Shipyard Operations

Aerial views of shipyards with large vessels, cranes, and construction activities showcasing industrial marine environments.

A shipyard including cranes and dry docks in Bath, Maine on the Kennebec River.

Flood protection construction VENICE, ITALY - JULY 08: Construction barge in Venice on JULY 08, 2011. Building seawall MOSE Project for flood protection Lagoon in Venice, Italy. Copyright: xZoonar.com/MarkoxBericx 11053885

GRUAS. Location: PUERTO. Barcelona. SPANIEN.

Yellow crane in cargo port translating coal. Industrial scene

1990s NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING NEWPORT NEWS VIRGINIA USA

Cranes at a shipyard, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

Pasai Donibane, Spain - 10 March 2026: Aerial view of a bustling harbor where colossal ship sections rise under the watchful eye of towering cranes.

Baglietto Shipyard, La Spezia, 80s.

Bandra Sea Link under construction Bombay now Mumbai Maharashtra India Copyright: xPxKxBhatia/DinodiaxPhotox

Salvage Engineering Response Team - Various Operations - 26-HK-360-54. mm 49 to 59 photos. Hurricane Katrina

Aerial view of a vibrant red cargo ship docked beside a concrete pier, where industrial cranes stand tall against the blue sea, Vasto, Abruzzo, Italy.

Aftermath - Salvage Operations - Empire, Louisiana - 26-HK-33-16. close-up shot of crane lifting vessel from pile of boats along waterfront, time stamped 7 116pm. Hurricane Katrina

Spain, Andalucia Region, Cadiz Province, Cadiz, Commercial port, cargo cranes, dawn

Construction workers from a contracting firm drill holes into the downstream concrete apron to form a secant wall at Montgomery Locks and Dam on the Ohio River in Monaca, Pennsylvania, Aug. 3, 2022. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District manages the construction work at Montgomery, currently in the preconstruction phase. The current phase helps prepare the worksite for an upcoming multi-year construction project. Montgomery is part of the Upper Ohio Navigation Project, which has received $857.7 million in dedicated funding through the 2022 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The project will include replacing the facilitys 360-foot auxiliary chamber with a wider and longer 600-foot chamber that can fit up to nine barges at once. The district expects to begin work on the new lock construction in 2024, which will last at least eight years to complete.

DN-SC-87-07356. Base: Newport News State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Hong Kong, Architecture, Construction, View Over Building Site Working On Underground Tail Link To New Airport From Central Hong Kong.

Salvage Engineering Response Team - New Orleans - Boats - 26-HK-349-82. Sierra Marie. Hurricane Katrina

A lift barge/crane, being propelled by a tugboat on each side, moves into position to lift the radar turret aboard the USNS OBSERVATION ISLAND (T-AGM-23) which is being converted to a missile and satellite tracking station. The conversion operation is called Project Cobra Judy. Base: Baltimore State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (June 22, 2017) A crane moves the lower stern into place on the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) at Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va. John F. Kennedy is the second Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier which is now 50 percent structurally complete.

Porto Marghera near Venice, industrial harbour

Eine Ölplattform im weiten Ozean mit laufenden Kranarbeiten An impressive oil rig stands tall amidst the ocean waves, showcasing crane operations and various maritime activity Copyright: xZoonar.com/DMITRYxMODESTOVx 22642481

ITALY. Ravenna harbour, Adriatic Sea. Fishermen landing their catch. . This port, together with Porto Marghera, near Venice, is the stronghold of the oil industry in the Adriatic Sea. Most of the oil, 60,000 tons a year, contaminating the Adriatic Sea is discharged into the River Po.

Construction machinery at Liebherr plant, production of mobile crane and crawler crane, open area, Ehingen (Donau), Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Antwerpen, 9th of August 2022, Belgium. The Port of Antwerp largest seaport in Belgium second largest port in Europe after Rotterdam. Industrial commercial large scale container shipment import export facility terminal. Antwerpen, 9th of August 2022, Belgium. The Port of Antwerp largest seaport in Belgium second largest port in Europe after Rotterdam. Industrial commercial large scale container shipment import export facility terminal. Aerial drone Copyright: xZoonar.com/HugoxKurkx 19128969

011002-N-5961C-001. Base: Honolulu State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Loading sugar onto a ship from the Sugar Terminal at Maydon Wharfat the harbour. Durban. KwaZulu Natal. South Africa.

Shipyard in the port of Ermoupoli, Syros, Cyclades, Greece, Europe

construction ships in oregon inlet outer banks

A view of, from left: the fleet tugs PAPAGO (ATF 160) and PAIUTE (ATF 159) and the salvage and rescue ship USS EDENTON (ATS 1), at the Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock Company's Brambleton Extension Yard. The PAPAGO and PAIUTE are undergoing overhaul before being recommissioned to the US Navy fleet. Base: Elizabeth River, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Panama, 09/11/2015. Panama Canal, project under construction. In the image, the Gatún locks. Photo: Maya Balanya ARCHDC.

A rolling crane is used to load the amphibious transport dock ship USS Shreveport (LPD-12) with equipment for exercise Solid Shield '85. Subject Operation/Series: EXERCISE SOLID SHIELD '85 Base: Morehead City State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Novorossiysk, Russia 08.18.2023. Port cranes, Black Sea, port, Krasnodar Territory, Novorossiysk. Novorossiysk, Russia 08.18.2023. Port cranes, Black Sea, port, Krasnodar Territory, Novorossiys

Logistics, harbor and industrial crane at port for cargo transport, delivery or distribution. Empty, shipping and machine for supply chain, steel manufacturing or infrastructure at export factory

An M-4K rough terrain forklift is loaded aboard the maritime pre-positioning ship PFC. James Anderson Jr. (T-AK-3002). The ship will transport its cargo to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Newport News State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Falmouth, Cornwall, England, UK. 2022. A twin tractor tug in dry dock for maintenance, the SD Faithful built 1985 and SS Shieldhall under blue covers having work carried out on her hull.

DN-SC-86-00880. Base: Westwego State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Muetzelfeldtwerft dry dock, Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Crane with wood logs gripple loading timber on cargo ship Crane with wood logs gripple loading timber on cargo ship for export in Wicklow commercial port. Transport industry in Ireland Copyright: xZoonar.com/DawidxKalisinskix 16180298

Aerial view, Datteln, power station EON Datteln IV, EON, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

A bow view of the guided missile destroyer FITZGERALD (DDG-62) completing its slide down the building ways into the Kennebec River at the conclusion of the ship's christening ceremony. Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An overhead view looking down from the 350 ton crane, at the traverse bulkhead arrangement of the stern section of the Military Sealift Command's new vehicle transport ship USNS GILLILAND (T-AKR 298) under conversion in drydock #11 at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation on the James River. Base: Newport News State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Industrial Port of Trabzon, Turkey on southern coast of Black Sea.

DN-SD-04-09069. Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Dock cranes and heaps of scrap metal at Van Heyghen Recycling export terminal in the port of Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium, Europe

High angle view of a ship at a shipyard, Falmouth, Cornwall, England

Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig and Museum in the Galveston Channel at Galveston, Texas.

Floating crane in a river Floating crane in the river Merwede near the Dutch village hardinxveld-Giessendam Copyright: xZoonar.com/JohnxStuijx 16544904

Commercial Dockyard, St Petersburg, Russia (RF)

Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Spain, Basque Country Region, Guipuzcoa Province, Zumaia, shipyard

Aerial view of a colossal bridge construction over the tranquil river, its towering crane piercing the skyline amidst the cityscape, Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia.

Aerial view of a building site while assembling the Padma bridge, the longest rail and highway bridge in Bangladesh crossing the Padma river, Zajira, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

United Arab Emirates, Sharjah, Sharjah Town. Port Khalid and Oil Drilling Platforms

Crane, Rhine port, Uerdingen, North Rhine-Westphalia

Salvage Engineering Response Team - New Orleans - First Few Days - 26-HK-356-40. Hurricane Katrina

Das niederländische Forschungsschiff Geo Ranger in der Nähe des Hafens von Esbjerg, Jütland, Dänemark Dutch research and survey ship Geo Ranger on Wadden Sea near harbour of Esbjerg, Jutland, Denmark LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/cxJeannettexTasx 23182227

Aerial view, Joenk shipyard, repair facility for inland water vessels, inland port of Harburg, Hamburg, Germany, Europe

North America, Washington State, Seattle. Freighter being loaded with grain at Terminal 86 on Elliott Bay, aerial view

View of under construction eight lane twin carriageway cable stayed Bandra worli sea link, Bombay Mumbai, Maharashtra , India 28-April-2009 Copyright: xHemangixNakwe/DinodiaxPhotox

A view along the starboard side of the aircraft carrier CORAL SEA (CV-43) during scrapping operations at the Seawitch Salvage Company. A large steel section of the island is being loaded onto a waiting truck. Base: Baltimore State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

120227-N-ZZ999-011NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Feb. 27, 2012) The aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is under construction at Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding. Gerald R. Ford is the first in class of a new carrier design being built at Newport News.

Sitakund, Bangladesh - 19 February 2026: Aerial view of weathered shipbreaking yards where colossal vessels meet their end in a symphony of rust, decay, and the relentless churn of industry.

Scrap metal ship, Newhaven, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom, Europe

DN-SC-86-00304. Base: Avondale Shipyard, West Wego State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-88-00319. Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Gruene Kraene on Reiherstieg in Hamburg Gruene Kraene am Reiherstieg in Hamburg

Port bow view of the Military Sealift Command (MSC) strategic heavy lift ship USNS BENAVIDEZ (T-AKR 306) resting on the building ways at the Avondale shipyard. The vessel is at 40 percent completion. Base: Avondale State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aerial view of industrial cranes coloured with Ukrainian colours flags in memory of Russian invasion in Ukraine, Pula, Croatia.

Cultivation garden.

Seattle's industrial Harbor Island, Seattle, Washington State, USA. (Editorial Use Only)

Starboard bow view of the Military Sealift Command (MSC) strategic heavy lift ship USNS DAHL (T-AKR 312) under construction on the building ways at the NASSCO shipyard. The ship is at approximately 20%% completion. Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aids to Navigation Operations - 26-HK-63-33. crane on dock with other equipment--ATON ops. Hurricane Katrina

Cranes dredging the ground of the Mekong river, sand extraction, Mekong Delta, Vietnam, Asia

coal in harbor on danube river

On Thursday 8th October 2020, Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces, visits two defence companies essential to the economic fabric of the Brittany region. The Minister of the Armed Forces first visits SOCARENAM, a French shipbuilding company, where she will visit the construction site of an overseas patrol boat (POM). The design and construction of the six POMs represent, on SOCARENAM's sites and for its many subcontractors in France, between 500 and 600 highly qualified jobs that cannot be relocated. Saint-Malo on 2020-10-08.Le jeudi 8 octobre 2020, Florence Parly, ministre des Armees, visite deux entreprises de defense essentielles au tissu economique de la region Bretagne. La ministre des Armees se rend dabord au sein de lentreprise SOCARENAM, entreprise française de construction navale, ou elle visite le chantier de la construction dun patrouilleur outre-mer (POM). La conception et la construction des six POM representent, sur les sites de SOCARENAM et pour ses nombreux

Aerial view of a part of the port of Den Helder (March 1990) with O.A. The mayor Visserbrug (blue, above).

Broekelmann oil mill, silos, city port, canal port, Datteln-Hamm Canal, Hamm, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe, PublicGround, Europe

Starboard bow view of the Military Sealift Command (MSC) strategic heavy lift ship USNS WATKINS (T-AKR 315) resting on the building ways at the NASSCO (National Steel & Shipbuilding Co) shipyard. Construction is at 80 percent completion. Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Dunkirk. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Aerial view, loading of bulk onto coaster of the Otto A. Mueller shipping company, at Lehmannkai, Luebeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to the Louisiana coast for Shell Oil briefing on offshore energy production, tour of offshore platform, fly-over of New Orleans and surrounding areas. Joining the Interior delegation for the offshore tour were Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu and Congressman Bobby Jindal.

Two workers painting boat in shipyard

Floods Protection Construction Construction Cranes at Seawall Protection in Venetian Lagoon Copyright: xZoonar.com/MarkoxBericx 12661218

A view of the industrial and militarized Russian seaport city of Murmansk on the northern shore of the Kola Peninsula, Murmansk Oblast, Russia, Arctic, Europe

A view of the stern section, starboard to port, of the MSC (Military Sealift Command) strategic heavy lift ship USNS RED CLOUD (T-AKR 313) under construction in the building ways at the NASSCO (National Steel and Shipbuilding Company) Shipyard. The ship is at 20 percent completion. Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

shipment of a wind turbine in the harbour of Mukran

A bow view of the battleship USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62), in dry dock undergoing refitting and reactivation. Base: Naval Air Station, Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

France, Brittany, Saint-Meloir-des-Ondes on 2022-06-15. Report on the Boutrais family, oyster farming company, breeding oysters in the Mont Saint-Michel Bay. It is a local short circuit where the oysters are produced as close as possible to the warehouse. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bretagne, Saint-Meloir-des-Ondes le 2022-06-15. Reportage sur La Famille Boutrais, entreprise ostreiculteur, pratiquant l'elevage de l' huitre de la Baie du Mont Saint-Michel. Il s'agit d'un circuit court local où les huitres sont produites au plus près de l'entrepot. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

A port quarter view of the fleet oiler HENRY J. KAISER (T-AO-187) under construction. Base: Avondale Shipyard, West Wego State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Pere Santilari / "Gruas", 1996. Colección privada.

030814-N-0000X-002. Base: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Msheireb Downtown Doha, Construction Site, Doha, Qatar. Architect: John McAslan & Partners, 2015. Elevated view of construction site at night.

An overhead aerial view of the starboard amidships and stern section of the aircraft carrier CORAL SEA (CV-43) during scrapping at the Seawitch Marine Salvage Company in the outer harbor. Two thirds of the armored flight deck, the elevators much of the deck overhang and the island have already been cut away. Base: Baltimore State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Illuminated view of the construction building seen during at night

Kittery, ME (October 19, 2022) - Drilled shaft foundation work progresses in support of Multi-Mission Dry Dock No. 1, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

Port works, construction of protective wall against flooding, Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium, flooding, flood barrier, Europe

Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig and Museum in the Galveston Channel at Galveston, Texas.

Salvage Engineering Response Team - New Orleans - Early October - 26-HK-351-92. Hurricane Katrina

Starboard quarter view (off centerline) of the MSC (Military Sealift Command) strategic heavy lift ship USNS SODERMAN (T-AKR 299) under conversion at the NASSCO (National Steel and Shipbuilding Company) Shipyard. The conversion is 81 percent complete. Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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