engine related spare parts. The 16,500-tonne carrier was en route to Belfast from New Orleans.

The 18-year-old Panamanian carrier made a two-hour stop at Murray's Anchorage to collect the parts and departed the same day.

The oil tanker Tradewind Star left Bermuda Sunday after unloading fuel at the oil docks in St. George's. The tanker arrived last Friday.

Also arriving on Sunday was the Oleander . It was laden with 166 dry containers, 32 refrigerated, 12 flatbeds, eight cars and two boats. The ship departed yesterday morning.

This Sunday the Betatank is expected to make a brief stopover on the Island to pick up technical personnel.

The Somers Isles arrives today carrying 80 containers, four of which are refrigerated. It's scheduled to depart Friday at 3 p.m.

Ninety-seven containers are due to arrive tomorrow on the Bermuda Islander , 17 are refrigerated. The Bermuda Islander will depart Friday morning.

The cable ship Mersk Recorder is due to arrive tomorrow to unload cable at Dockyard. It will sail out Friday afternoon. She joins the Mersk Defender , tied up at Penno's Wharf in St. George's which is on station duty and awaiting a replacement vessel, expected sometime in the early summer.

The Sea Sparkle and its Chinese crew sailed from Bermuda last Thursday after a 10-day stay. The ship continues to its original destination of South Africa.

It was diverted to Bermuda for repairs after sailing from Boston.