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Plenty of cargo on board Oleander

Freight: Oleander steams through the channel on North Shore on her way to Hamilton Harbour.
Six mini-trucks arrived in Bermuda at the weekend, on board the .There were also 170 dry containers, 42 refrigerated containers, three flatbeds and one boat on a trailer.It docked here from New Jersey on Sunday and was scheduled to leave yesterday morning.

Six mini-trucks arrived in Bermuda at the weekend, on board the .

There were also 170 dry containers, 42 refrigerated containers, three flatbeds and one boat on a trailer.

It docked here from New Jersey on Sunday and was scheduled to leave yesterday morning.

Attempts to get information about the cargo from Meyer Shipping were unsuccessful yesterday.

Meanwhile, Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre reported that last Friday at 11.15 p.m., with winds gusting to 60 knots, the sailboat anchored in Convict Bay, St. George?s harbour broke free from her moorings and was aground. The 32-foot yacht did not have anyone on board.

During daylight hours, and in calmer weather conditions, Police Marine Launch secured sailing vessel alongside the Sea Cadets Dock.

The previous day, the sailboat advised Bermuda Radio that power craft with two people on board was experiencing steering and technical problems in Dundonald Channel on the way to Dockyard.

A broadcast was made requesting all vessels give a wide berth, with the vessel arriving safely soon after at Dockyard.

And last Wednesday, at 11.55 a.m., US Coast Guard RCC advised Bermuda Radio that New York air traffic control had received a report from a commercial airliner of possible pollution about 19 nautical miles north west of Fort George.

Bermuda Radio requested other inbound and outbound aircraft to fly over the area and report further sightings.

However, at 1.39 pm, a departing Delta flight confirmed sighting a large patch of seaweed ? but no pollution, according to information on Bermuda Maritime Operations? website.