Warehouses, Loading, and Unloading

What It Is and Why It Matters

Goods are either in a ship's cargo hold, in a port warehouse, or in an open sell order. Before production or a sale you may need to move them to the right place. The warehouse belongs to the company but is tied to a port: what sits at Vega will not appear at Helios on its own.

Getting Started

1. Find out where the ship and the warehouse are.
2. Unload or load the quantity you need. This only works while docked.
3. Check the capacity.
4. Carry out the trade or production action.

"What do we have in the Vega warehouse, and how much will fit in the cargo hold?"

How It Works

• Purchased goods arrive at the port warehouse and are loaded straight onto the docked ship if they fit. The rest stays in the warehouse.
• A sale by default takes goods from the cargo hold of the docked ship, and from the warehouse if the hold has none.
• Workshop output appears in the station warehouse, while ore from a belt lands in the cargo hold.
• The deputy recognizes when goods can be hauled away or sold from the warehouse and offers that separately, so you do not buy them a second time.

Limits and Risks

Cargo carried under a freight contract remains someone else's: you cannot sell it, but it takes up space in the cargo hold.

Common Mistakes

• Assuming all of the company's goods sit in one shared warehouse.
• Ordering more than the cargo hold can take and forgetting about the part left in the warehouse.

What's Next

See running multiple ships and refining.