A view of the quayside taken on board the refrigerated fruit carrier Jamaica Planter (1959) berthed at Montego bay, Jamaica. The photographer is standing at one of the shell doors on the starboard side of the ship. A red lorry full of boxes of bananas has parked next to one of Jamaica Planter's gangways. Four Jamaican are standing on the ship's gangway ready to load boxes onto the ship. Three Jamaican men are standing next to the front of the lorry off its left hand side. An unidentified American warship is berthed in a quay behind the warehouse.

This is Slide 25 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.