John F Hark
Night Shift - Port of Houston
This photo was taken less than a week after Hurricane Ike came through Houston and the terminal did not even have full power back yet. The vessel we were loading had been drifting off the Yucatan waiting for Ike to go through and so was delayed coming into Houston by about a week. The cargo being loaded was rail cars to Colombia. These guys are waiting for a car to be rolled into position for lifting on board from the tracks alongside the vessel.
B&W seemed to be fitting as this scene would have looked basically the same 60+ years ago. Non-containerized cargo operations have changed little, if any, over the years. It is still hard dangerous work and you always need to be looking up.
Night Shift - Port of Houston
This photo was taken less than a week after Hurricane Ike came through Houston and the terminal did not even have full power back yet. The vessel we were loading had been drifting off the Yucatan waiting for Ike to go through and so was delayed coming into Houston by about a week. The cargo being loaded was rail cars to Colombia. These guys are waiting for a car to be rolled into position for lifting on board from the tracks alongside the vessel.
B&W seemed to be fitting as this scene would have looked basically the same 60+ years ago. Non-containerized cargo operations have changed little, if any, over the years. It is still hard dangerous work and you always need to be looking up.