little rest and relaxation before they head on to Halifax.

The Canadian Navy's fleet diving support ship is expected to arrive today from Norfolk, Virginia, and will berth in Dockyard until March 17.

The Cormorant is 245 feet long and carries two SDL-1 submersibles which are manned and untethered diving craft capable of operating to 2,001.4 feet.

Also expected to arrive at the end of the week is the gravel ship Finnsnes .

She is due to arrive tomorrow and will discharge her cargo at Penno's Wharf before leaving the following afternoon.

Earlier this week Bermuda hosted a pair of tankers which discharged fuel at the Esso oil terminal. The Fhinoussa arrived on Sunday morning and discharged her load. She was replaced the next day by the Iver Express who cleared the berth on Monday night and left the Island on Tuesday.

That evening the LPG tanker Polar Belgica stopped by Five Fathom Hole briefly to pick up two technicians who had arrived on that evening's American Airline's flight.

Meanwhile Bermuda's three regular callers made their scheduled trips to the Island.

The Somers Isles arrived Sunday morning and left that afternoon after offloading 80 dry and ten refrigerated containers.

The Bermuda Islander arrived and departed the following day. She offloaded 83 containers including 11 refers.

And the Oleander arrived on Monday also with 110 dry containers, 32 refers, a 40 foot container, a 40 foot open container, two 45 foot trailers and four cars. She left on Tuesday.