1.   APL then will charter the ships from the new company.

2.   Costs are paid by the Women on Waves Foundation, a Dutch group that receives small, private donations and larger philanthropical funding, which has chartered the ship.

3.   The banned ship was chartered by California-based Atlantis, one of several companies that specialize in gay and lesbian cruises.

4.   There, he chartered ships to trade bat guano and bird droppings.

5.   William R. Grace, who had fled the Irish potato famine to Peru, chartered ships to trade bat guano and bird droppings.

6.   Another ship will be chartered to the U.K.-based First Choice tour operator next year.

7.   But both Pudie and Tom Ipaye, the agent on board who chartered the ship, said Tuesday night that the reports were exaggerated.

8.   He said the ship was chartered by ZDI and was one of three ships Sri Lanka authorities claimed were hijacked by Tamil Tiger rebels.

9.   Lebanese businessmen have been chartering the ships, which have carried out several hundred mainly Lebanese civilians.

10.   Shell Chemicals, which chartered the ship, said the styrene would not damage the environment.