Harbor

Background

Harbors, also known as ports or harbours, are essential maritime infrastructures that provide safe havens for ships and facilitate the efficient movement of goods and passengers. These bustling hubs of activity serve as gateways to the world, connecting coastal communities and facilitating international trade. Harbors are typically located along coastlines, estuaries, or rivers, and offer sheltered areas for vessels to anchor and berth. They often feature docks, piers, and wharves for loading and unloading cargo, as well as facilities for ship repairs and maintenance. Harbors play a vital role in global commerce, tourism, and transportation, contributing to economic growth and cultural exchange.

Gameplay

There are several ways the player can import and export resources, send citizens over the border, or welcome visitors to the player's republic in Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic. Apart from road and airways, the player can also use waterways. The player needs to place buildings at the waterfront and connect them to the road network. There are different kinds of buildings for transporting passengers and cargo.

Apart from these buildings, Ship docks are also available. From these ship docks, the player can buy different kinds of ships.

General

For transporting passengers the player needs to build a Passenger harbor and provide transportation to the citizens so they can reach the Passenger harbor. The same applies to resources, except that the player needs to build different kinds of buildings for transporting the different kinds of resources:

• Cargo harbor, for boxed goods
• Pumping harbor, for liquids
• Harbor aggregate loading/unloading, for aggregates
• Harbor for containers and vehicles, for containers and vehicles

Ships can be bought at the Ship dock and the player should pay attention to the length of ships. The length of a ship determines if a ship can use a specific harbor, because the harbors have a limited length for ships. Information about the maximum length is described in the build menu when selecting a harbor building and information about ship length is displayed when buying a ship from the Ship dock.

Ships can be refueled at harbors when they are being loaded/unloaded.

Buoy

The player can place Buoys, as waypoints, in the water and add these to the line the player is creating. Buoys can be used if the routes are busy and the player wants to avoid collisions between ships.

Notes

• Ships are large-capacity but slow means of transporting passengers or cargo.
• Keep in mind that bigger ships cannot fit in small harbors.

Structures related to ships

General

Name	Cost	Stations for ships	Max length of ship	Wattage	Energy	Storage	Structure		Notes
Ship dock (small)	194 Workdays, 174t Concrete, 39 Steel	3	136 m	3.0 MWh	50 kW	-	Access	1x road access
							L/U	2
Ship dock (medium)	2933 Workdays, 413t Concrete, 100t Gravel, 80t Asphalt, 74t Steel	3	233 m	3.0 MWh	50 kW	-	Access	1x road access
							L/U	2

For citizens

Name	Cost	Passenger capacity	Stations for ships	Max ship length	Energy	Wattage	Storage	Structure		Notes
Passenger harbor (small)	414 Workdays, 72t Concrete, 9.0t Gravel, 7.2t Asphalt, 13t Steel	1000	2	64 m	3.0 MWh	50 kW	40t Fuel	Access	1x road Acces 2x footpath 1x Pipe connection (Export)
								L/U	2
Passenger harbor (medium)	698 Workdays, 153t Concrete, 34t Steel	1000	4	121 m	3.0 MWh	50 kW	60t Fuel	Access	1x road Acces 2x footpath 1x Pipe connection (Export)
								L/U	2

For cargo

Name	Cost	Stations for ships	Max length of ship	Energy	Wattage	Storage	Structure		Notes
Cargo harbor (small)	2137 Workdays, 267t Concrete, 57t Gravel, 45t Asphalt, 57t Steel, 2.9t Mechanical components	2	156 m	60 MWh	1011 kW	40t Fuel	Access	1x road access 2x factory connection 1x pipe connection (Export)
							L/U	3
Cargo harbor (medium)	6135 Workdays, 791t Concrete, 190t Gravel, 152t Asphalt, 151t Steel, 5.9t Mechanical components	3	236 m	82 MWh	1375 kW	100t Fuel	Access	1x road access 4x factory connection 2x pipe connection (Export)
							L/U	4
Pumping harbor	3547 Workdays, 456t Concrete, 95t Gravel, 76t Asphalt, 96t Steel, 4.4t Mechanical components	2	242 m	95 MWh	1.6 MW	40t Fuel	Access	1x road access 2x pipe connection (Import) 2x pipe connection (Export)
							L/U	3
Harbor for aggregate loading	4278 Workdays, 456t Concrete, 95t Gravel, 76t Asphalt, 122t Steel, 9.8t Mechanical components	2	242 m	208 MWh	3.48 MW	100t Fuel	Access	1x road access 3x aggregate connection (Export) 2x pipe connection (Export)
							L/U	3
Harbor for aggregate unloading	3896 Workdays, 456t Concrete, 95t Gravel, 76t Asphalt, 109t Steel, 7.0t Mechanical components	2	242 m	88 MWh	1473 kW	100t Fuel	Access	1x road access 2x aggregate connection (Import) 2x pipe connection (Export)
							L/U	3
Harbor for containers and vehicles	9983 Workdays, 1131t Concrete, 143t Gravel, 114t Asphalt, 339t Steel, 26t Mechanical components	2	77 m	162 MWh	2.71 MW	100t Fuel	Access	1x road access 2x rail access 2x factory connection 2x pipe connection (Export)	1x Parking spot for vehicles
							L/U	3