passage to and from the Island last week.

All shipping agents reported that their charges were back on schedule after routines were thrown into disarray by the category three storm which passed Bermuda some 118 nautical miles to the east early on the afternoon of September 21.

John S. Darrell president Don MacPherson said the Nordic Empress arrived in St. George's yesterday morning from New York with 1,516 passengers on board.

It was due to shift to Hamilton today and depart on Friday.

Meyer Freight spokesman Stephen Paynter reported that the Norwegian Crown arrived in St. George's on Monday from New York with 866 passengers on board.

The liner shifted to Hamilton yesterday morning and is due to depart tomorrow.

Mr. Paynter said the Zenith also arrived on Monday from New York but berthed in Hamilton with 1,279 passengers on board.

It was due to shift to St. George's today and depart tomorrow.

Meanwhile the Norwegian Majesty arrived in St. George's from Boston yesterday morning with 1,142 passengers on board, reported Meyer Agencies' Capt. John Moore.

The ship is scheduled to leave the Island on Friday.

And today should see the arrival of the Horizon from Philadelphia at King's Wharf in Dockyard, continued Mr. Paynter.

A passenger count was unavailable yesterday for the ship, which is due to shift to Hamilton tomorrow and depart Friday.

The news from the container docks was that the Bermuda Islander was to arrive as scheduled tomorrow morning from New Jersey with 135 containers -- including 20 refrigerated boxes -- for the Island.

The ship should be off loaded in time for its scheduled departure on Friday morning.

And Sunday will see the arrival of the Somers Isles , he added. A container count was not available yesterday.

Container Ship Management Ltd. spokeswoman Glennis Dickinson reported that the Oleander arrived on schedule Sunday with 46 refrigerated containers, 128 dry ones, seven road trailers and 23 cars.

It departed yesterday morning.

Elsewhere, the two container vessels berthed side by side in the West End for the past few weeks have left the Island bound for their respective ports in the US and Latvia.

The Andra spent more than two weeks at Dockyard undergoing repairs with a cargo of frozen chicken on board after losing engine power in the North Atlantic.

The vessel had several thousand tonnes of frozen chicken parts on board so its company sent the Frio Vladivostok to join it and provide the necessary power to keep the cargo from defrosting while the vessel underwent repairs.

The two ships left the Island on Saturday; the Andra bound for Riga in Latvia with her cargo of chicken and the Frio Vladivostok for the US where it will pick up cargo to take to Holland.

Finally docked: The 23,000-ton oil tanker Iver Explorer arrived from St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands on September 20 with fuel for the Island but was unable to come alongside and offload it until last Saturday because of Hurricane Gert's passage east of the Island last week. The vessel's captain decided to ride out the storm 200 miles west of the Island and come alongside when the seas calmed down.