I have the game "Ocean Trader" and have enjoyed many hours startegizing and sailing twixt various ports. The game is good and a bit slow especially when you have a large fleet of ships. The interface doesn't help much with trying to remember what you have loaded and how much you paid for it, you have to keep switching between screens to see what this port or that port will buy or sell. It gets hectic trying to remember all this when you have 27 ships of various capacity and loading ability. Also, the ports that supply various commodities do not regenerate their stock fast enough.Here's a few tips. New York is always good to go supplying steel, Take out the maximum loans that you can and use this to buy the right ship and to give you operating capital (or you won't be able to fill the hold), Vary the commodities you carry EG (sugar, corn, steel. At the next port offload the steel and load copper, next port offload sugar and corn, load copper, take this copper to a port that needs it. Repeat this cycle with all your ships (except tanker and Passenger liners) with various commodities). My current score after 16 Years $6 984 548 210 and 26 ships, bank loans all paid up, now it gets really tough. I'll have to sell all my biggest ships (12) as there are not enough commodities to keep them going.
stdave@absamail.co.za.