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Devon, an Iranian-flagged oil tanker
The fire-damaged tanker Stena Immaculate pictured off Great Yarmouth a month after the March 11, 2025 incident
Container vessels at the Port of Rotterdam
Cargo loading operations at the Port of Hamburg
The crew of the containership Maersk Laguna in between voyages during the first few months of the Covid-19 pandemic
Los Angeles Fire Department fireboats continue firefighting operations to extinguish the blaze aboard the container vessel ONE Henry Hudson off the Port of Los Angeles, November 22, 2025.
Cranes handling containers at the Port of Baltimore
Shore-based remote operation centre overseeing fully autonomous navigation by the container vessel Suzaku in Tokyo Bay, March 1, 2022
IMO Secretary General Arsenio Dominguez and the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee adjourn discussions on the adoption of the net-zero framework for one year, October 17, 2025.
The tanker Pablo shown here after it suffered an onboard explosion that killed three of its crew while off southern Malaysia, May 1, 2023. The vessel is registered to Gabon, a known flag of convenience favoured by ship operators wishing to circumvent international sanctions.
Captain and crew on ship's bridge
Crew working on a lifeboat on a ship
Pexels/Ibrahim Boran ship bridge
Pexels/Ibrahim Boran
Navigator with binoculars on ship's bridge
An emergency towing vessel of the Swedish Coast Guard
Zenitel rescue ship bridge simulator
Berge Bulk rotor sails
Pilot on bridge
Dictionary of Royal Fleet Auxiliary Ships from 1905
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