On board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Melita (1971) under way in Grand Harbour, Malta, bound in for The Marsa. The photographer is looking forward from the starboard bridge wing showing the starboard support for the Stulcken, the forward deck crane and the forecastle. The ship is heading into The Marsa and berthed alongside the Deep Water Quay are the cargo ships Vidaland (1954), Taupo (1966) and Bellatrix (1969). The grey-hulled Bellatrix has an unidentified vessel berthed outboard.