintenance dredging

20 Nov 09

158/09 Port of Geelong / Oil rig "Ocean Patriot" arrival, Port of Geelong

16 Nov 09

157/09 Port Phillip / Shortland Bluff - Low Light - Sector accuracy confirmed
/ Lonsdale Light - Sector accuracy confirmed

12 Nov 09

156(T)/09 Port of Melbourne / Maintenance dredging

12 Nov 09

155/09 Port Phillip / Sorrento - Recover works for submerged hazard and exclusion zone

9 Nov 09

154(T)/09 Port Phillip / Sorrento - Recovery works for submerged hazard and exclusion zone

5 Nov 09

153/09 Port of Melbourne / Station Pier West - Fender upgrade works - completed

4 Nov 09

152(T)/09 Port Phillip / Mordialloc Creek entrance reduced depth

30 Oct 09

151/09 Port of Corner Inlet & Port Albert / Port Albert harbour demolition & construction works

27 Oct 09

150/09 Port of Anderson Inlet / Navigation warning

27 Oct 09

149/09 Port of Corner Inlet & Port Albert / Temporary reduction in declared depth

27 Oct 09

148/09 Port of Melbourne / Swanson Swinging Basin - Diving operations - completed

21 Oct 09

147/09 Port Phillip / Special mark buoys - withdrawn

21 Oct 09

146/09 Port Phillip / Removal of special mark turbidity monitoring buoys and underwater equipment

19 Oct 09

145/09 Mariners are advised that Notice to Mariners No. 128 has been revoked

12 Oct 09

144(T)/09 Port of Melbourne / Swanson Swing Basin - Diving operations. Removal of mooring dolphin base and
old sheet pile retaining wall.

12 Oct 09

143(T)/09 Port of Gippsland Lakes / Dredging works - Loch Sport

12 Oct 09

142/09 Exclusion zones - Towing, scuttling and post-scuttling operations of HMAS Canberra

2 Oct 09

141/09 Captains Point, Malacoota Inlet - Installation of new lead light

1 Oct 09

140(T)/09 Johnsonville - East Gippsland / Lower Tambo River bank stabilisation

1 Oct 09

139(T)/09 Port of Melbourne / River Yarra - south Wharf-Berth rehabilitation works - Diving operations

12 Oct 09

138/09 Port Phillip / Port Waters of Melbourne - Dynamic Under Keel Clearance (DUKC) -
Changes to compliance draught

30 Sep 09

137/09 Port of Melbourne - Swinging Basin - Swanson Dock East - Approach leads established

30 Sep 09

136/09 Port of Melbourne / Swanson Dock - New northern leads established, existing centre leads modified-
New southern leads established, existing centre leads modified

30 Sep 09

135/09 Port of Melbourne / Swanson Dock - New northern leads established, existing centre leads modified -
new southern leads established, existing centre leads modified

30 Sep 09

134(T)/09 Port of Melbourne / Swanson Swing Basin - Diving operations - Removal of mooring dolphin base and
old sheet pile retaining wall

28 Sep 09

133(T)/09 Port of Barwon Heads / Barwon River Bridge construction, Barwon Heads - Boating exclusion zone

24 Sep 09

132/09 Ocean Grove / Installation of buoys - Pre-scuttling, HMAS Canberra

17 Sep 09

131(T)/09 Port of Anderson Inlet / Anderson Inlet entrance navigational warning

16 Sep 09

130/09 Port of Geelong / Submersible oil rig Kan Tan IV departure, Port of Geelong

16 Sep 09

129/09 Barry Beach marine terminal Corner Inlet / Cutter suction dredge works completed

15 Aug 09

128/09 Ocean Grove / Installation of buoys - Pre-scuttling, HMAS Canberra

11 Sep 09

127(T)/09 Port Phillip / Port Phillip Heads - Diving operations - Installation of post-construction monitoring equipment

23 Sep 09

126(T)/09 Port of Melbourne / Williamstown Channel - Gellibrand Pier - Diving operations

22 Sep 09

125(T)/09 Port Phillip / Oil rig Kan Tan IV - Hampered vessel transit - Rescheduled

20 Sep 09

124(T)/09 Port Phillip / Oil rig Kan Tan IV - Hampered vessel transit

16 Sep 09

123/09 Port Phillip / Ricketts Point Measured Mile marker repaired

9 Sep 09

122(T)/09 Port Phillip / St Kilda Marina - Maintenance dredging

3 Sep 09

121(T)/09 Port Phillip / Williamstown - Pile driving & marina repairs Royal Yacht Club of Victoria

3 Sep 09

120/09 Port of Geelong / Amendments to Port Waters of Geelong Operating Handbook (2009)

27 Aug 09

119/09 Port of Melbourne / Amendments to Harbour Master's Directions

27 Aug 09

118/09 Port of Corner Inlet & Port Albert / Lewis Channel No. 21 light buoy

24 Aug 09

117(T)/09 Port of Melbourne / River Yarra - Mobil Bunker Jetty - Works

26 Aug 09

116(T)/09 Port of Melbourne / River Yarra - West Gate Bridge strengthening works - Air draught - Restrictions

24 Aug 09

115/09 Port of Melbourne / Amendments to Harbour Master's Directions -
Increase in maximum vessel draught to Swanson Dock

19 Aug 09

114/09 Port Phillip / Port Phillip - Gas pipeline works - completed / Port Melbourne Channel - Re-aligned /
New lateral mark beacons - To be established

18 Aug 09

113/09 Port Phillip / South Channel - Lateral mark beacon No. 21 - to be established

14 Aug 09

112/09 Port Phillip / South Channel - Port hand lateral buoys No. 2 & 4 to be removed

14 Aug 09

111(T)/09 Port Phillip / Altona Boat maintenance dredging

11 Aug 09

110/09 Port Phillip / Maintenance dredging of Werribee River Channel completed

4 Aug 09

109/09 Port of Melbourne / River Yarra - Swanson Swinging Basin - Mooring dolphin removal works / Diving operations

4 Aug 09

108(T)/09 Port of Melbourne / Station Pier West - Fender upgrade works

3 Aug 09

107/09 Port of Melbourne / Amendments to Harbour Master's Directions

3 Aug 09

106/09 Port of Melbourne / Hobsons Bay - Temporary buoy removed - Recreational Buoy "R4" establisehd

3 Aug 09

105/09 Port Phillip / Port Waters of Melbourne - Dynamic Under Keel Clearance (DUKC) -
Changes to vessel information requirement

30 Jul 09

104(T)/09 Port of Corner Inlet & Port Albert / Lewis Channel - Beacon destroyed

28 Jul 09

103(T)/09 Port Phillip / Oil Rig Kan Tan IV - Hampered vessel transit

24 Jul 09

102(T)/09 Port Phillip / Williamstown - Pile driving & marina repairs Royal Yacht Club of Victoria

23 Jul 09

101(T)/09 Port Melbourne / Swanson Dock - Wharf upgrade works - Clear zone around work units

22 Jul 09

100/09 Port of Melbourne / Outer Anchorage - Redefined

17 Jul 09

099/09 Port of Melbourne / Inner Anchorage - Redefined

17 Jul 09

098/09 Port of Corner Inlet & Port Albert / Corner Inlet entrance - Bentley Point - Alteration to navigation

13 Jul 09

097/09 Port of Corner Inlet & Port Albert / Franklin River Channel - Alteration to navigation

13 Jul 09

096(T)/09 Port of Barwon Heads / Barwon River - Hazard to navigation - Preliminary advice -
Obstruction by bridge works across river

13 Jul 09

095(T)/09 Cutter suction dredge works / Barry beach marine terminal Corner Inlet

9 Jul 09

094(T)/09 Port Phillip / Frankston Pier - Reconstruction works 

3 Jul 09

093(T)/09 Port Phillip / Rosebud Pier - Reconstruction works

3 Jul 09

092-09 Western Port / Sandy Point, Middle Spit Channel #4 and Gentle Annie Channel #6 - Changes to chart

3 Jul 09

091-09 Port Phillip / Point King (Portsea) day mark navigational beacon destroyed

17 Jul 09

090/09 Port Phillip / Amendments to Port of Melbourne Corporation Operations Handbook & Harbour Master's
Directions - 2009

30 Jun 09

089/09 Port of Gippsland Lakes / Lakes Entrance bar channel light - Cancellation of navigation warning

26 Jun 09

088/09 Port of Gippsland Lakes / Lakes Entrance Bar & Channel Entrance light - navigation warning

25 Jun 09

087/09 Port of Melbourne / River Yarra - Beacon No. 49 established

25 Jun 09

086/09 Port of Corner Inlet & Port Albert / Franklin River Channel - Alteration to navigation -
Correction to Notice 085/09

22 Jun 09

085/09 Port of Corner Inlet & Port Albert / Franklin River Channel - Alteration to navigation

22 Jun 09

084(T)/09 Port of Gippsland Lakes / Boat r amp contractor works - East Gippsland Shaving Point Metung

22 Jun 09

083/09 Port Phillip / Port Phillip Heads - Queenscliff Harbour - New sector light established

18 Jun 09

082/09 Port of Corner Inlet & Port Albert / Lewis Channel & Middle Ground Channel - Alternation to navigation

15 Jun 09

081(T)/09 Port of Gippsland Lakes / Paynesville Fishermans Jetty wharf construction 

15 Jun 09

080(T)/09 Port of Gippsland Lakes / Marlo - East Gippsland - Lower Snowy River bank stabilisation

9 Jun 09

079(T)/09 Port Phillip / Rosebud Jetty h ead - Temporary relocation of light

9 Jun 09

078(T)/09 Port of Gippsland Lakes / Trailing Suction Hopper Dredge Pelican - Lakes Entrance operations

9 Jun 09

077(T)/09 Port Phillip / Werribee South - Maintenance dredging

15 Jun 09

076/09 Port of Portland / Establishment of a continuously operating reference station (isolated danger)
inside harbour, south of the lee breakwater

4 Jun 09

075(T)/09 Port of Geelong / Submersible oil rig Kan Tan IV entry into Port of Geelong

3 Jun 09

074/09

Port of Gippsland Lakes / Jetty Repairs & Associated Works - Cunninghame Arm Lake Entrance 

 1 Jun 09

073(T)/09 Port Phillip / HLV Transporter - Oil rig Kan Tan IV

2 Jun 09

072/09 Navigation warning / Lady Bay, Port of Warrnambool harbour entrance

1 Jun 09

071(T)/09 Port of Gippsland Lakes / Local Navigation Warning - Mitchell River Bairnsdale -
Winter Series Mitchell River Classic

19 Jul 09

070(T)/09 Port of Gippsland Lakes / Installation of erosion mitigation equipment - East Gippsland -
Lower Tambo River

1 Jun 09

069(T)/09 Port of Gippsland Lakes / Installation of erosion mitigation equipment - East Gippsland - Mitchell River

1 Jun 09

068/09 Port of Gippsland Lakes / Installation of new navigational light - Duck Arm - Gippsland Lakes

1 Juh 09

067/09 Port of Gippsland Lakes / Installation of new navigational light - Montague Point Gippsland Lakes

1 Jun 09

066/09 Port of Melbourne / River Yarra - Declaration of air draught

14 May 09

065/09 Port Phillip / Port Phillip Heads and South Channel - Port entry lights - Correction of positions

14 May 09

064/09 Port Melbourne / Williamstown Channel-Beacon No. 21 Re-established - Temporary buoy removed

7 May 09

063(T)/09 Port Albert Entrance Channel / South Gippsland - Port of Port Albert

4 May 09

062(T)/09 Port of Mallacoota / Contractor works - East Gippsland - Gipsy Point

4 May 09

061(T)/09 Port of Geelong / Corio Quay North 4

1 May 09

060/09 Port of Melbourne / Melbourne Inner and Outer Anchorages - Ethane Pipeline repairs - Completed

29 Apr 09

059/09 Port Phillip / Port Phillip Heads and South Channel – Port entry lights - Sector accuracy confirmed

27 Apr 09

058/09 Alteration to buoyage / South Gippsland - Anderson Inlet entrance

27 Apr 09

057/09 Port Phillip / Anchoring prohibited area - Recreational vessels

23 Apr 09

056(T)/09 Port Phillip Bay / Portarlington - Ski race Victoria championship event

22 Apr 09

055(T)/09 Port of Melbourne / River Yarra - Protection of services - restrictions cancelled

22 Apr 09

054(T)/09 Port Phillip / South Channel - Beacon No. 2 - Extraction of old structure

20 Apr 09

053/09 Port Phillip / Aspendale, Seaford and Frankston - Artificial reef trial

20 Apr 09

052/09

Port of Corner Inlet & Port Albert / Corner Inlet entrance - South Gippsland - Alteration to buoyage

20 Apr 09

051(T)/09 Port of Geelong / Corio North Quay 4

6 Apr 09

050/09 Port Phillip / Anchoring prohibited area

6 Apr 09

049(T)/09 Port Melbourne / Swanson Dock East - Impressed current cathodic protection

6 Apr 09

048(T)/09 Port Phillip / Port Phillip and River Yarra - Restricted access area

3 Apr 09

047(T)/09 Port of Mallacoota / Installation of erosion mitigation equipment - East Gippsland - Wallagaraugh River

5 Apr 09

046/09 Port Melbourne / Webb Dock - Clearing lead lights 335  - Repositioned / Re-aligned

2 Apr 09

045/09 Port Phillip Bay / Queenscliff - Shortland Bluff lit port hand mark

30 Mar 09

044/09 Port of Corner Inlet and Port Albert / Barry Beach South Gippsland - Special mark buoy established

25 Mar 09

043(T)/09 Port Phillip Heads / Entrance Deep - Towed video survey operations

23 Mar 09

042(T)/09 Port of Geelong / Portarlington Gannet Cup Race

20 Mar 09

041/09 Port of Melbourne / Eastern Bypass Channel - Obstruction - Least depth 13.0 metres

19 Mar 09

040(P)/09 Port Phillip / Port Phillip Heads and South Channel - New Sector Lights to be established

19 Mar 09

039(T)/09 Port Phillip / South Channel - Port hand lateral buoys No. 2 & 4 to be established
- Lateral mark beacons no. 2 & 4 to be removed

19 Mar 09

038/09 Port Phillip / Port Waters Of Melbourne - Dynamic Under Keel Clearance (DUKC)

17 Mar 09

037/09 Port of Gippsland Lakes / Cunningham Arm - Sand transfer station upgrade

11 Mar 09

036(T)/09 Port of Gippsland Lakes / Ski racing event - Bancroft Bay, Metung

11 Mar 09

035(T)/09 Port of Snowy River / Snowy River estuary habitat installation

1 Apr 09

034/09 Lighthouse Point light -Wilsons Promontory

11 Mar 09

033(T)/09 Western Port / Geotechnical  investigation for longer-term tidal power technology

6 Mar 09

032(T)/09 Port Melbourne / Williamstown Channel - Beacon No. 21 destroyed - Temporary buoy established

4 Mar 09

031(P)/09 Port Phillip / Point Lonsdale Light - Change of characteristics, green sector established
and re-alignment of existing sectors

4 Mar 09

030(T)/09 Port Phillip / Dredging of Sandringham Harbour Entrance

4 Mar 09

029(T)/09 Port Phillip / Hobsons Bay - Middle Park beach renourishment and dredging works

4 Mar 09

028(P)/09 Port Phillip / Queenscliff - Shortland Bluff, Low Light - Realignment of sectors

26 Feb 09

027/09 Port Phillip / South Channel, Port Melbourne Channel and Williamstown Channel
- Upgrade of lateral mark beacons

24 Feb 09

026(T)/09 Lighthouse Point Light / Wilsons Promontory

20 Feb 09

025/09 Port Phillip / Patterson River entrance dredging complete

18 Feb 09

024(T)/09 Port Phillip Heads / Entrance Deep - Towed video survey operations

16 Feb 09

023(T)/09 Port Phillip / Port Phillip and River Yarra - Ristricted Access Area - Amendment

16 Feb 09

022(T)/09 Port Phillip / Patterson River entrance shoaling

13 Feb 09

021(T)/09 Port Phillip / Big Bay Swim - Sandridge Beach (Port Melbourne) to Williamstown

12 Feb 09

020(T)/09 Western Port / Hastings event exclusion zone

12 Feb 09

019(T)/09 Port of Hastings / Stage 1 development - Marine site investigation

11 Feb 09

018(T)/09 Western Port / Hastings event exclusion zone

11 Feb 09

017(T)/09 Port Phillip / Port Phillip - Gas pipeline protection works / Port Phillip - Area to be avoided - Cardinal marks
established

11 Feb 09

016(T)/09 Port of Gippsland Lakes / Lakes Entrance Bar

10 Feb 09

015(T)/09 Port Phillip / Point Gellibrand to Altona - Offshore powerboat race

09 Feb 09

014/09 Gippsland / Port Albert Channel No. 12 beacon

09 Feb 09

013(T)/09 Port Phillip Heads / Entrance Deep - Underwater survey work

02 Feb 09

012(T)/09 Port of Melbourne / 32 South Wharf - Wharf demolition and pile extraction operations

29 Jan 09

011(T)/09 Western Port / San Remo and Cowes - Event exclusion zones

28 Jan 09

010/09 Port of Corner Inlet and Port Albert / Port Albert Channel beacon destroyed

22 Jan 09

009(T)/09 Port of Portland / Dredging operation & exclusion zone - eastern side of the harbour entrance

21 Jan 09

008(T)/09 Port Phillip / Fireworks exclusion zone / Mornington Pier vicinity

19 Jan 09

007(T)/09 Port Phillip / Fireworks exclusion zone / Rye Pier vicinity

19 Jan 09

006(T)/09 Port Phillip / Corio Bay - Skandia Geelong Week K Rock Star Show fireworks event - Temporary exclusion zone

19 Jan 09

005(T)/09 Port Phillip / Fireworks exclusion zone / Frankston Pier vicinity

14 Jan 09

004(T)/09 Port Phillip / Corio Bay - Geelong Waterfront - Establishment of a temporary swing mooring zone

14 Jan 09

003(T)/09 Port of Geelong / Sailing regatta Skandia Geelong Week 2009

13 Jan 09

002(T)/09 Port of Corner Inlet and Port Albert / Installation of oceanographic measuring equipment
- South Gippsland - Wilsons Promontory

07 Jan 09

001(T)/09 Notices in force                                                                                                                      

06 Jan 09

For more information contact:

Navigation Services Officer
Port of Melbourne Corporation

Tel: +61 1300 857 662
Email: navservices@portofmelbourne.com