A view of the container park in Rotterdam, Netherlands with a mobile straddle carrier in the foreground

A view of the container park in Rotterdam, Netherlands with a mobile straddle carrier in the foreground. The photographer is standing on the deck of the container ship Nedlloyd Maretania (1977). There are rows of containers that extend from the foreground into the background. There are 3 container transport cranes in the background. An unidentified container ship is berthed in the background on the top right hand side of the image. This is Slide 52 of a series of slides detailing Captain H. Bird's service as Second Officer for the container ship Nedlloyd Maretania (1977) owned by H. Janssen of Bad Zwischenahn, Germany and chartered by the Royal Nedlloyd Group shipping company of Rotterdam from 9 June 1978 to 26 July 1978. This series consists of 53 slides.

Object Details

ID: PCT16817
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Henry P. Bird
Vessels: Nedlloyd Maretania (1977)
Date made: 22 July 1978
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection
Measurements: Image: 27 mm x 27 mm;Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm
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