Juergen Freund / Timelapse from day to night looking over Tsing Yi container port, with cranes filling container ships, Hong Kong, China, 2017.

Juergen Freund / Timelapse from day to night looking over Tsing Yi container port, with cranes filling container ships, Hong Kong, China, 2017.

Jean E. Roche / Beaver (Castor fiber) on beach, Camargue, France, November.

Richard Du Toit / Aerial photograph of container ship near Cape Town Harbour, Atlantic Ocean, South Africa, Western Cape Province, March 2010

Franco Banfi,Franco Banfi / Anchor on Wreck Vassilios T, Vis Island, Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean

Michael Pitts,Michael Pitts / Engine room ventilator shafts of oil tanker 'Seiko Maru'. Sunk in Chuuk Lagoon 17/18th February 1944, Chuuk Lagoon, Pacific

Pedro Narra / Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) leaping in front of a cargo ship, Sado Estuary, Portugal, September

Benoit Stichelbaut / Workers cleaning beach of spilt oil from cargo boat "TK Bremen", beached by heavy winds. Erdeven, Brittany, France, December 16th 2011.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Cargo boat "TK Bremen" beached by heavy winds. Erdeven, Brittany, France, December 16th 2011.

Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) group dwarfed on sea ice by cargo ship. Atka Bay, Antarctica. February 2017.

Stefan Christmann / Mary Arctica cargo ship in Atka Bay with ice shelf and sea ice in foreground. Atka Bay, Antarctica. February 2017.

Mark Carwardine / Killer whale or orca (Orcinus orca) lob tailing neqar freight ship, Salish Sea, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Mark Carwardine / Killer whale or orca (Orcinus orca) swimming near freight ship, Salish Sea, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Juergen Freund / Timelapse of Vietnamese boats picking up cruiseship passengers in Halong Bay, Vietnam, 2016.

Ashley Cooper / Boat in the Sunderbans, Ganges, Delta, India. December 2013. This area is very low lying and vulnerable to sea level rise.

Ashley Cooper / The Riverdance washed ashore off Blackpool, one of 3 ships lost that day off the UK. This ship was hit by a huge wave that shifted the vehicle cargo on the decks causing the ship to list violently. T...

Ashley Cooper / RAF 'Sea King' Helicopter preparing to drop salvage experts onto The Riverdance washed ashore off Blackpool. The Riverdance was one of 3 ships lost that day off the UK. The ship was hit by a huge wave...

Ashley Cooper / RAF 'Sea King' Helicopter preparing to drop salvage experts onto The Riverdance washed ashore off Blackpool. The Riverdance was one of 3 ships lost that day off the UK. The ship was hit by a huge wave...

Ashley Cooper / Coast guard looking at the 'Riverdance' washed ashore off Blackpool. The 'Riverdance' was one of 3 ships lost in one day off the coast of the UK. The ship was hit by a huge wave that shifted the vehi...

David Fleetham / Diver swimming behind the propeller of the wreck of the Hilma Hooker, a 236 foot long cargo vessel that sunk in 1984 off the island of Bonaire in the Caribbean.

Richard Robinson / Pelagic Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus ) rides the bow of a Maersk container ship, Northern New Zealand Editorial use only.

Philippe Clement / Two container ships / cargo vessels sailing at sunset, North Sea

Michel Roggo / Ship on the main channel of the Danube river, the Bratul Sulina, at Crisan Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, Romania, May 2014 . Photographed for The Freshwater Project

Michel Roggo / Illulissat harbour with container ship, which brings goods twice a year. Ilulissat Icefjord UNESCO World Heritage Site, Greenland. August 2014. Photographed for The Freshwater Project

Frederique Olivier / Container ship passing through a fjord, Patagonia, Chile.

Pascal Kobeh / A diver above a tank laying on the deck of the wreck of the Nippo Maru, a cargo ship used as a naval auxiliary, Chuuk or Truk Lagoon, Carolines Islands, Pacific Ocean

Pascal Kobeh / A diver above the cannon gun at the bow of the the wreck of the San Francisco Maru, a passenger cargo used as a auxiliary transport vessel, Chuuk or Truk Lagoon, Carolines Islands, Pacific Ocean

Pascal Kobeh / A skull in the engine room of the wreck of the Yamagiri Maru, a passenger cargo boat used as a naval military auxiliary. Japan has made recovery efforts and has removed many bodies and returned them...

Tony Wu / Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda) at surface with ship travelling in the shipping lane along the coast of Sri Lanka, Indian Ocean.

Tony Wu / Dead Blue whale (Balaenoptera musclus) probably killed by a ship strike from a large commercial ship, much like the one visible in the background. Sri Lanka, India.

Tony Wu / Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda) swimming in commercial shipping lane off Sri Lanka; these ships are a danger to the whales. Indian Ocean.

Kirkendall-Spring / Freighter ship anchored, Elliot Bay, with the city of Seattle in the background. Washington, USA, February 2015.

Brent Stephenson / Oil slick and sheen on the sea surface around a service vessel, two days after the container ship MV Rena became grounded on Astrolabe Reef, off of the Port of Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, Oc...

Brent Stephenson / Container ship, MV Rena, approximately 14 hours after becoming grounded on Astrolabe Reef, off of the Port of Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, October 2011.

Brent Stephenson / Aerial view of the container ship, MV Rena, approximately 14 hours after becoming grounded on Astrolabe Reef, off of the Port of Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, October 2011.

Michael Pitts / Inter Island container ship, aground and wrecked, Yonaguni Island, East China Sea, Japan. February 2014.

Michael Pitts / Inter Island container ship, aground and wrecked, Yonaguni Island, East China Sea, Japan. February 2014.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Passenger boat and cargo service to Port Loko. Sierra Leone, 2004-2005.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Passengers aboard cargo service to Port Loko. Sierra Leone, 2004-2005.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / People aboard passenger and cargo boat. Port Loko, Sierra Leone, 2004-2005.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / People aboard passenger and cargo vessels, Big Wharf, Freetown, Sierra Leone, 2004-2005.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Local cargo and passenger vessel with crew, Port Loko, Sierra Leone, 2004-2005.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Local cargo and passenger vessel with crew, Port Loko, Sierra Leone, 2004-2005.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / A Russian ice strengthened ship, Yuri Arshevsky, delivers her cargo to Sabetta during the winter. Yamal Peninsula, Siberia, Russia. February 2014.

Jean E. Roche / Salt transport on the Rhone river, Arles, France, November 2013.

Mark MacEwen / Various boats coming in to harbour at Gibraltar, June 2013.

Philippe Clement / Dock crane and heap of scrap metal for recycling, with cargo boat moored alongside, Port of Ghent, Belgium, July 2013.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Cape fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus) swimming in front of a cargo ship in Walvis Bay Lagoon, Namibia.

Jean E. Roche / Tanker waiting to enter Marseille harbour, France, November 2012.

Loic Poidevin / Container Ships, Prince Rupert Harbour, British Columbia, Canada, June 2013.

Loic Poidevin / View of the container ship AS Valdivia in Prince Ruppert Harbour, used to ship grain and coal from Canada to China, British Columbia, Canada, June 2013.

Gary K. Smith / Softwood coniferous timber ready for transport to mainland, Isle of Mull, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, May 2013.

Staffan Widstrand / Shipping terminal with large freight ship, Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India, January 2013.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Merchant ship in the Beagle Channel (named after visit of the HMS Beagle and Darwin) Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Merchant ship in the Beagle Channel (named after visit of the HMS Beagle and Darwin) Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

Richard Du Toit / Aerial photograph of Durban Harbour breakwater with freighter boat entering the harbour, KwaZulu-Natal Province,South Africa, May 2010

Richard Du Toit / Aerial photograph of container ship with Cape Town in the distance, Atlantic Ocean, South Africa, Western Cape Province, March 2010

Franco Banfi / Slope close to wreck of the cargo boat 'Vassilios T' with Bearded fireworm (Hermodice carunculata) with Sea star (Hacelia attenuata) Vis Island, Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean

Franco Banfi / Yellow sponges (Aplysina cavernicola) on propeller pt the wreck 'Vassilios T', Vis Island, Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean

Michael Pitts / Wreck of the cargo ship 'Iouna'. Diver and ships single screw propellor. Wrecked between 1912-1918. Sharmo reef, Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, July 2010

Michael Pitts / Wreck of the cargo ship 'Iouna'. Diver and ships stern with navigation light still attached on rail. Wrecked between 1912-1918. Sharmo reef, Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, July 2010

Michael Pitts / Diver on the wreck of the Italian cargo ship 'Umbria' looking at the Starboard propellor, scuttled in Port Sudan 10th June 1940, Red Sea, March 2008

Pat Tuson / Boat loading or unloading scrap metal, River Thames, London, England UK, February 2007

Brent Stephenson / Wind-powered Enercon owned ship E-Ship 1. The tall columns are rotors / sails that aid the ship's propulsion by using the Magnus effect, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, August 2010.

Brent Stephenson / Wind-powered Enercon owned ship E-Ship 1. The tall columns are rotors / sails that aid the ship's propulsion by using the Magnus effect, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, August 2010.

Merryn Thomas / Stern of tanker off Falmouth Harbour, Cornwall, UK

Onne van der Wal / Container ship with small boat alongside. Valparaiso, Chile 2008.

Pedro Narra / Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) leaping out of water in front of a cargo ship, Sado Estuary, Portugal, July

Michele Westmorland / Diver exploring Shakem Wreck, a cargo boat that sank in 2001. Grenada, West-Indies, Caribbean, May 2009. Model released.

Michele Westmorland / Diver exploring Shakem Wreck, a cargo boat that sank in 2001. Grenada, West-Indies, Caribbean, May 2009. Model released.

Michele Westmorland / Diver exploring Shakem Wreck, a cargo boat that sank in 2001. Grenada, West-Indies, Caribbean, May 2009. Model released.

Michele Westmorland / Diver exploring Shakem Wreck, a cargo boat that sank in 2001. Grenada, West-Indies, Caribbean, May 2009. Model released.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Workers cleaning beach of spilt oil from cargo boat "TK Bremen", beached by heavy winds. Erdeven, Brittany, France, December 16th 2011.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Workers cleaning beach of spilt oil from cargo boat "TK Bremen", beached by heavy winds. Erdeven, Brittany, France, December 16th 2011.

John MacPherson / 2020VISION / Cargo boat with Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) bow riding, River Ness, Inverness Harbour, Moray Foirth, Scotland, UK, August 2011

Philip Stephen / Fisherman packing boxes of iced fish in the cargo hold on a fishing boat, North Sea, May 2010. Model released.

Inaki Relanzon / Aerial view of Cargo boat on the river, Morondava, West Madagascar. November 2008

Inaki Relanzon / Cargo boat on the river, Morondava, West Madagascar. November 2008

Tim Laman / A boat carrying Nipa palm leaves harvested from the mangroves and used for roof thatch is pushed up the Sibsa river by a small launch, Sundarbans, Khulna Province, Bangladesh, March 2006

Tim Laman / A large freight boat taking goods across river, propelled by oars and manpower, Khulna, Khulna Province, Bangladesh. March 2006

Tim Laman / Boys transporting fishing traps by boat on the Kholpatura River, Sundarbans, Khulna Province, Bangladesh, March 2006

Tim Laman / A boat carrying Nipa palm leaves harvested from the mangroves and used for roof thatch, Sibsa river, Sundarbans, Khulna Province, Bangladesh, March 2006

Tim Laman / A boat carrying Nipa palm leaves harvested from the mangroves and used for roof thatch, Sibsa river, Sundarbans, Khulna Province, Bangladesh, March 2006

Tim Laman / Man operating the oars to power a cargo boat on the Rupsha River, Sundarbans, Khulna, Bangladesh, April 2006

Tim Laman / Men operating the oars to power a cargo boat on the Rupsha River, Sundarbans, Khulna, Bangladesh, April 2006

Tim Laman / A boat carrying Nipa palm leaves harvested from the mangroves and used for roof thatch, Sibsa river, Sundarbans, Khulna Province, Bangladesh, March 2006

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Aerial view of cargo boat at the Meeting of the waters of Negro and Soilimões rivers that form the Amazonas River, 14km west of Manaus, in Amazonas State, Northern Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Small boat carrying cargo and passengers in Amazonas River, near Itacoatiara town, Amazonas State, Brazil.

Shattil & Rozinski / Aerial view of Aransas NW reserve and cargo boat passing down the intracoastal waterway, Gulf of Mexico, Texas, USA, 2001

Onne van der Wal / Trimming the jib on board a traditional sailing cargo boat called a Skutsje, on a lake during Skutjesilen, Friesland, Netherlands, 1991.

Pete Oxford / Unloading cargo on the dock, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Unloading cargo on the dock, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Philippe Clement / Container terminal at night, showing gantry cranes stacking containers on ship docked along the Western Scheldt, Port of Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium. 2023.

Philippe Clement / Container terminal at night, showing ship stacked with containers and gantry cranes behind, along the Western Scheldt, Port of Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium. 2023.

Tom Vierus / Two White-faced herons (Egretta novaehollandiae) foraging on the foreshore at low tide with a large continer ship passing by in the distance, Suva, Central Division, Fiji, Pacific Ocean.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Aerial view of cargo ship in heavy weather off Belle-Ile, Morbihan, France, Atlantic Ocean. April, 2004..