#cargo ships

[objects-i-find-cute]

Heavy Lift Ship

[captainwaltons]

this is such a silly question but anyone know?- would growing up on a cargo ship influence certain motor skills like balance etc...???

i recall the rolling and pitch being common (ofc) and even when it was at dock it had a pretty noticeable tilt.

i was on this ship since i was a baby so i was learning all my motor skills including like walking and posture and balance and shit so would like that affect it maybe?????

ANYWAYS IM JUST ASKING CAUSE I STRUGGLE IN MY ART WITH MY DRAWINGS ALWAYS HAVE A TILT LIKE THEIR FUCKING ITALICS AND IM LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO BLAME BYE

[sergeypatskevich]

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[procrastinatorproject]

Hello, Love your work! I've long believed that the realm of transport and logistics in the Star Trek universe is a potential treasure trove of content often ignored. PIC S1 almost bucked the trend with the La Sirena "trailer hitch" and the Sampson/Wallenberg Class alluding to #spacetrains. Are you aware of any Fanart or Fiction exploring #spacecontainers #spacetrains?

Thank you so much for the compliment!

I don't know if you meant to send this to the main blog or @mappinglasirena, but I'm gonna answer it here so it ends up in the tags and more people have a chance to see it ;)

I love when people enjoy specific aspects of the worldbuilding in Trek! There is so much to dive into, and logistics and transportation is definitely a big area that holds a tonne of potential!

Off the top of my head, though, I can't think of any art or fic relating to spacetrains specifically, not in a Trek context. There's a tiny bit of concept art which you may have seen before, of La Sirena delivering cargo before picking up Picard, which was ultimately dropped from season 1:

But I don't recall ever seeing anything more detailed. As for the Wallenberg, the only things I have there are the Eagle Moss booklet cover and very grainy footage from just before the Attack on Mars.

So, I'm throwing this one to the wider tumblr Trekkie community! Does anyone know of any art including Trek-trains? Particularly space trains? Or stories that deal with cargo and towing cargo in particular?

Seven having to figure out the byzantine controls of Sirena's hitch system to take on some particularly heavy cargo? How the previous owner was recruited to aid the Romulan Rescue effort and that's why the hitch was added to the ship? Maybe some exciting spacetrain-heists?

Because I'd definitely love to see/read those myself 😁

[ultraweathercoremax]

Looks like the sun is not gonna make it today

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in other news,,

[o-kurwa]

[shads-shipposts]

So according to the Tintin movie concept book thing, Hergé based the Karaboudjan off a ship called the Glensheild.

While I cannot find the Glensheild general arrangement plan ANYWHERE, I did find this. It’s the MV Altair, a General Cargo Ship (the Karaboudjan doesn’t look specialized) that was active around the time the 2011 movie took place (late 40s). The Glensheild was built in 1909 according this, so the Altair is far newer as it was built in 1950. Nevertheless, for my Anachronism fic this is the reference I’m using for the layout of the ship until I can get my mitts on the General Arrangement Plan for the Glensheild.

[mityenka]

the city harbor skyline looks so pretty through the train window rn but i can't take a picture you just have to believe me

[stone-cold-groove]

He knows... do you... Grace Line - 1944.

[wachinyeya]

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Article originally posted on 03.12.2025

[gantryvanting]

Container ships and cranes in Terminal Bremerhaven, Germany. Photo by H. Zell, under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license.

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Imperial Exchange

Krita, January 2025

A deliberately ugly little digital painting inspired by quite a bit of things going on in the present as well as the past.

[ghostlemon36]

not enough good youtube videos about cargo ships tbh