#slow steaming

[just2bruce]

Port call optimisation reduces greenhouse gas emissions in ports

Drewry is well-known for its expertise in maritime-related matters. In a recent market opinion piece, they suggest that maritime emissions can be reduced rather simply, with port call optimization. They mean to reduce the time ships sit near a port waiting for their berth to open up. Some ports have been successful with appointment windows. But the Drewry approach includes slow steaming to hit…

[rad-roche]

The full set!

[saltpepperbeard]

ed and stede making love. not in any sort of rush to get to the finish line or to drown themselves in pleasure. simply to warm each other's bodies inside and out with closeness, with precious intimacy, with reverence. looking into each other's eyes and connecting in a way reserved only for them. kissing as slowly and sweetly as the rocks of their pelvises. taking the time to explore each other's skin and trace over every inky or silvery line, every wrinkle, every crease, every freckle.

and when they finally do finish, it's not thunderous or explosive or earth-shattering. it's more so like a gentle wave traveling up the beach, like a caressing, cool breeze on a hot day. it's with pleasured sighs and soft moans of each other's names and the slightest trickle of awed tears because...it's real. and it's theirs. theirs and theirs alone.

a love real and sweet and tangible and beautiful.

[smollmilly]

Achievement unlocked!

Congratulations, you successfully confused the Dealer!

[iesnoth]

I have a new hobby! This is my first book binding attempt, and I'm really happy with it!

It's a sketchbook made of watercolor paper and chip board. Obviously I had to decorate it, so I used my favorite band, Steam Powered Giraffe, for inspiration.

[nottspocket]

hi nott !

for a small request … maybe merkacchan meeting fantasy au izu ? they can talk about fish they like to eat :)

Hi Tay! Okay so I was making a comic for this, but I ended up scrapping it and picking the most relevant panel. Forgive me 🙏

[springseventeen]

[aquilae-stims]

🎃 Over the garden wall stimboard 🍂

x x x | x - x | x x x

[kikiknits]

Making progress slowly but surely 🧶

[purble-turble]

Hello, I love your art first and foremost love your au's. Now, the Baby Nezha thing going on. I have an idea, maybe like a mini comic of Mk comforting Nezha to sleep after he had a bad day or bad time in general.

[necromeowncy]

"𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘦…"

"It feels… nice."

Spent today writing a lot for my Vampire AU fic and made these because the vampire brainrot is eternal.

[just2bruce]

Bulk carriers and containerships moving at slowest speeds

Slow steaming is a good way to save on fuel costs and meet the new IMO requirements. So ships have slowed down. But I was amazed at the graph below, showing a trend for quite a while. Slowing down is an important way of cutting CO2 emissions from fuel oil. It also implies that more ships are needed to meet planned sailings on a scheduled route. It’s a deliberate reduction of individual ship…

[rubycruzin4abruzin]

Not done yet, but I hope you guys are ready for the slowest burn of your lives 🥴

[amasdoodles]

recent doodles while i clean up lines for my commission

ones of gwynn and her not boyfriend. theyve never kissed i just wanted to draw one while valentines gets closer

second is young gwynnever i wanted to try doodle her outfit since its the simpliest one and make it look 'ocean' themed. didnt really work but oh well

reference for the kiss pose

[minophus]

THERE'S BEEN GRAPHICS UPDATES AND NOBODY TOLD ME !!!

[javierduffy]

“uh … it’s a bit girly … no?” javier examines himself in the reflection of his knife’s blade, looking this-a way and that, the dark blue of a large silken bow now peeking sheepishly around his neck as it sits gently in his hair. next to him, kieran clams up a smidge, hands still held close to his chest nearby his completed ribbon project on javier’s head. he finds it in himself to wring his hands a time or two rather than immediately undo his work as javier seems to continue to formulate his final opinion. “you … think so? look at me?” kieran asks, politely as a mouse. javier easily complies, turns at his hips and looks behind, up at kieran where he sits on the stump above him.

kieran, as he peers over, can’t help the meadow of flush that blooms over his neck, then his ears, then his nose and his cheeks. he can tell javier is deep in thought by the look on his face, mouth twisted just a might sideways, cocking his mustache awry, and the deep wrinkle sat between his brows. the ribbon he used matches javier’s vest perfectly, and the shine of the silk warms bright in the sun, just like every piece of jewelry and metal javier has adorned himself with. with this ribbon, javier’s hair sits lower on his head, ponytail draped down his nape and more hair framing his face in his bangs. kieran resists an urge to tuck one side back behind his ear.

kieran thinks that he looks like a painting, a muse, a love letter so heartbreakingly full of adoration that the only language it could be written in is bright swipes of pigment on a canvas. as he makes eye contact with the silk squinting around the red of a necktie, he thinks that javier may be right, if ‘girly’ could sum up ’poetry written in effeminate reverence’.

kieran always did think women made better art, wrote better books- found a better way to love. softer. warmer. prettier. like javier.

the world sounds like it’s underwater.

“i think … it’s very pretty. it suits you real well.”

earnest to a fault, the look in kieran’s eye dances gingerly with javier’s internal voice. it dips and sways him, and javier, despite his instinct, finds himself charmed by its rhythm.

“-b-but! i could take it out! if you don’t-“ javier looks down at himself in his knife again, the sunlight filtered through the leaves glinting a yellow green around his dark features, and kieran hands him patience on a silver platter. a rich blue makes friends with bright green quite easy, javier thinks. this is how he must look through kieran’s mossy lens.

“pretty … yes. you know, i think you may be right. i’ll keep it. gracias.”