Ling Chengyan's small boat circled to the other side of the large vessel, and her excellent vision allowed her to see, in the pitch-black night, a small cargo barge docked under the big ship.
Such ships, Ling Chengyan had seen at bigger docks, are used to transfer cargo, helping large freight ships to unload. Of course, what's loaded or unloaded this way is bulk cargo. Nowadays, more regular shipping uses containers, which are loaded using large cranes on the dock.
Upon closer inspection, one could find that there were no cargo handlers moving on the barge, nor were there any loading equipment or machinery, it was just as if the two ships were quietly docked together in the night. But Ling Chengyan's keen eyes noticed the connection between the two ships—a pipe.
Not your ordinary rubber hose, but a thick pipe, dozens of centimeters wide.
She immediately understood what these people were up to—oil unloading!
