The first cruise ship visit of the year is scheduled for March 1, when Boudicca, a Fred Olsen Line ship, arrives in Hamilton. Having come from Nassau, Bahamas, she will travel on to Punta Delgada in the Azores after a six-hour stay in Bermuda.

She will be followed by a number of other 'occasional' visitors to the Island. The First Cruise Catering vessel Vistamar will pay a nine-hour visit to Hamilton on March 19 having travelled from Tortola, British Virgin Islands. She will continue on to Horta in the Azores.

The Celebrity Cruises ship Millennium will arrive for an overnight visit to King's Wharf, Dockyard, from March 20 to 21. She will come from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and continue on to the Canary Islands.

The first of the Island's regular summer-season visitors, the Norwegian Spirit, is scheduled to appear on April 23, when shearrives in Dockyard from New York.

Meanwhile, the cargo ship Oleander brought 186 containers to Bermuda on Sunday. Among the cargo were eight autos and a forklift. She set sail again yesterday morning.