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Shetland industry photography

Shetland is home to a wide range of industries. This collection focuses on maritime, fishing, aquaculture, and manufacturing.

A worker in a helmet welding

A Malakoff worker welding

A worker with a mask cutting a sheet of metal

Gas cutting at the Malakoff, Lerwick

An offshore supply vessel at sea

An offshore supply vessel approaches Lerwick harbour

Pier workers pull ropes over a bollard

Tying up a vessel, Greenhead Base

A worker places a wire in a press

Tying up a vessel, Greenhead Base

A worker cuts a wire with an angle grinder

Cutting the wire

A boat approaching a salmon cage in the morning

Well boat approaching a salmon cage

Salmon farmer inspecting a salmon for lice

Salmon farmer inspecting a salmon for lice

Salmon farmer inspecting a salmon for lice

Salmon farmer inspecting a salmon for lice

View of the deck of a long liner vessel

Norwegian longliner, near Shetland

A fisherman watches fishing nets being winched aboard

Fishing nets being winched aboard

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