Car ship The Continental Highway called into Hamilton yesterday with 123 cars and departed the same day.

The Crown Princess due in Dockyard on Monday morning has bypassed Bermuda due to windy weather.

Officials said the Crown Princess, carrying about 3,000 passengers, went back to New York rather than stopping over on the Island.

A duty officer at Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre said that winds of up to 25 knots were behind the diversion.

Two other cruise ships docked in Hamilton yesterday as scheduled. Back in July, the same cruise ship cancelled a Bermuda visit after it tilted and injured about 20 people due to reported steering problems.

Meanwhile, the Norwegian Crown is not sailing to the Island this week as it is repositioning.

The Zenith arrived in Hamilton from Cape Liberty, New Jersey on Monday morning with 1,335 passenger in Hamilton and shifts to Penno?s Wharf, St. George?s this morning and will return to Cape Liberty on Thursday afternoon.

TheEmpress of The Seas sailed into Penno?s Wharf, St. George?s on Monday with 1,527 passengers from Philadelphia and shifted to Hamilton on Tuesday morning and will return to Philadelphia on Thursday morning.

The Explorer of The Seas docked at King?s Wharf, Dockyard yesterday morning from Cape Liberty, New Jersey and returns to Cape Liberty this afternoon. The passenger count is unknown.

The Somers Isles calls in Hamilton today with 120 containers and 5 refrigerated containers and will sail to Fernandina Beach, Florida on Friday.

The Bermuda Islander willarrive in Hamilton on Thursday with 140 containers including 24 refrigerated containers and will sail to Salem, New Jersey on Friday.

And the Oleander arrived on Sunday from Port Elizabeth, New Jersey with 166 dry containers and 51 refrigerated containers.

Her cargo of miscellaneous goods included 3 flatbeds and mafis, 24 cars, 1 dump truck, 1 Haz. utility trailer and 1 excavator and she sailed from Bermuda yesterday morning.