Last week, Bermuda Container Line held a celebration in honour of Captain Jan van de Westeringh's last trip to Bermuda in an official capacity.

Capt. van de Westeringh first came to the Island in 1963 as a junior deck officer on the Woltersum, which made regular trips between Europe, Bermuda and the US East Coast.

His first trip to Bermuda as captain was on the Jasmine in 1978 and he served for many years as a Captain on the present Oleander shipping giant and her immediate predecessor.

Capt. Van de Westeringh retired from a full-time career in 2001 but continued to act as a relief captain on the Oleander since then.

Shipping vessel Oleander arrived in Bermuda from Port Elizabeth, New Jersey on Sunday carrying 213 containers, with 57 of them refrigerated.

It also had six trailers, six cars, one bus, one fire truck and one septic truck apart of its miscellaneous cargo. It sailed from Bermuda yesterday morning.

Oil tanker Iver Excel was yesterday stationed at Murray's Anchorage, off Fort St. Catherine, St. George's, waiting berthing due to bad weather and is expected to make its entry into the Island today before leaving tomorrow.

Cargo giant, Bermuda Islander, is expected to call in tomorrow with 162 containers including 27 refrigerated.

On Sunday, cruise ship Explorer of the Seas berthed in Dockyard for one day and also the Norwegian Spirit disembarked there for Monday, leaving later.

Yesterday, regular visitors Azamara Journey and Empress of the Seas brought boatloads of vacationers and will head out tomorrow. Grandeur of the Seas, Norwegian Crown and Norwegian Majesty pulled in yesterday, with the Grandeur currently at Dockyard and is expected to sail later today. Tomorrow, another one-day berthing is expected by Norwegian Dawn, at Dockyard before it subsequently heads back out to sea. Passenger and crew counts were not available from the ships' local agents.

Last Friday Bermuda Radio received a notification from the Meyer Shipping Agency that the m/v Grouse Arrow, a 28,000-ton cargo vessel, was proceeding to Bermuda with a Medical Emergency.

Its Chief Officer injured his foot and required medical assistance and the Pilot BoatSt. George was tasked with the transfer, completed at 4.30 a.m., when the Croatian national was transferred to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital via ambulance for treatment.

And, last Wednesday at 9.20 a.m., Bermuda Radio received a call that an American Airlines flight had declared an emergency because of smoke in the cockpit and made an emergency landing at LF Wade International Airport.

Bermuda Radio summoned the emergency response division from the fire department and the aircraft was observed making a safe landing in Bermuda at around 9.25 a.m. There was nothing else to report relating to the matter.