Ships avoid hurricane
Gert.
The Norwegian Majesty has sailed for New Brunswick, Canada, while the Norwegian Crown was to dock in Halifax. The Majesty may return to Bermuda for an overnight stay tomorrow.
Celebrity Cruise Lines' Zenith and Horizon will both head for Cape Canaveral and Nassau, Bahamas. The Horizon may return on Thursday.
The Royal Gazette understands the Nordic Empress was to spend yesterday some distance away from the Island and may make port today or tomorrow.
The Oleander left Hamilton on Monday after discharging its cargo during the day.
It had arrived off St. George's on Sunday night and only put into Hamilton yesterday morning.
Both Global Crossing's cable laying ship Sir Eric Sharp and the Dutch registered cargo ship Iver Explorer will ride out the storm southwest of the Island.
The Iver Explorer was slated to head to 200 miles west of Bermuda.
And a familiar sight in Hamilton Harbour, the sailing yacht Fleurtje weighed anchor early on Monday to take up station to our southwest in preparation for Gert.
In and out: The cable laying ship Sir Eric Sharp enters Hamilton Harbour on Friday. she beat a hasty retreat offshore as Hurricane Gert neared the island on Monday.
