"A freighter left with no exports on board"

[DiccBeater47]

I am SO TIRED of constantly seeing this message over and over again. I have enough of an industry to provide exports, and three docks, yet NOTHING IS EVER EXPORTED.

And now I'm in debt because of this, and it's only the 5th mission. I need one more objective to complete it but I can't because it doesn't let me export and I don't have enough money to complete it.

Please, someone please tell me why nothing is being exported.

[CHE]

Originally posted by DIDYOUASSUMEMYTERRORISTFACTION:

I am SO TIRED of constantly seeing this message over and over again. I have enough of an industry to provide exports, and three docks, yet NOTHING IS EVER EXPORTED.

And now I'm in debt because of this, and it's only the 5th mission. I need one more objective to complete it but I can't because it doesn't let me export and I don't have enought money to complete it.

Please, someone please tell me why nothing is being exported.

Are your people consuming those products so there aren't enough to export? Do other nations have a negative attitude towards Tropico, so they won't buy from you?

[DiccBeater47]

Originally posted by CHE:

Originally posted by DIDYOUASSUMEMYTERRORISTFACTION:

I am SO TIRED of constantly seeing this message over and over again. I have enough of an industry to provide exports, and three docks, yet NOTHING IS EVER EXPORTED.

And now I'm in debt because of this, and it's only the 5th mission. I need one more objective to complete it but I can't because it doesn't let me export and I don't have enought money to complete it.

Please, someone please tell me why nothing is being exported.

Are your people consuming those products so there aren't enough to export? Do other nations have a negative attitude towards Tropico, so they won't buy from you?

I don't think food consumption should be that high, either way, I have good iron and gold mines that should be exporting well.

As for other countries, I have all decent relations with them except the Middle East, which shouldn't be a problem.

[Denniss]

Do you have sufficient transportation to get the goods to the docks ?

[Richon]

Originally posted by Denniss:

Do you have sufficient transportation to get the goods to the docks ?

This. How many teamsters do you have?

[DiccBeater47]

Originally posted by Richon:

Originally posted by Denniss:

Do you have sufficient transportation to get the goods to the docks ?

This. How many teamsters do you have?

Sorry for the late reply, guys, I gave up on the island yesterday and started playing Euro Truck Simulator 2 instead.

Anyway, I will try it again today so I still need your help.

To answer your question, I did have 2 garages but I never paid any attention to the teamsters. I only had the default teamster's office the game gives you on a new island. Do teamsters affect the transportation of goods that much?

[Richon]

Originally posted by DIDYOUASSUMEMYTERRORISTFACTION:

Originally posted by Richon:

This. How many teamsters do you have?

Sorry for the late reply, guys, I gave up on the island yesterday and started playing Euro Truck Simulator 2 instead.

Anyway, I will try it again today so I still need your help.

To answer your question, I did have 2 garages but I never paid any attention to the teamsters. I only had the default teamster's office the game gives you on a new island. Do teamsters affect the transportation of goods that much?

They definitely do. In the first place, you'll want garages at least relatively near all of your production zones. Teamsters will have to haul goods by hand to the nearest garage (or, if the dock in nearest, right to the dock). So if your teamsters are running half way across the map to get to a garage, that's a lot of wasted time and money.

Second, Tropicans aren't always at work, and they don't seem to have regular work schedules, so it's best to have a few extra teamsters on hand when possible. Usually once I get above 150 population I build a second fully staffed teamster's office, on top of my garages.

[TVMAN]

If you click on your dock, little arrows will appear over your dockworkers to show you where they currently are. If your dockworkers are being forced to walk to the dock, they'll never load a ship.

[DiccBeater47]

Alright, here's an update on the situation:

I built extra teamster offices and garages and it did work. Even though I was still in debt at the end of the mission, the exports continued and I beat the mission. I'm on mission number 9 now, and have taken the teamsters more seriously.

Thanks for the help, guys.