Sorting Shipping Containers By Their Contents?

[Ξ ＮＹＯ]

Is there a plan to make it so that you can sort intermodal (shipping) containers by their contents when unloading and loading them at intermediate stations?

One of the most awesome things for me as a nerd in operations planning is how so much of this game works like real world logistics. Things like distribution centers, warehouses, and the various modes of transportation really fit together so well.

However, it feels like there is really only one hole (to me) in that you can't really sort intermodal containers at intermediate yards. So for example have a train that deposits shipping containers that may contain either electro components or clothing, and having one truck line that take containers containing electro components to one unpacking facility and one that takes the clothing containers to a different one.

Essentially in real life you don't have to break them down and repack them for each transfer unlike breakbulk cargo, requiring less labor (at the cost of containers and handling equipment of course). You can just transfer them to a yard with a crane, move them to another train (or truck, or boat), and then send it off to some other location.

However, this has been inverted in game as for most intents and purposes you can't do this, so intermodal containers are actually often worse than regular box cars for transferring between modes for discrete goods where they really shine IRL. If this isn't in the roadmap already, it would be really cool to see it in the future.

[MrKrabs]

Sorting containers by their content should be possible by now.
I haven´t tested it yet.
But it was mentioned in the Community Report 75 to see here.

https://www.sovietrepublic.net/post/report-or-the-community-75

[Ξ ＮＹＯ]

Originally posted by MrKrabs:

Sorting containers by their content should be possible by now.
I haven´t tested it yet.
But it was mentioned in the Community Report 75 to see here.

https://www.sovietrepublic.net/post/report-or-the-community-75

Thank you very much, I will test it as soon as I can (though that may be a while since I am working on my new windows computer)