Gave in and purchased the steel details in the end; was so looking forward to having the port and being able to fill my own containers I decided to splash out. By purest coincidence (of course), I had the offer of buying suitcases full of steel details for the 24 hours before my time was up. Still, nice to own some blueprints now, I guess!
Thanks to those of you already helping with containers; one ship sent off fully laden yesterday, and I'm finishing off the last two containers on today's trip. Unfortunately, can't fill the VIP container as it requires 3 wooden train sets - yep, wooden ones, from the Woodworks, apparently. Didn't realise you'd need to start buying the expensive, non-standard factories to participate in the port, but there you go. Still, enjoying it so far, and it does add a new dimension to the game.
Off to find me some friends under level 11 to finish the land bridge now (though am well past the deadline for getting the safe for that particular task!).
Oh... and finally, anyone needing turbines? I can gift them again at the moment, probably for another couple of hours, so give me a shout here if you need one!
Steve
player: SteveGPI
city: Hanham