Oleander delivering a container each for Spicelands and the Bermuda General Agency on Sunday.

Bermuda Container Ship Management spokeswoman Glynnis Dickinson said the Oleander also off-loaded 145 dry containers, 36 refrigerated containers, eight flat racks of steel and two cars before departing on Tuesday.

Meanwhile Meyer Agencies spokesman Stephen Paynter said the Bermuda Islander arrived on Monday morning carrying 120 containers including ten refers which she off-loaded before sailing on Tuesday.

And he added that the Somers Isles arrived on Tuesday morning with 71 dry containers and six refrigerated containers.

Mr. Paynter said loose cargo including a Chevy Blazer, a Mako boat and 48 bundles of plywood and lumber would also be off-loaded before the ship left today.

In other shipping news, Mr. Paynter said the research vessel Maurice arrived last Thursday from St. John's, Newfoundland and berthed at Penno's Wharf.

He said the vessel was owned and operated by the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University and was on a research cruise.

The Maurice left Bermuda on Saturday for Tampa, Florida.

And John S. Darrell spokesman Richard King reported that the privately owned motor yacht Calise arrived in Bermuda on Sunday and berthed at Ordinance Island.

It left the next day after refuelling and continued its voyage -- which began in Europe -- to Savannah, Georgia.

Mr. King also reported that the LPG tanker Emsgas and the newspaper ship MV Fetisch would be arriving in Bermuda next Tuesday.

The Emsgas was scheduled to off load its cargo off liquid propane at the Esso Oil terminal in St. George's and leave the following day. Meanwhile the MV Fetisch was due to drop 300 tons of newsprint for The Royal Gazette .