Discussions About Cargo Ships

[lineking]

Given the range of 4.5 - 6 minutes, per container, it's not impossible to prep a ship in about an hour, if you're attentive. If need be, you can use the timer on you phone's watch, setting it for the interval. Even at worst, it's not impossible, if one's attentive, to get the job done in the 24 hr period.

[Farmgalpatti]

I have been filling and doing ships since they came about. Each day I become a little more frustrated by how we send them off to ports, for one reason after another get stuck because players forget to close their ports. Another problem is that even if they do close their port it is done without any notice. I currently have two people who have closed their ship and one neighbor who has gone MIA and that ship has been stuck for one day plus 12 hrs. Ships should be done the same as trains so farmers can keep better track of them and not lose cargo. Maybe it is time to stop using them! PattyAnne

[Taz D]

Originally Posted by Farmgalpatti

I have been filling and doing ships since they came about. Each day I become a little more frustrated by how we send them off to ports, for one reason after another get stuck because players forget to close their ports. Another problem is that even if they do close their port it is done without any notice. I currently have two people who have closed their ship and one neighbor who has gone MIA and that ship has been stuck for one day plus 12 hrs. Ships should be done the same as trains so farmers can keep better track of them and not lose cargo. Maybe it is time to stop using them! PattyAnne

Hi PattyAnne,
Are you using the same logbook for all your ships? If not that can help if you pick the most active of your neighbors. You can find out how to do that in the Game Guide chapter 32 about ships.
If you want to make a suggestion about how to do the ships please post it in the Suggestions section where we organize those by subject for the developers to see.

[Sqrl]

I have a lot of neighbours who neither move on ships nor close their ports. It is, I agree, very frustrating. I've put them all in a block between more reliable neighbours so my ships don't get stuck. Never put someone unreliable at the end of the logbook. Your ship will be there for EVER. Controlling in which order your ships visit the ports is vital to successful shipping.

[QueenMab99]

I don't know why we can't choose, permanently, who's ports we want the ships to dock at. I have plenty of friends who do not want to do ships so my stuff sits there for days. Sometimes you can catch it and skip ports, but then it just gets stuck at the last one. Now I see why people DON'T want to do them.

[Taz D]

Originally Posted by QueenMab99

I don't know why we can't choose, permanently, who's ports we want the ships to dock at. I have plenty of friends who do not want to do ships so my stuff sits there for days. Sometimes you can catch it and skip ports, but then it just gets stuck at the last one. Now I see why people DON'T want to do them.

Hi QueenMab,
You can choose a permanent list if you do the replace and set them in the order you want. The only thing you have to remember is when you are preparing the ship is to go to the log book and click on reuse last itinerary. Instructions on how to do this are in the Game Guide chapter about Cargo Ships.

[al_bundy]

I have quit the sending of my ships

1 day to get them all loaded and despatched is simply to short it needs to be 1.5 days minimum so there is some room for error

i have tried all different ways to make them work even like starting a ship just before i go to work with the idea of despatching it the next morning or just before o go to sleep but no often forget and just miss the time slot

there is no room for error untill the time frame is extended my ships are mothballed im leaving my port open to send others ships on only.

never heard of a shipping port unload a container because it wasnt loaded intime lol then reload it

[Taz D]

Originally Posted by al_bundy

I have quit the sending of my ships

1 day to get them all loaded and despatched is simply to short it needs to be 1.5 days minimum so there is some room for error

i have tried all different ways to make them work even like starting a ship just before i go to work with the idea of despatching it the next morning or just before o go to sleep but no often forget and just miss the time slot

there is no room for error untill the time frame is extended my ships are mothballed im leaving my port open to send others ships on only.

never heard of a shipping port unload a container because it wasnt loaded intime lol then reload it

Hi Al bundy,
If you want to make a suggestion please post it in the Suggestions section.

[Joyinlife]

Originally Posted by QueenMab99

I don't know why we can't choose, permanently, who's ports we want the ships to dock at. I have plenty of friends who do not want to do ships so my stuff sits there for days. Sometimes you can catch it and skip ports, but then it just gets stuck at the last one. Now I see why people DON'T want to do them.

I agree with you. Being able to have active participants working your ships would be a blessing and remove a lot of frustration.

[Farmgalpatti]

I think the developers need to come up with a better way for neighbors to load and sent ships on to the next post. I currently have four ships help up by one neighbor. One has been in her port for 1 day and 4 hours. Farmers are postings all the time asking neighbors to close their ports if they are not going to be available in a timely fashion. It is very frustrating as it is time-consuming preparing the ship only to have it sit at a port over 24 hr period and/or skip the port. All farmers should have at least one option to forward a ship that is stuck on all ships, not just the blue ship. I had one stuck on the last port until the time ran out to send it home due to the death of the farmer. Thank you for listening to my concerns. Patty