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Aerial Cargo Ships at Sea

Aerial perspectives of cargo ships cruising across vast blue oceans, leaving trails in the water under clear skies.

Aerial of cargo ship at sea

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - During Orion Underway Recovery Test 4A aboard the USNS Salvor, a safeguard-class rescue and salvage ship, a crane is used to lift the Orion boilerplate test vehicle. Orion will be lifted up and lowered into the water to test crew module crane recovery operations. NASA, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy are conducting the test in the Pacific Ocean to prepare for recovery of the Orion crew module on its return from a deep space mission. The test allows the teams to demonstrate and evaluate the recovery processes, procedures, hardware and personnel in open waters. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is conducting the underway recovery tests. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight o

Fishing trawler in an ocean

System of pulleys block and tackle on old style Caribbean Schooner

Lithuania, Western Lithuania, Klaipeda, aboard the Curonian Spit ferry

An aerial view of a large cargo ship in trouble at sea, being accompanied by several smaller vessels.

Container ship in Kachemak Bay near Homer, Southcentral Alaska, USA

A ship carrying grain to the marketplace, after having the boat loaded at an elevator in Thunder Bay,

A Toyota cargo ship, on the Pacific Ocean

THE INVESTIGATION (2020).

blur in philippines a view from boat and the pacific ocean mountain background

caravan of ships break through unusual sea ice amassed outside Longyearbyen in July, located in Isfjorden, western Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Line up of boats in water

Passenger boat at Ganges harbour Saltspring Island, BC, Canada

Aerial stern-on view of the Russian Ministry of Fisheries protection ship Komandor underway. Country: Sea Of Japan

The blocking vessel Breevertienien (1973-1980) of the pilotage has just put buoy 2 (Molengat 2) overboard. The bow thruster pushes the buoy ship.

PANAMA, PANAMA CANAL, SHIPS LEAVING GATUN LOCKS ENTERING GATUN LAKE

Antarctica, South Georgia Island. Boat bow plowing through waves.

in oman muscar the port and the crane in the harbor near the sky

Netherlands, Netherlands - 13 February 2026: Aerial view of the rough sea with a vessel towing a platform, the sun glinting off the waves in the distance.

Welle ocean LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/MilanxVasicekx 698151

View of a concrete path stretches toward the sea, flanked by rocks and a yellow and black marker, with a distant ship under a clear sky, Anglet, France.

Sailboat on stormy sea

060517-N-1467R-045. Country: Caribbean Sea

Shipping In San Francisco Bay Harbor At Sunset

Egypt, Suez Canal, Cargo Ship

Tugboats moored at harbour of container port, Port of Felixstowe, Felixstowe, Suffolk, England, august

Aerial top view LPG gas ship, Ship tanker gas LPG top view on the sea for transportation, Liquefied Petroleum Gas tanker or LPG anchored in deep blue ocean sea.

Indonesia, Bali, Aerial view of tanker ship

ships passing by the sea, a beautiful view of the sky with gray clouds, Istanbul Turkey. ships at sea, Turkey Istanbul

Prawn fishing trawler, Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia

Cargo Ships - in the Strait of Gibraltar. Spain.

Container Ship At Stormy Sea

Canada, Quebec. Shipping on the St. Lawrence River. Saguenay National Park area (aka Fjord du Saguenay). IMAGE RESTRICTED: Not available to US land tour operators.

Fishing boat in front of Cabrera National Park,Santanyi, Mallorca, balearic islands, spain, europe.

Churchill Manitoba

DN-ST-88-02120. Base: Gulf Of Oman

060126-N-4374S-005. Country: Indian Ocean (IOC)

Aerial view of a cargo ship laden with timber cuts through the teal waters, its blue hull a stark contrast to the pale wood, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty Region, New Zealand.

Fährschiff und Sonnenuntergang an der Westküste von Norderney, Niedersachsen, Deutschland *** Ferryboat and sunset on the west coast of Norderney, Lower Saxony, Germany

A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak aircrew medically evacuated a mariner from the fishing vessel Golden Alaska (pictured) on June 14, 2022.The MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew arrived on scene and safely transported the 57-year-old male patient to Anchorage for higher medical care.U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Cmdr. Scott Filipowicz.

Aerial view of cargo, freight or container ships in the road in Singapore Strait. Blue sky, beautiful clouds, azure clear sea waters. Cargo ships anchored and waiting to enter the busiest port in South East Asia. Copyspace. International trade

Panorama des Sonnenuntergangs über einem Kreuzfahrtschiff zwischen IJmuiden und Newcastle Panorama of the sunset over a cruiseship between IJmuiden and Newcastle on the North Sea LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/MarcxVenemax 23282467

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Freedom Star, one of NASA's solid rocket booster retrieval ships, pulls the Space Shuttle Program's last external fuel tank, ET-122, toward NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The tank traveled 900 miles by sea from NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans aboard the Pegasus Barge. After reaching the Turn Basin at Kennedy, the tank will be offloaded and moved to the Vehicle Assembly Building where it eventually will be attached to space shuttle Endeavour for the STS-134 mission to the International Space Station. STS-134, targeted to launch in Feb. 2011, currently is scheduled to be the last mission in the Space Shuttle Program. The tank, which is the largest element of the space shuttle stack, was damaged during Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 and restored to flight configuration by Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company employees.

customs boat and operation boat on the Elbe, HH harbour, aerial shots

Ships anchor on the Columbia River at dusk near Astoria; Oregon, United States of America

The Oceanographic Contracting Vessel Hr.Ms. Luymes (1952-1973) hoists a sloop overboard

South America, Brazil, Amazon, Amazon River, Meeting of the Waters. Aerial view of local riverboat passing through the meeting of the waters. (Editorial Usage Only)

GRUA CARGANDO UN BARCO. Location: PUERTO. Barcelona. SPAIN.

DF-ST-90-00580. Country: Unknown

Rusty Mechanism for Launching Boats into the Water in a Harbor on the Atlantic Coast of Portugal

Boat with bulldozer

030130-M-7031A-008. State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

DN-ST-85-10123. Base: Panama Canal Country: Panama (PAN)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- This view from the stern of Freedom Star, one of NASA's solid rocket booster retrieval ships, shows the Pegasus Barge carrying the Space Shuttle Program's last external fuel tank, ET-122, as it is transported to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The tank will travel 900 miles by sea, offloaded and moved to Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building. There it will be integrated to space shuttle Endeavour for the STS-134 mission to the International Space Station.The tank, which is the largest element of the space shuttle stack, was damaged during Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 and restored to flight configuration by Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company employees. STS-134, targeted to launch Feb. 2011, currently is scheduled to be the last mission in the Space Shuttle Program.

trasbordador Pargua-Chacao, canal de Chacao, archipiélago de Chiloé ,provincia de Chiloé ,región de Los Lagos,Patagonia, República de Chile,América del Sur.

Ferry On The Water, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Churchill Manitoba

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Crew members in a skiff from Freedom Star, one of NASA's solid rocket booster retrieval ships, inspect the left spent booster bobbing in the Atlantic Ocean after space shuttle Discovery's STS-133 launch. The shuttles two solid rocket booster casings and associated flight hardware are recovered in the Atlantic Ocean after every launch by Liberty Star and Freedom Star. The boosters impact the Atlantic about seven minutes after liftoff and the retrieval ships are stationed about 10 miles from the impact area at the time of splashdown. After the spent segments are processed, they will be transported to Utah, where they will be refurbished and stored, if needed.

Lifeboat on a ferry, Baltic sea

A BREGUET BR1150 ATLANTIC (SP-13A) maritime patrol range (1969-1984) on patrol for the Dutch coast at an oil drill platform.

Activities on board a coastal sweeper of the Dokkum class (1955-1996).

Speed boats racing in the sea, top view

President George H.W. Bush is escorted through the bay in a Sixth Fleet launch. Bush is in Malta for a December 2-3 summit meeting with Soviet Chairman Mikhail Gorbachev. Base: Marsaxlokk Bay Country: Malta (MLT)

Piper oil field with ships in foggy conditions, North Sea. March 2005.

Scotland, Isle of Mull, Tobermory. A cargo vessel navigating the Sound of Mull.

BARCO NAUFRAGADO. Location: EXTERIOR. PORTO. PORTUGAL.

Aerial view of a big ferry crossing the Adriatic sea near Losinj, Croatia.

SpaceXs Crew Dragon floats in the Atlantic Ocean, about 200 miles off Floridas east coast, March 8, 2019, after returning from the International Space Station on the Demo-1 mission. The uncrewed spacecraft docked to the orbiting laboratory on March 3, following a 2:49 a.m. EST liftoff aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 2. The spacecraft undocked at 2:32 a.m., March 8, splashing down in the Atlantic Ocean at 8:45 a.m. SpaceXs inaugural flight with NASAs Commercial Crew Program is the first flight test of a space system designed for humans built and operated by a commercial company through a public-private partnership. NASA and SpaceX will use data from Demo-1 to further prepare for Demo-2, the crewed flight test that will carry NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the International Space Station later this year.

DN-ST-88-06952. Base: Panama Canal Zone Country: Panama (PAN)

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The bow of a cruise ship, North Sea, Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Drone shot of ships in Ladoga canal at shipyard, Shlisselburg, Russia

A ferry on sea

Cargo ships moored off the coast of Vancouver, BC; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Shipping and lock, Panama Canal, Panama, Central America

DN-ST-89-09095. Base: Panama Canal Zone Country: Panama (PAN)

St. Eustatius island. Panorama of huge fuel tanks up on the hills and fueling barges in the front.

Dockside Area, Port of Spain, Trinidad, Caribbean

An ocean tanker on the open sea

USA, Alaska, Homer boat harbor.

SUNKEN SHIP & terns on route from PUERTO MONTT to PUERTO NATALES - PATAGONIA, CHILE

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