Loading cargo at number 2 hold of the Federal Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Essex (1954) alongside a quay at Sydney, New South Wales. The photographer is on the quayside looking at the starboard side of the bow from abreast the foremast showing a net of boxes of Borthwick produce being hoisted aboard by the ship's own derrick. A safety net is slung over the side in way of number two hold. Two fork lift trucks are operating on the quay bringing more Borthwick produce in sacks and boxes to be loaded aboard.