Today the first cruise ship of the year will be making its call in Bermuda at 8 a.m. when the MV Black Prince arrives at Number One Dock in Hamilton from The Bahamas.

The MV Black Prince is carrying 227 passengers and will leave today at 4 p.m for The Azores.

The Bermuda Islander is scheduled to arrive in Hamilton on Thursday at 8 a.m. with 118 containers including 21 refrigerated containers and three boats and will depart on Friday at 8 a.m.

The Oleander arrived from Port Elizabeth, New Jersey on Sunday with 136 dry containers and 40 refrigerated containers and she sailed on Monday at 4.30 p.m.

Her cargo of miscellaneous goods included one excavator and three flatbeds and a mafi, and she sailed on Monday at 4.30 p.m.