A close view of the starboard quarter of the Orient Steam Navigation Company liquefied petroleum gas carrier Galpara (1978) on the building berth at the Thyssen Nordseewerke shipyard in Emden, West Germany. The photographer is looking forward from close to the stern of the hull showing the early stages of the lower hull plating and the aft transverse bulkheads. The Krupp-Ardelt crane number 2 is on the right. A vertical format transparency. 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.