Local shipping quiet for Xmas
visiting the Island.
The first to arrive was the Canadian yacht Enda which berthed at Penno's Wharf on Friday evening. She refuelled at Dockyard on Saturday morning and returned to Penno's Wharf that evening.
John S. Darrell spokesman Mr. Tim Southern said the yacht was on her way from Canada to Africa.
The ship will be put to work as a shrimp boat upon her arrival in Africa, Mr.
Southern said.
She was due to wait in Bermuda until Friday in the hope that the weather would improve.
Only one of the Island's regular callers visited this week and that was the Somers Isles which arrived on Boxing Day.
Meyer Agencies Ltd. spokesman Mr. Stephen Paynter said she was carrying 56 containers, including five refrigerated containers, a car, a crane, 16 pieces of structural steel, 15 bundles of steel decking and 18 bundles of plywood.
She was expected to leave Bermuda tomorrow and return to Fernandina Beach in Florida.
And the 650-foot-long cargo ship Sheldon Lykes arrived in Bermuda on Christmas Day to take on fuel but could not berth because of the rough weather.
Meyer Agencies spokesman Mr. Joe Simas said the ship was anchored in Murray's Anchorage and was due to go alongside King's Wharf as soon as possible.
The motor tanker Iver Express was also anchored at Murray's Anchorage yesterday while she waited to go alongside the Esso oil docks and discharge her cargo of fuel.
She arrived on Boxing Day morning but could not go alongside because of the rough weather, said Mr. Simas.
The Oleander spent Christmas in Bermuda and sailed for Port Elizabeth, New Jersey on Boxing Day. She was due to return to the Island on New Year's Eve.
AFRICA-BOUND - The yacht Enda arrived at Penno's Wharf last Friday to refuel before carrying on from Canada to Africa where she will be put to work as a shrimp boat.
