This image made from video provided by Eyewitness News WABC-TV shows an aerial view near a container ship in Newark with suspected stowaways. Dock workers rushed to unload containers stacked on top of one another inside a cargo ship that arrived in New Jersey from the Middle East on Wednesday, June 27, 2012 after Coast Guard officials heard knocking from one during a routine inspection, suggesting that stowaways might be on board. (AP Photo/Eyewitness News WABC-TV) MANDATORY CREDIT
This image made from video provided by Eyewitness News WABC-TV shows an aerial view near a container ship in Newark with suspected stowaways. Dock workers rushed to unload containers stacked on top of one another inside a cargo ship that arrived in New Jersey from the Middle East on Wednesday, June 27, 2012 after Coast Guard officials heard knocking from one during a routine inspection, suggesting that stowaways might be on board. (AP Photo/Eyewitness News WABC-TV) MANDATORY CREDIT
This image made from video provided by Eyewitness News WABC-TV shows an aerial view of a container ship in Newark with suspected stowaways. Dock workers rushed to unload containers stacked on top of one another inside a cargo ship that arrived in New Jersey from the Middle East on Wednesday, June 27, 2012 after Coast Guard officials heard knocking from one during a routine inspection, suggesting that stowaways might be on board. (AP Photo/Eyewitness News WABC-TV) MANDATORY CREDIT
This image made from video provided by Eyewitness News WABC-TV shows an aerial view of a container ship in Newark with suspected stowaways. Dock workers rushed to unload containers stacked on top of one another inside a cargo ship that arrived in New Jersey from the Middle East on Wednesday, June 27, 2012 after Coast Guard officials heard knocking from one during a routine inspection, suggesting that stowaways might be on board. (AP Photo/Eyewitness News WABC-TV) MANDATORY CREDIT
Officials arrive at Port Newark to investigate reports of stowaways in a container inside a ship, Wednesday, June 27, 2012, in Newark, N.J. The Coast Guard suspects there are stowaways in a container that was loaded on a ship. Coast Guard spokesman Charles Rowe says a boarding party heard sounds consistent with people coming from the container. The container was loaded aboard The Villa D'Aquarius in India. The manifest says the container was carrying machine parts to be unloaded in Norfolk, Va. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
A police official stands near the entrance to a terminal at Port Newark, Wednesday, June 27, 2012, in Newark, N.J. The Coast Guard suspects there are stowaways in a container that was loaded on a ship. Coast Guard spokesman Charles Rowe says a boarding party heard sounds consistent with people coming from the container. The container was loaded aboard The Villa D'Aquarius in India. The manifest says the container was carrying machine parts to be unloaded in Norfolk, Va. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) ? A cargo ship that U.S. authorities thought might be carrying stowaways is due to leave Port Newark in New Jersey on Friday after a search of more than 160 sealed containers turned up no one.
The Department of Homeland Security said Thursday that a search triggered by a reported knocking sound had ended with no stowaways found. The agency refused to answer questions about what may have caused the false alarm.
Federal authorities used X-ray machines and dogs in their search of the 850-foot ship in Newark, one of the nation's busiest ports.
The Coast Guard had said a boarding team on a routine inspection early Wednesday reported that when it knocked on a bulkhead, it heard knocking back over a two-hour period.
The last port of call for the ship was in Egypt on June 15. It is headed to Norfolk, Va.
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