An aerial view of the forward sections of the Orient Steam Navigation Company liquefied petroleum gas carrier Galpara (1978) at the Thyssen Nordseewerke shipyard in Emden, West Germany. The photographer is looking down from the top of a high crane showing the framework of two rectangular sections of the ship's double bottom on either side of the centreline near the bow. In the background is the sister ship Garinda (1977) which was named 24 March and delivered 31 March 1977. Transparencies numbers P62771CT to P62785CT inclusive show the ship in the early stages of construction, long before launching, which took place on 4 June 1977.