Unloading Containers

This is another photo taken from our cruise ship of the containers being unloaded from a container ship.

It was fascinating to watch and I was very impressed with the driver who was moving the containers.

If you look closely at the bottom picture here you will see the driver sitting in the cab at the top of the machine. Not only does he have to manoeuvre this contraption, he sits sideways while driving it too. Very impressive.

Also if you look on the right hand side of the top picture you can see the edge of the bridge of our cruise ship in the picture too, so you can see just how close we are parked next to the container ship.

I have trouble reverse parking in the shopping centre so the parking of both the captains of the ships and the drivers of the machines moving the containers is very impressive.

[Marnie]

Very interesting shots Babs. I'll leave this parking to the experts, I'm pretty ordinary at parallel parking.

[Eve Pulsater]

I have always been fascinated by docks and their goings on. A lovely picture Babs.

[sally agnew]

What a cool place to work, very dynamic and a great view :)

[Joyce]

This must have been so interesting to watch Babs and a great shot. My histogram seemed to be upside down! I am really struggling to get the correct shape.

[Hazel]

Reverse parking - don't mention it!!!

[Peter]

Lovely detailed captures Babs, can't believe how the ship does not capsize with the height those containers are stacked on the ship:)

[Christina Helliwell]

Great picture and a very impressive sight. Always think these drivers are so skilled.

[maree_sanderson]

cool capture...interesting to see how they do stuff like this..

[ShirleyB]

Lovely to have something to watch while docked. Great capture of dock life.

[Wylie]

very colourful and industrial!

[Chris K]

great capture of a busy port. It was always a scene I loved when the cruise ship berthed in a working port

[Kate Goring]

Ha, ha! Impressive indeed. What a neat look into the world of container ships.Neat shots.

[Sylvia du Toit]

Well done and thanks for sharing.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great collage and I really like you pov on both of the shots.

[gloria jones]

Neat working shots, details

[KWind]

Great shot of all the dock action.

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

Lovely captures, they are all very busy places.

[Margaret Brown]

Super capture, of this busy workplace.

[Gena Pegg]

Great pov...nicely composed and so interesting...I guess I missed that you are on a cruise. Enjoy! I'll try to catch up and see where you are!

[Taffy]

Great scenes to convey what is happening -- it makes me think of TV shows where someone is being kidnapped and hidden in a container. Your shot shows how unlikely anyone could find the poor victims!!

[Darinka]

Great industrial images!The detail,colors and shapes are wonderful!

[Linda]

Great collage and pov ... nice shots.

[Shepherdman's Wife]

That must have been fascinating to watch

[Loopy-Lou]

Interesting shots and nice collage must learn how to do collages in photoshop - hopefully I'll find some time over the weekend.

[Annie D]

love container wharves - so busy

[Annie D]

@bizziebeeme picmonkey collage is easy to use

[Gayle Sears]

Nice 'industrial' shot Babs.

[Lois]

Incredible collage

[Jane Pittenger]

Great details

[Babs]

@golftragic It was very impressive watching these chaps operating the machines. Also watching the captain of our ship park at the docks too. Good job it wasn't me.

[Babs]

@creampuff @hermann @thistle @chrysanthemum @maree_sanderson @shirleybankfarm @pusspup @cruiser @kategoring @sdutoit @mittens @seattlite @kwind @ladymagpie @craftymeg @my_photofun @pippie @shepherdmanswife @annied @thimblelady @loweygrace @jgpittenger Thanks everyone. It was fascinating to watch all the action, from the unloading of the containers from the ship to the machines picking them up and then parking them at the dock.

[Babs]

@quietpurplehaze Ha ha, Hazel, my neck can't cope with reverse parking.

[Babs]

@taffy Ha ha, know what you mean Taffy, check out today's photo too. I wonder which container the body is in.

[Babs]

@pcoulson Know what you mean Peter. I bet there is quite a roll when they are sailing in rough seas.

[Babs]

@eyesmile Thanks Gena. We are home now from our cruise around New Zealand. 42 of us from our local U3A went on the cruise together in December.
I posted photos during December of the cruise and decided to use the next few weeks posting other shots taken on the trip because we are very busy decorating our house at the moment and no time to take photos.

[Leslie]

wonderful collage . I once saw a contraption like that pick up boats and put them in the water. It was fascinating to watch.

[Jane Morley]

I could watch areas like this for ages. Love the shots.

[Paula W]

Must have been very interesting to watch and not necessarily what I would expect to see on a cruise. Container shipping definitely seems to require meticulous planning.

[bkb in the city]

Would be very interesting to watch

[Pam]

That is a great photo showing what it looks like for shipping. That would be cool watch and see what they do with it all.