On board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Melita (1971) alongside a berth in Liverpool docks. The photographer is looking forward from the forward end of the port boat deck in the evening with the ship berthed port side to the quay. Number 3 hold is open and is loaded with general cargo including bagged and boxed items and pieces of machinery. A mobile compressor is known to be destined for Piraeus. A vertical format image.