shipping tutorial

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shipping tutorial

August 18, 2010, 07:06:19 am

Help please i need to know how to do shipping and boat related things? I am more interested in say, taking oil from a platform and shipping to oil refiner
thank you

Re: shipping tutorial

Reply #1 – August 18, 2010, 09:59:46 am

canals work the same way as road : you build canals, add canal stops on it, and create your line like a bus line.

For harbours, you need to place a dock, then ship stops in front of the dock (the tile befront the dock).
For water industries like oilrigs, a public stop is created with the industry : your ships can stop on them.

Re: shipping tutorial

Reply #2 – August 18, 2010, 03:45:28 pm

thank you

did not help my tanker is not picking up any oil. could someone make a video and post so i can see it.

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Re: shipping tutorial

Reply #3 – August 19, 2010, 06:15:18 am

Is your tanker trying to transport the oil to a factory that has a contract with the oil rig, and if so, is the entire transport chain in place? If you need to reload to f ex train to be able to deliver the oil, then the train needs to be in place before the oil tanker picks up any oil from the oil rig.

Re: shipping tutorial

Reply #4 – August 19, 2010, 08:20:23 am

In addition to what sanna said: You might wish to build a canal over land to where the destination is, and build a canal stop there - just so the entire journey can be made by ship.

It might simplify your first such connection; then once you see it working, you can branch out and have multiple transportation methods

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Reply #5 – August 20, 2010, 04:20:55 am

Ye I can make you tutorials about ship, but what kind?

Re: shipping tutorial

Reply #6 – August 21, 2010, 03:01:24 pm

tanker for oil to costal dock

Re: shipping tutorial

Reply #7 – August 22, 2010, 06:55:54 am

Quote from: recycle85 – on August 21, 2010, 03:01:24 pm

tanker for oil to costal dock

Erm, if you want your ship to deliver oil from the oil rig to the refinery, make a canal that links to the refinery. Then, make a shipyard at one end of another canal linking to the canal.

At the shipyard (depot), get a ship that delivers oil. Then, make a schedule for the ship to travel from the oil rig to the refinery.

EDIT:
Here is an easier understanding: