A view of Jamaican women loading boxes of yams ready for loading onto the refrigerated fruit carrier Jamaica Planter (1959) at Kingston harbour. The photographer is standing on the port side of the ship looking down at the workers on the quayside. 5 women are picking up white boxes of yams from a wooden pallet, whilst a Jamaican man wearing a safety helmet is walking past them. A man driving a forklift truck is passing behind the women. A partial view of a Jamaican man on a bycycle is visible on the right side. Wooden pallets and corregated iron quayside buildings are visible in the background. This is Slide 12 of Captain Henry P. Bird's lecture titled "Caribbean Cargoes", about his service as Second Officer on board Jamaica Planter (1959) and Port Officer for Jamaica Banana Producers Steam Ship Company based at Kingston, Jamaica from 6 January 1971 to 26 April 1971. The lecture consists of 45 slides.