this week.

Mr. Michael Lohan, managing director of Stevedoring Services Ltd., said no official ban on overtime was announced, but no BIU dockworker has been available for overtime hours.

"Each individual man has been contacted, and each individual man has had some prior commitments,'' Mr. Lohan said yesterday.

He said the situation is not causing problems for the company. "All ships have been dealt with on a timely basis,'' he said. "Rather than saving me money on overtime, it's costing the union members money on overtime.'' Mr. Chris Furbert, the Bermuda Industrial Union dockworkers president, said it is too early to assume that there is a ban on overtime. Members worked on a car ship a night last week, he said.

"I wouldn't say that nothing unusual is going on,'' but people must appreciate union members have the same rights as the company to determine working hours beyond the 40 hours a week that are guaranteed, he said.

"They don't call all the shots,'' Mr. Furbert said of the company. "I don't see it continuing for any indefinite period. Wait until this weekend comes and see what it brings.'' The container ship Oleander arrived in Hamilton on Sunday but did not discharge until Monday, when 125 containers were unloaded, 21 of them refrigerated. One car and two boats were also discharged.

Her agents are Container Ship Management Ltd.

The container ship Somers Isles returned to Hamilton from Florida on Monday and discharged 34 containers, eight of them refrigerated. Loose cargo included 17 bundles of steel decking and steel rebar and 20 bundles of pipe.

Somers Isles , handled by Meyer Agencies Ltd., sails for Florida today. The Bermuda Islander , also handled by Meyer, arrived in Hamilton on Tuesday and discharged 35 containers, two of them refrigerated. She sailed the same day for Salem, New Jersey.

The Bold Venture arrived at St. George's on Monday with supplies for the US Naval Air Station. The 180-foot ship moved to Hamilton on Tuesday, where she discharged five containers, loaded one, and sailed for Virginia.

Agents for Bold Venture are John S. Darrell and Co. Ltd. At Penno's Wharf, the 135-foot research vessel Cape Hatteras has arrived to replace Weatherbird II for the next four months, while that ship undergoes a refit.

Mr. Harry Barnes, assistant director and director of operations at the Bermuda Biological Station for Research, said Cape Hatteras draws more water than Weatherbird II , and therefore will remain at Penno's Wharf, rather than moving to the Bio-Station.

While there are some "teething problems'' adjusting to the new ship, she will be a good replacement until Weatherbird II returns, Mr. Barnes said. The ship is owned by the National Science Foundation in the US and operated by Duke University.

The 747-foot Bermudian-registered Northern Enterprise arrived at Murray's Anchorage from Brazil on Saturday for repairs to some slight cracks in her double bottom.

She sailed Wednesday for Port-Alfred, Quebec with a load of bauxite. Her agents are Meyer.

The Norwegian-registered LPG-carrier Norgas Sailor stopped at Five Fathoms Hole on Friday, picked up some spare parts, and continued on bound for Texas.

Her local agents were Meyer.

And the US crane ship SS Gopher State finally sailed from Dockyard on Tuesday after undergoing repairs. Chartered by the US Navy, she is bound for Mogadishu, Somalia with supplies for the US troops protecting relief supplies there.

The cargo ship Green Ridge was expected to arrive at Penno's Wharf from North Carolina today for repairs. Owned by Central Gulf Lines in the US, she is loaded with ballast and bound for Germany. Her agents are Meyer.

PINCH HITTER -- The research vessel Cape Hatteras , shown here at Penno's Wharf, will be conducting research for the Bermuda Biological Station for the next four months. The ship, owned by the National Science Foundation in the US and operated by Duke University, is filling in while Weatherbird II , the Bio-Station's regular research vessel, undergoes a refit.