"competitor's'' cargo.

The regular visitor from Florida was chartered to replace the Oleander which was up on dry dock in Baltimore, Maryland, reported Container Ship Management vice-president Robert Lewis.

It arrived on Monday with 85 dry containers, one 40-foot-container and 20 refrigerated containers.

The vessel left on Tuesday bound for its regular port of Fernandina Beach in Florida.

But as it was unable to carry the Oleander's entire load, the Egmond Gracht had to be chartered to help and arrived on Sunday with 43 dry containers and 15 refers and departed on Monday morning.

Meanwhile the Bermuda Islander made its regularly scheduled voyage to Bermuda from Salem, New Jersey with two horses, 91 dry containers and seven refrigerated containers.

Meyer Agencies spokesman George Butterfield said it arrived on Monday at daybreak and set sail at the same time on the following day.

In cruise ship news, the Dreamward's sister ship, the Norwegian Crown , spent yesterday in Hamilton after stopping off while en route from Portugal to Florida.

The Norwegian Cruise Lines vessel was on its repositioning cruise from Europe to the Caribbean and was carrying 381 passengers.

The Zenith and the Dreamward reported arrival figures of 1,226 and 1,111 passengers respectively this week.

Both ships are due to sail today after having arrived on Monday, said Mr.

Butterfield.

And the Meridian was out of Newport News, Virginia this week with 746 passengers, he continued.

It berthed in Dockyard at noon on Tuesday and was due to sail tomorrow.

John S. Darrell spokesman Tim Southern said the Song of America and Royal Majesty also arrived on schedule with 1,318 and 958 passengers respectively.

He also reported that the 210-foot Coast Guard cutter Resolute would be arriving in Bermuda on Sunday for a few days of rest and relaxation before departing next Wednesday.

The ship will be open to the public between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday, he added.

The cement tanker Frida will visit the Island this afternoon and off load 7,061 metric tons of Portland grey cement at the Commercial Berth in Dockyard, Mr. Southern continued.

The vessel is out of Mexico and was due to depart on Saturday morning.

Tomorrow afternoon, the LPG tanker Emsgas is due to arrive at the Ess oil terminal in St. George's from Houston.

It will off load 630 metric tons of liquid propane for Shell Bermuda and was expected to leave on Saturday.

And the newsprint ship Fetish left Dalhousie yesterday and was expected to arrive in Hamilton late on Sunday.

Mr. Southern said he had not received cargo figures yet but was expecting about 300 metric tons of newspaper.

SAIL PAST -- Cable & Wireless cable-laying ship Sir Eric Sharp sail up the North Shore yesterday