Most of cargo operations take place between a ship and a land-based terminal. Nevertheless it sometimes can be useful to transfer cargo from one ship to another in the open sea and this is called a ship-to-ship operation. One vessel will act as the terminal whilst the other one will moor.
The moon is roughly 238,000 miles away from Earth. Earth orbits the sun. Earth is roughly 93 million miles from the Sun. The Sun is the center of our solar system. The Earth's Moon is located in orbit around the Earth. There are other moons in orbit around other planets. There are many moons in our solar system. If you're specifically referring to the one that orbits Earth, then... well, that's your answer. It orbits Earth.
The Moon's position in space at New Moon.The Sun (left), the Moon (middle), and Earth (right) at New Moon. New Moon is the 1st primary phase and it occurs the moment when the Sun and Moon are aligned, with the Sun and Earth on opposite sides of the Moon. A New Moon cannot normally be seen from Earth since only the dark side of the Moon faces our planet at this point.