Why isn't that ship moving?

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29: The Bow Cedar has been undergoing specialist repair work off the North Shore for the last week after she was hit by lightning at sea.

The bright red tanker had been on her way from Houston to Antwerp in Belgium when all her electronic circuits were knocked out by the lightning strike.

The Norwegian ship arrived at Murray’s Anchorage in the middle of last week.

Two electronic mechanics were flown in from Europe to conduct the repairs.

And the ship left Bermuda at high tide on Tuesday morning bound for Europe.

Research

Meanwhile the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) research vessel, Ronald H Brown, came alongside at Penno’s Wharf on Monday afternoon.

The state-of-the-art research platform is the largest vessel in the NOAA fleet.

She travels across the world supporting scientific studies to increase understanding of the world’s oceans and climate.

The ship was named after the late US Secretary of Commerce, Ronald H. Brown, who was killed in a plane crash on April 3, 1996, while on a trade mission to Bosnia.

She will be visiting Bermuda until Friday.

Final call

This week marks the final visit of the Veendam cruise ship to Hamilton after three successive summer schedules.

She arrived on Tuesday and will leave the island for the last time on Friday lunchtime.

Today the Somers Isles heads in Hamilton while the two cruise ships; Norwegian Star and Celebrity Summit arrive in Dockyard.

The Bermuda Islander arrives in the capital tomorrow.

All four vessels will leave the island on Friday along with the Veendam.

This weekend the Enchantment of the Seas makes her 21st trip of the year to the island on Saturday, while the Norwegian Dawn gets into the West End on Sunday.