Seven cruise ships called in Bermuda this week, bringing with them thousands of passengers.

The called into King?s Wharf in Dockyard from New York on Monday morning with 2,431 passengers and departed for Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas at 5 p.m.

Regular caller The arrived with 1,397 passengers in Hamilton from Cape Liberty, New Jersey on Monday morning in Hamilton and shifts to Pennos Wharf, St. George?s this morning and will return to Cape Liberty tomorrow afternoon.

On Monday the with 477 passengers anchored in The Great Sound after sailing from Punta Delagada in the Azores and departed to Nassau, Bahamas at 5 p.m.

The with 1,594 passengers called into Pennos Wharf, St. George?s from Philadelphia on Monday afternoon and shifted to Hamilton yesterday. The will return to Philadelphia tomorrow afternoon.

Meanwhile the called into King?s Wharf in Dockyard from Cape Liberty, New Jersey yesterday morning and departs for Cape Liberty this afternoon.

The with 1,485 passengers pulled into Ordnance Island, St. George?s from Boston yesterday morning and returns to Boston on Friday afternoon.

The with 1,123 passengers called into Pennos Wharf yesterday from Philadelphia and shifts to Hamilton this morning and will then go to Dockyard tomorrow before sailing to Philadelphia on Friday.

In freight news, the container ship called into Hamilton yesterday afternoon from Salem, New Jersey as a replacement vessel for the

The carried 162 containers, including 23 refrigerated containers and two 48-foot trailers, and eight housing modules and will return on Wednesday to New Jersey with empty containers.

The returns today at 7 p.m. from Fernandina Beach, Florida with 182 dry containers and ten refrigerated containers and five boats and one SUV and is scheduled to depart for Florida tomorrow afternoon.

And the arrived from Port Elizabeth, New Jersey on Sunday with 177 dry containers and 45 refrigerated containers. Her cargo of miscellaneous goods included two boats and six flatbeds and mafis and she sailed out of Bermuda yesterday morning.