Thousands of passengers sailed into Bermuda this week as the cruise season moved into full swing.

Regular caller the arrived on Monday from New Jersey carrying 1,374 passengers. The ship will leave the Island tomorrow.also arrived on Monday from Philadelphia carrying 1,534 passengers. returns to Philadelphia tomorrow.arrived at Dockyard yesterday carrying 2,048 passengers. The ship came to Bermuda from Nassau and will depart for Lisbon today.

St. George's welcomed passengers aboard the yesterday. The ship will move to Hamilton today and to Dockyard tomorrow before departing on Friday. No passenger count for this ship was available at press time.

The is expected to arrive today from Freeport, Bahamas, for a two-day visit. The ship will then move on to Lisbon.

In freight news, the will call this evening in Hamilton with 126 containers including 6 refrigerated containers, eight loose boats ? and a swimming pool.

Tomorrow afternoon the will take empty containers to New Jersey and return next week with the .

The arrived from Port Elizabeth, New Jersey on Monday with 150 dry containers and 52 refrigerated containers.

Her cargo of miscellaneous goods included three cars, four trucks, eight flatbeds and a mafi and she sailed out of Bermuda yesterday morning.

The Shell tanker is also expected to make brief stops at the oil docks in St. George's and Dockyard this weekend.