1) You are limited to a certain percentage of your company's worth (probably total cash + total value of assets) when you buy shares. Sort of limit to the risks you can take.
2) Indeed most goods run out quite quickly when you're using vast ships. Solution: transport coal, iron, aluminium, probably oil as well since these come in such vast quantities in the best source ports that you can't cause them to run out. In addition, build some passenger ships.
3) What exactly do you mean with freight business (since I don't have Ocean Trader here)?
- For example: get 10000 tons of oil in London by March 25th
- For example: in Tokyo there is 13000 tons of steel waiting to be shipped to Hongkong
In the first case, only take assignments where the price they pay is much higher than normal for this good.
In the second case, only take assignments where this trip will make you much more profit than your usual freight route.
Sometimes these special assignments are not profitable at all and should be avoided...
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