arrival of the final vessel on the schedule.

Fred Olsen Cruise Line's Black Watch arrived Saturday with 612 passengers from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and berthed in Hamilton. It departed that afternoon for the Azores, reported John S. Darrell spokesman Saleem Talbot.

The Black Watch was originally scheduled to visit at the start of the cruise ship season in March but was forced to cancel its visit then because of engine problems.

Elsewhere Bermuda is set to host the British destroyer HMS Newcastle this weekend, added Mr. Talbot.

The ship is scheduled to arrive on Friday and berth in Dockyard where it will be refuelled. It will then switch to Hamilton so its crew can enjoy some time ashore before they depart on Sunday.

The 400-foot Newcastle was commissioned on March 23, 1978, and carries a crew of 253 including 24 officers. It is equipped with a Westland Lynx HAS 2 helicopter.

Meyer Agencies' Joe Simas reports the vessel Thor Marie arrived Tuesday in St.

George's and shifted to Hamilton yesterday.

The ship is here to take on 22 containers of hazardous waste, understood to be waste oil from the Bermuda Electric Light Company. It is out of Canada and on its way to England.

Meanwhile Meyer's Stephen Paynter reported the Bermuda Islander arrived Monday from Salem, New Jersey, with 100 dry containers and 13 reefers. It departed the following day.

Also in Monday was the Somers Isles out of Fernandina Beach, Florida, he added. She off-loaded 101 containers, including 13 reefers, plus a 36-foot Bertram boat, 57 bundles of steel and 57 bundles of lumber. It is due to return to Florida today.

And Container Ship Management spokeswoman Glynnis Dickinson said the Oleander arrived on Monday as well.

It sailed on Tuesday for Port Elizabeth, New Jersey, after off loading 33 refers, 113 dry containers, a trailer of steel and 31 cars.