A view of a timber wharf, taken from on board the bulk carrier London Explorer [ex Overseas Explorer] (1959), berthed at Sembawang, Singapore. The photographer is standing on the port side of the ship, looking aft and to port. There are piles of timber and a small corrugated roof building in the foreground. 7 yellow forklift trucks are parked in a line in front of the corrugated roof building in the foreground. A partial view of one of the ship's derricks is in the foreground on the left hand side of the image. A small building with timber piles in front of it is in the middle ground on the left hand side of the image. Timber piles, trees and the Johore Strait are in the near background. The shoreline of Malaysia is in the far background. This is Slide 11 of a series of slides detailing Captain H. Bird's service as Second Officer on board the bulk carrier London Explorer [ex Overseas Explorer] (1959), owned by London & Overseas Freighters Ltd. from 11 July 1972 to 16 October 1972. The series consists of 39 slides.