Cargo's in Ports

[St.Paddy]

Hi all,

I have recently constructed a very basic port for Fawley Oil Refinery in the Solent.

It seemed to work perfectly apart from one problem that reared its head. Occasionally, I notice cargoes of Agric Products and other non oil-related cargos for Fawley - even though I have done my best to ensure that only oil and petroleum products feature for both import/export.

Is there any way I can get around this?

Incidentally, I have also completed basic ports for Grangemouth, Milford Haven and Teesport.

If anyone wants these I could upload them to Stickymonks and Zootiers if these distinguished gentlemen would be willing to host them

Tim

[corne_mo]

Atm it's only possible to set the export products.
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Freight Containers In The Port Of Antwerp

[St.Paddy]

Thanks for that - sorry for the belated reply

If I put nothing in the 'import' line will that port get 'nothing'? - or does what you say apply??

[Sparky]

as far as I noticed there is no line in the xml-files to rule the import stuff.
It quite often happens that even small islands receive cargo worth millions of dollars and the small number of residents must live for hundreds of years just to pay pack the value of freight.

But I'm sure this is on the to-do-list of RDK and will be finished sometime.

[St.Paddy]

That's true - lets hope RDK has a solution

[rdklein]

[Fruju]

RDK,

Once you set up the imports do you intend to make this realistic?
The CIA world fact book (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html) for example lists all the major export and import commodities for each country and also who the major trading partners are so you could direct where the majority of freights available from any given country would go. You wouldn't restrict it to these countries as there will always be times when there will be exports to other countries as well but these would be the main ones.

Below is an example of the New Zealand export and import listing from that website.

Exports:
$27.26 billion (2007 est.)
Exports - commodities:
dairy products, meat, wood and wood products, fish, machinery
Exports - partners:
Australia 22%, US 11.5%, Japan 9.2%, China 5.3%, UK 4.6% (2006)
Imports:
$28.97 billion (2007 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, vehicles and aircraft, petroleum, electronics, textiles, plastics
Imports - partners:
Australia 20.7%, China 13.4%, US 9.7%, Japan 9.5%, Singapore 4.9%, Germany 4.7% (2006)

regards,

Fruju

[rdklein]

yes there could be an additional entry for rest percentage for exampel to allow from other countries as well -- have to find some generic definition.