Bermuda is due to welcome a newcomer to its shores on Friday.the world?s first residential cruise shipis scheduled to sail into Hamilton for the first time on Friday, full of tourists who have bought condo space on board to live a life on the ocean waves.

A spokesman for Meyer Shipping could not confirm how many people were expected to be on the vessel, which leaves here on Monday.

But he said the ship had initially been due to visit the Island two years ago ? before Hurricane Fabian forced a quick diversion.

Cruise ships visiting Bermuda this week included . She arrived yesterday morning with 3,245 passengers and was scheduled to leave this afternoon.is due to berth tomorrow with 2,700 visitors aboard.

Freight activity will see arrive on Friday with 140 containers, including 23 refrigerated items.

The tanker delivered fuel to the Esso oil docks, St. George?s, and at Dockyard, and was scheduled to leave tomorrow afternoon.

Meanwhile, arrived from New Jersey on Sunday laden with 134 dry and 41 refrigerated containers. The ship also carried three cars and three mafis and flatbeds.

The boat left the Island at 4 p.m. on Monday.

Last week, Bermuda said farewell to the the Celebrity Cruises liner that was custom-built for the New York Bermuda run in the 1990s.

The ship left Bermuda with a new name ? the ? and will now be used on cruises in the Mediterranean and in Brazil has part of a joint venture between Celebrity owner Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. and First Choice Holidays.

The company will add some new features and new itineraries for the ship which has always been described as the best ship in her class to explore.

As part of a refit, the company will take the most popular features of their other ship,and reinterpret them for the larger .

?British billionaire Richard Branson is looking at setting up a cruise ship joint venture.

Branson is in talks with potential partners about a cruise ship operation, possibly in Florida and the Caribbean, based on a similar model to his airline Virgin Atlantic.