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28 cars for the island's dealers.Container Ship Management said the vessel, which arrived on Sunday from Port Elizabeth New Jersey, carried 66 containers of which 23 were refrigerated, as well as a load of structural steel.

28 cars for the island's dealers.

Container Ship Management said the vessel, which arrived on Sunday from Port Elizabeth New Jersey, carried 66 containers of which 23 were refrigerated, as well as a load of structural steel. The Oleander left Bermuda on Tuesday for New Jersey.

In other shipping news, Meyer Agency reported that the Somers Isles arrived on Saturday with 91 containers -- 73 dry, four refrigerated -- 13 flat racks of lumber and pipes, an oxygen tank and two trucks. She set sail on Sunday bound for Jacksonville, Florida.

Meyer also said the Bermuda Islander arrived on Monday morning and left later that afternoon after offloading 68 containers of which ten were refrigerated.

Russian ship rescued SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- A Russian research ship stranded in Antarctica was freed and sailing toward Chile on Monday with all 62 crew members and passengers.

A tugboat from the Chilean navy dislodged the Professor Khromov ship from a shoal in the Neumayer channel in the straits of Gerlache on Sunday night.

Thirty-six European tourists were transferred to another Russian boat in the area, the Alla Tarasova . Their nationalities were not known.

The Professor Khromov ran aground Sunday near the Russian Antarctic research station Bellinsgauzen, a spokesman for the Russian Weather and Environment Monitoring Service said in Moscow.

Ship sinks near Sicily PALERMO, Sicily (AP) -- A Turkish cargo ship sank in rough water today between Sardinia and Sicily, Italy's two biggest islands. At least four crew members died and one was missing, Palermo port officials said.

Six crew members aboard the Onur-K were rescued by an Italian ferry in the area, including one who was injured.