The first step in unloading a cargo of steel cable wires being pulled ashore. Dockworkers have tied several thick twisted ropes to the bundle in order to help with the lifting process.
Cargo is transported to shore at Porto de Vale de Cavaleiros. This port serves the island of Fogo and is located about four kilometers north of São Felipe.
Cargo, in this photograph a car, is loaded via crane at Porto de Vale de Cavaleiros. Cargo is moved from a larger ship, not in this photograph, to smaller vessels that transport cargo between the ship and the dock.
Cargo is lifted from this wooden boat by crane and moved to the docks of Porto de Vale de Cavaleiros. The cargo is believed to be from a larger, commercial ship docked about 100 m off shore (see "Commercial Vessel, Docked").