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

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

Gavin Hellier / Timelapse of a container ship using the new extension to the Panama Canal, Colon, Panama, November 2016. Hellier

Onne van der Wal / Tug escorting tanker out of the port of Charleston, towards the Ravenel Bridge, South Carolina, USA. All non-editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Cargo ship passing through the Panama Canal, Panama City, Panama, Central America. July 2012. All non-editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Container ship passing through the Panama Canal, Panama City, Panama, Central America. All non-editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Container ship, Loire estuary, Saint Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique, France. June 2005. All non-editorial uses must be cleared individually.

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

Piper Mackay / Container freighter travelling through the Panama canal, Panama, November 2008

Jurgen Freund / Sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum) harvest delivered to sugar refinery by freight train. Bundaberg, Southern Queensland. September 2016.

Nick Hawkins / Long-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus capensis) and container ship off the coast of California, United States.

David Fleetham / The 300 meter NYK Andromeda gearless container ship departing Long Beach Harbor, California, USA. August 2007.

Philippe Clement / Harbour cranes and container ship docked in the Antwerp harbour / port, Flanders, Belgium. December 2018

Laurie Hedges / Drone shot tracking over the Panama Canal at sunset, with freighter, Panama, 2019.

David Woodfall / Silhouette of Sir Antony Gormley's 'Another Place' on Crosby beach, with shipping container in distance. Liverpool bay, Mersey Estuary, England, UK, October 2011.

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

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

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

Gavin Hellier / Timelapse of a container ship using the new extension to the Panama Canal, Colon, Panama, November 2016. Hellier

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

Alan Williams / New cranes for handling ship containers at the new container terminal at Seaforth Docks, Port of Liverpool, UK. January, 2016

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

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

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

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

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

Tony Wu / Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) surfacing to breathe in close proximity to a large commercial container vessel. Sri Lanka, Indian Ocean.

Brent Stephenson / Oil slick and sheen on the sea surface, two days after the container ship MV Rena became grounded on Astrolabe Reef, off of the Port of Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, October 2011.

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.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Container ship passing through the Panama Canal in the rain, Panama City, Panama, Central America. All non-editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Container ship passing through the Panama Canal, Panama City, Panama, Central America. All non-editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Jose B. Ruiz / Container ship stranded on El Saler Beach, Valencia, Spain. All non-editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Jaime Rojo / Container ship 'E.R. Cannes', passing through the Strait of Gibraltar, El Estrecho Natural Park, Spain. All non-editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Jaime Rojo / Container ship 'E.R. Cannes', passing through the Strait of Gibraltar, El Estrecho Natural Park, Spain. All non-editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Franco Banfi / Waves crashing against the bow of the container ship 'Mol Distinction', off Mirissa, Sri Lanka, Indian Ocean. All non-editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Cargo ship with reflection, in the port of Ushuaia. Beagle Channel, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. All non-editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Container ship sailing through the Panama Canal. All non-editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Loading of cargo ships, at Marsaxlokk, Malta. September 2011. All non-editorial uses must be cleared individually.

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.

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.

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

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