Captured on july 7 2022 by reuters photographer siphiwe sibeko this image depicts the export side of south africas automotive industry at the east london port A lone worker wearing a reflectivestriped blue uniform inspects vehicles that stretch in orderly lanes across the tarmac The carsmostly white silver and blackare parked bumpertobumper in dozens of rows ready for loading onto ships Beyond the lot heavylift cranes stand over a container ship named grindrod moored against the breakwater which separates the port from the open sea The scene underscores the scale of global auto exports and the logistical coordination required to move manufactured vehicles from factory floor to international markets