On board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Strathatlow (1961) at anchor in port at Dubai. The photographer is on the port side of the deck immediately ahead of the superstructure looking forward showing a deck cargo stacked on number two hatch, including a yellow painted cyclindrical object destined for Mina Sulman on Bahrain Island. Crew members are manhandling wire strops which are connected to the swivel hook on the 65 ton derrick. Timber dunnage is scattered about the deck. A vertical format negative.