A close port side view, taken from just abaft the beam, of the forepart of the general cargo ship Eskdalegate (1969) alongside a quay at Ostend, Belgium, with a full deck cargo of lorry chassis. The photographer is on the quayside abreast number two hatch looking forward showing red Volvo chassis that had been loaded at Gothenburg and grey Mercedes chassis that had just been loaded. Stevedores are lashing down the chassis on number one hatch using steel wire rope, coils of which are on the quay. The lorries were destined for Tartous in Syria. This is Slide 6 of Captain Henry P. Bird's lecture titled "Lumber, Lorries and Luck", about his service as Second Officer on board the Eskdalegate from 13 November 1976 to May 1977. The lecture consists of 45 slides.