Entries are continuing to flood in for TradeWinds' Maritime Photographer of the Year contest but the deadline for getting your entry in is now only a few days away.

Readers are coming up with a wide range of interpretations of our nautical theme with images ranging from evocative human studies to dramatic seascapes, classic ship photographs and quasi technical subjects.

Jevgenijs Marenko master of the 5,500-dwt chemical carrier Stolt Fulmar (built 2000) captured a Filipino motorman crewmate gazing wistfully over the ship’s rail off Portugal.