A Leyland tractor on the quayside in Liverpool Docks waiting to be loaded for shipment abroad. It's engine is covered in clear polythene and another one is about to be towed out of the transit shed by a forklift truck. In the foreground is a pallet hoist being manoeuvred into position under a loaded pallet of cardboard boxes by a stevedore. The pallet hoist is marked M.D. & H.C. 17 and SWL 2500 KG.