Trawlers undergoing repairs at the port of Fraserburgh, one of the UK's main ports for whitefish.

A rainbow rises behind the port at Peterhead, the largest fishing port in the UK, while nearby children ride on swings in a playground.

A vessel leaves port in Peterhead, the largest fishing port in the UK.

Sheep graze on a hill overlooking Scapa Flow. Protected by the surrounding islands, Scapa Flow is a harbour that has an area of 324.5 square kilometres. Some believe that as climate change allows ship...

The remains of a ship used in the First World War to block the entrance to Scapa Flow to prevent German submarines attacking the British fleet stationed there in WW1 and WW2. In the background is an o...

People relax in the sun by Scapa Flow. In the background are the remains of a ship used in the First World War to block the entrance to Scapa Flow to prevent German submarines attacking the British fl...

An inter Island ferry.

The remains of a ship used in the First World War to block the entrance to Scapa Flow to prevent German submarines attacking the British fleet stationed there in WW1 and WW2. Protected by the surround...

Oil supply ships, and a wind farm, lie anchored off the city of Aberdeen, which is the centre of the UK's north sea oil trade.

An external view of the National Museum of the Royal Navy. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last General Election, when many neighbouring areas in Labour's so-called 'Red Wall' s...

An external view of the National Museum of the Royal Navy. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last General Election, when many neighbouring areas in Labour's so-called 'Red Wall' s...

An external view of the National Museum of the Royal Navy. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last General Election, when many neighbouring areas in Labour's so-called 'Red Wall' sw...

An external view of the National Museum of the Royal Navy. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last General Election, when many neighbouring areas in Labour's so-called 'Red Wall' s...

A Northern Alliance fighter guards Taliban prisoners held in a shipping container.

A tinsmith carrying on his father's trade, working in a shipping container set up as a store in front of the ruins of Darul Aman Palace.

Shipping containers and trucks loaded with bananas at Santa Marta's port.

Shipping containers stacked at Santa Marta's port.

Richards Bay coal loading facility.

A view across Shark Island to Luderitz's port. Shark Island, which is now joined to the mainland, was once home to the world's first extermination camp/concentration camp. Between 1905 and 1907 the Ge...

Water birds surround the old lake steamer 'Geneve', currently used as a place of refuge for disadvantaged people, including the homeless. It is permamently moored by the central Eaux-Vives district.

Shipping containers in the Asia World Port Terminal viewed from an abandoned market.

Shipping containers in the Asia World Port Terminal viewed from an abandoned market.

Shipping containers in the Asia World Port Terminal viewed from an abandoned market.

Two Afghan teenagers watch as ferries leave the port of Dover. Both arrived in the UK within the last six months, one by ferry and one by dinghy.

A girl walks on the beach at Dover. The Ferry port can be seen in the background.

Trucks embark and disembark from ferries at Dover.

Trucks embark and disembark from ferries at Dover.

Kay, a volunteer for Channel Rescue, looks out to sea from a vantage point above the port at Dover.

The Jadran Palace, overlooking the Rijeka Marina on the Adriatic coast.

The skyline of the city above the Rijeka Marina on the Adriatic coast.

A couple look out of a window towards the White Cliffs of Dover as they sail in a ferry from Calais to Dover.

A group of women and children walk past a giant picture of a container ship on a wall of the STC (The Shipping and Transport College Group) building in Kop van Zuid.

People relax on a beach as behind them a cruise ship arrives in the port of Rhodes.

People relax on a beach as behind them a cruise ship arrives in the port of Rhodes.

A cruise ship arrives in the port of Rhodes.

A giant ferry boat arrives at the port of Igoumenitsa.

Trucks board a ferry to cross the Gulf of Corinth.

A man takes a fresh water shower after swimming in the sea near the Rio - Antirrio Bridge, the world's longest multi-span cable-stayed bridge which crosses the Gulf of Corinth near Patras.

A group of Algerian transit migrants who are camped in a decrepit abandoned factory building near the port of Patras from where they hope to get onboard a ship and travel to Italy.

A sail ship passes through the Corinth Canal that connects the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea.

A man takes a nap during the short ferry ride from Kinmen's main island to Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, just a mile or two from the Chinese mainland. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-shek's natio...

Passengers disembark from the ferry that plies the short route between Kinmen's main island and Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, just a mile or two from the Chinese mainland. Following the retreat of...

A 'Mouette', a yellow city ferry boat passes the Jet d'eau water feature on Lake Geneva (Lac Leman).

WInter dusk, a yellow city water ferry (known as a Mouette - seagull), passing a Belle Epoque vessel moored by the Paquis district at the end of Lake Geneva (Lac Leman) with the city's Cathedral at ri...

The Belle Epoque ferry boat belonging to the CGN, returning to dock after an evening cruise on the Lake Geneva, passing the illuminated Jet d'eau water feature, and a rising full moon.

As trucks line up to board France bound ferries at the port of Dover a man cycles along the cliffs above.

As ferries leave for France, another disembarks at the port of Dover where a queue of trucks has formed on the approach road.

The white cliffs between Folkestone and Dover. At right, a ferry leaves Dover for France.

Trucks line up at the Channel Tunnel terminal. As Brexit approaches, there have been long tailbacks of trucks trying to enter the channel tunnel.

Trucks line up at the Channel Tunnel terminal. As Brexit approaches, there have been long tailbacks of trucks trying to enter the channel tunnel.

A tailback of trucks waiting to enter the Port of Dover.

A tailback of trucks waiting to enter the Port of Dover.

A man fishes from the beach while beyond him shipping containers are loaded onto a ship at the port at Felixstowe.

Stacked shipping containers tower over a nearby housing estate in Felixstowe.

Stacked shipping containers tower over a nearby housing estate in Felixstowe.

A ship is loaded with containers at the port of Felixstowe. A combination of stockpiling for Brexit and the effects on trade of the COVID-19 crisis have meant that many ports are overloaded.

Shipping containers at the port of Felixstowe. A combination of stockpiling for Brexit and the effects on trade of the COVID-19 crisis have meant that many ports are overloaded.

A couple walk on the beach opposite the port of Felixstowe. A combination of stockpiling for Brexit and the effects on trade of the COVID-19 crisis have meant that many ports are overloaded.

A couple walk on the beach opposite the port of Felixstowe. A combination of stockpiling for Brexit and the effects on trade of the COVID-19 crisis have meant that many ports are overloaded.

A couple walk on the beach opposite the port of Felixstowe. A combination of stockpiling for Brexit and the effects on trade of the COVID-19 crisis have meant that many ports are overloaded.

A couple walk on the beach opposite the port of Felixstowe. A combination of stockpiling for Brexit and the effects on trade of the COVID-19 crisis have meant that many ports are overloaded.

The port of Felixstowe. A combination of stockpiling for Brexit and the effects on trade of the COVID-19 crisis have meant that many ports are overloaded.

A couple walk on the beach opposite the port of Felixstowe. A combination of stockpiling for Brexit and the effects on trade of the COVID-19 crisis have meant that many ports are overloaded.

A woman watches a ship being loaded with containers at the port of Felixstowe. A combination of stockpiling for Brexit and the effects on trade of the COVID-19 crisis have meant that many ports are ov...

Containers stacked by the river Orwell near the port of Felixstowe. A combination of stockpiling for Brexit and the effects on trade of the COVID-19 crisis have meant that many ports are overloaded.

Containers stacked by the river Orwell near the port of Felixstowe. A combination of stockpiling for Brexit and the effects on trade of the COVID-19 crisis have meant that many ports are overloaded.

The port of Southampton where a combination of stockpiling for Brexit and the effects on trade of the COVID-19 crisis have meant that like many ports its storage facilities are overloaded.

Shipping containers stacked in storage at the port of Southampton. A combination of stockpiling for Brexit and the effects on trade of the COVID-19 crisis have meant that many ports are overloaded.

Shipping containers stacked in storage at the port of Southampton. A combination of stockpiling for Brexit and the effects on trade of the COVID-19 crisis have meant that many ports are overloaded.

Vehicles in storage at the port of Southampton. A combination of stockpiling for Brexit and the effects on trade of the COVID-19 crisis have meant that many ports are overloaded.

Boats and sunken canoes on a stretch of the Altamira waterfront that was flooded as the Xingu River rose due to the construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric plant.

Canoes and boats moored on the banks of the Xingu River on the outskirts of Altamira.

A trawler sails beneath the Bosporus Bridge in the Ortakoy.

A hillside memorial on the Gallipoli pensinsula. The text on the hill is a quote of the Turkish poet, Necmettin Halil Onan: 'Traveller halt! The soil you tread once witnessed the end of an era'. It re...

A girl visiting the Nusret, an Ottoman Navy ship that served as a mine layer during the Gallipoli Campaign and is now a museum ship.

The pilot of a ferry boat blows out cigarette smoke as he traverses the Ataturk water reservoir, between Kahta and Siverek. Beside him is a poster of Yilmaz Guney, a Kurdish film maker imprisoned by t...

A whale dives near a ship fishing for krill off the South Orkney Islands. The Greenpeace ship MY Esperanza is on the final leg of the pole to pole voyage from the Arctic to the Antarctic. The almost...

Trinitas, a Norweigan reefer, sailes among icebergs off the South Orkney Islands. The Greenpeace ship MY Esperanza is on the final leg of the pole to pole voyage from the Arctic to the Antarctic. T...

Trinitas, a Norweigan reefer, sailes among icebergs off the South Orkney Islands. The Greenpeace ship MY Esperanza is on the final leg of the pole to pole voyage from the Arctic to the Antarctic. T...

Trinitas, a Norweigan reefer, sailes among icebergs off the South Orkney Islands. The Greenpeace ship MY Esperanza is on the final leg of the pole to pole voyage from the Arctic to the Antarctic. T...

Ships illuminated at night as they transfer a catch of krill from a fishing vessel to a reefer in the sea close to several iceburgs off the South Orkney Islands. The Greenpeace ship MY Esperanza is o...

Ships illuminated at night as they transfer a catch of krill from a fishing vessel to a reefer in the sea close to several iceburgs off the South Orkney Islands. The Greenpeace ship MY Esperanza is o...

A woman walks along an overgrown path near a residential block beside the Mediterranean sea.

The bow of the Greenpeace ship, Arctic Sunrise in the Errera Channel. The Greenpeace ship Artic Sunrise was in the Antarctic on the last stage of a pole to pole voyage from the Arctic to the Antarcti...

The bow of the Arctic Sunrise off Paulet Island in the Erebus and Terror Gulf at the entrance to the Weddell Sea. The Greenpeace ship Artic Sunrise was in the Antarctic on the last stage of a pole to...

The Greenpeace ship, Arctic Sunrise moves through rolling seas as it crosses the Drake Passage after a six week tour of Antarctica.

The Arctic Sunrise anchored off Cuverville Island in the Errera Channel. The Greenpeace ship Artic Sunrise was in the Antarctic on the last stage of a pole to pole voyage from the Arctic to the Antar...

The Arctic Sunrise arrives at Elephant Island. The Greenpeace ship Artic Sunrise was in the Antarctic on the last stage of a pole to pole voyage from the Arctic to the Antarctic to investigate and do...

The Arctic Sunrise anchored off Cuverville Island in the Errera Channel. The Greenpeace ship Artic Sunrise was in the Antarctic on the last stage of a pole to pole voyage from the Arctic to the Antar...

A ship in port at Ras Laffan with gas flares in the background.