Seaports not being used

[chocolate_city 93]

Some unknown reason.. I can't make them usable... I know that you have to have seaports available in every city to make them work ... but is there something else that I'm missing... do you have to connect railways to the seaports... ????? Any and all help would greatly be appreciated... thanks...

[tungston 19]

You don't need other seaports in other cities for a seaport to work. The freight acutally terminates at the seaport, it is shipped off into "never-neverland". If you have rail lines, or roads exiting the city from the industrial zones, they will be used first until you have a fairly large industrial zone.

You only need to have the seaport connected to a road type transit.

[chocolate_city 93]

Thank you Tungston for replying........Believe me ... I have my seaports connected to roads and rails still the amount being used is 0... now one thing you mentioned that I don't have in my large cities is a faily large industrial zone... Is that really a determining factor... if so then that make sense... some of my industrial zones in my large cities are fairly small

[tungston 19]

The seaport is a cap relief for the industrial population.  It should be located fairly close to the industrial zone.  A lighthouse should improve the efficiency of the seaport, but you still need a fairly large industrial zone to see significant usage.

[Livin in Sim 83]

Originally posted by: tungston

The seaport is a cap relief for the industrial population. quote>

Actually, it was discovered that they aren't.  See this thread.  Who knew? 

Enjoy the game.

--Liv