A dispute between port workers and the crew of a visiting cruise liner has run into calmer waters.

Tug boat staff were left fuming following an altercation with crew members of the cruise liner Norwegian Majesty when it left Hamilton Harbour last Friday.

A misunderstanding over how the vessel should embark led to insults being traded between the two groups of sailors.

And the Bermuda Industrial Union was called in after the Government Marine and Ports staff threatened to boycott the vessel on further visits.

But last night Director of Marine and Port Services Ron Ross said a solution to the dispute was in the pipeline.

And he confirmed that when the ship came in yesterday on its regular weekly visit, tug crews were on hand to bring the liner safely into port.

"There was some altercation between a member of the crew and the tug boat,'' Mr. Ross said.

"There was an argument over where the tow line should have been placed. The ship had been given certain instructions and the tug boat had another view.

Words were passed between both sides and the tug boat crew are requesting some sort of apology.

"The Norwegian Majesty was handled this morning and we are now working towards a solution.'' THEFT FROM CHURCH CHU Theft from church A Sandys Parish church and two private residences recently became prey for thieves.

Police yesterday reported that a brazen thief went to the White Hill Gospel Chapel on Sunday morning and stole the offering.

The theft appeared to have occurred between 11:15 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. after the -- undisclosed amount of -- money had been secured.

A home on North Shore Road, Hamilton Parish was broken into during Monday while the occupants were not at home.

On returning home that evening they discovered a 16-inch gold chain, some coins, and a black RCA video recorder had been stolen.

And a Sandys Parish woman managed to stop a theft in progress at her home on Woodlawn Road on Monday morning.

The complainant heard a bike arriving in her yard just after 11 a.m. and then heard someone rattling the locked kitchen door.

She then went to the kitchen and saw a man enter the room with a knife in hand. She told the intruder to leave which he did riding away on a motorcycle.

The intruder was described to Police as white, of Portuguese descent, five-feet, eight-inches tall to five-feet, nine-inches tall, of medium build and wearing blue jeans, a grey top and a grey and gold helmet.