OCEAN TRADEWORLD SHIPPING MANAGEMENT
OTOcean Trading CompanyIndependent shipping company
SIMULATION
AVAILABLE CAPITAL$2,500,000
FLEET1 vessel
GAME DATE · UTC01 Jan 2026 08:00
COMMAND CENTER /Global operations
15 ports0 vessels at sea

OPERATIONS / WORLD MAP

Strait of Gibraltar · a vessel can stop here to take on fuelSuez · a vessel can stop here to take on fuelGulf of Aden · a vessel can stop here to take on fuelSri Lanka · a vessel can stop here to take on fuelSingapore Strait · a vessel can stop here to take on fuelColón · a vessel can stop here to take on fuelBalboa · a vessel can stop here to take on fuelCape of Good Hope · a vessel can stop here to take on fuelCanary Islands · a vessel can stop here to take on fuelOff Southern Brazil · a vessel can stop here to take on fuelRotterdam · NetherlandsRotterdamHamburg · GermanyHamburgAntwerpen · BelgiumAntwerpenNew York · United StatesNew YorkLos Angeles · United StatesLos AngelesSantos · BrazilSantosCape Town · South AfricaCape TownSingapore · SingaporeSingaporeShanghai · ChinaShanghaiTokyo · JapanTokyoBusan · South KoreaBusanMumbai · IndiaMumbaiJebel Ali · United Arab EmiratesJebel AliSydney · AustraliaSydneyHong Kong · ChinaHong KongOcean Pioneer, idle in RotterdamOCEAN PIONEER
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Changelog

What's new across the oceans. Current version: v0.19.0.

v0.19.0Latest

Bunkering at sea

  • Ships can now take on fuel at sea. Ten bunker points lie on the sea lanes where the routes pass: the Strait of Gibraltar, the Canary Islands, Suez, the Gulf of Aden, Sri Lanka, the Singapore Strait, the Cape of Good Hope, off Southern Brazil, Colón and Balboa. At a stop the ship lies still for 12 hours and takes on fuel for the rest of the voyage and the reserve, at 5 % above the price that day in the nearest port. Ports are still the only places a voyage begins and ends: a stop is on the way, never a detour.
  • The tanks are smaller, about 17–20 % less on every ship (Ocean Pioneer 1,400 t, was 1,700). Most routes (86 % at Standard speed) still sail on one tank, Eco speed always does, and the longest routes, and Full speed on long ones, now need a stop: they could not be sailed on one tank before at all, or only at a lower speed.
  • A voyage that needs a stop chooses it itself, the fewest it takes with the farthest point each time, and shows it in the route choice (“Stops: Suez”) with the 12 hours it adds to the time, the deadline, the late penalty and the net. Trade routes do the same and name the stops in the decision log. A ship leaves with the fuel for the first stretch and its reserve, and the stop fills the tank.
  • You see a stop when it happens: the ship log says what was taken on, at what price and for how much, and the ETA moves by 12 hours when the stop is decided, not when it is reached. The fuel is paid once, when the stop begins, at the price locked when the stop was decided. Where the tank already covers the rest of the voyage, the ship sails past the point without stopping.
  • Raising the speed of a vessel at sea is now allowed when the fuel reaches the next stop, not only the end of the voyage.
  • You can add a stop yourself at sea. Press Add stop at the fuel gauge on the vessel card, or use the same block in Fleet: it lists the bunker points ahead, nearest first, with the distance, when the vessel gets there and today’s price (Cheap, Normal or Dear). Choose one to see what the stop would mean next to the voyage as it is now (the new ETA, the deadline and any penalty, the fuel taken on and its cost, the fuel at the stop and at arrival, the costs and the net, and whether it saves an emergency bunkering), then add it in one click. The price is locked then, and a stop cannot be taken away again. A trade route vessel can get one too, for this voyage only.
  • The vessel card lists the voyage’s fuel stops under the timeline (planned, taking on fuel, done or passed, with the tonnes and the price), the fuel gauge names the next stop and how far away it is, and a stop that has begun is a calm blue band on the timeline, not a delay.
  • The bunker points are small diamonds on the map, with their name as a tooltip; they take no clicks, so panning and selecting work as before. The selected vessel’s stops ahead are ringed, filled while it lies there, and the Key explains them.
  • Operations lists the fuel stops of each voyage under way with where they stand, Fleet shows them with the voyage, and the ship transactions in Finances say whether fuel was bought in port, at a stop or in an emergency.
  • Saved games start over: games saved before this version cannot be loaded.
v0.18.0

Speed at sea

  • Fuel is now worked out stretch by stretch: a vessel that sails part of a voyage slower or faster burns fuel for that part at that speed (fuel per nautical mile follows the square of the speed), and wears accordingly.
  • Continue at reduced speed after an engine failure now saves fuel: the rest of the voyage at 70 % burns about half the fuel per nautical mile. Running on with a damaged engine wears the ship harder instead (10–16 points of condition instead of 3–5), so repairing at sea and sailing on slowly are still a real choice, and a repair is best when the deadline is tight.
  • When a tank would run dry at sea, the vessel stops where it is and fuel is brought out to it: enough for the rest of the voyage and the reserve, at 1.5 × the price in the nearest port that day, after a 24-hour wait. You see it when it happens, in the ship log and in the ETA, and it is booked once, then.
  • You can now change the speed of a vessel at sea, in whole knots from 60 % of its top speed to its top speed, up to 20 times on a voyage, also for a trade route vessel (the route chooses the speed again at the next departure). Press Change speed at the speed gauge on the vessel card, or use the same control in Fleet: a slider with − and + (Eco, Standard and Full are marked) and a table of the rest of the voyage now against at the new speed: arrival, deadline and penalty, fuel for the rest and at arrival, range, costs and estimated net. You see it all before you set the speed with one click, and a speed the fuel does not reach says why.
  • The speed gauge has a dot for the speed you have set, when the vessel is held up or slowed after an engine failure and so does not sail at it. The vessel card, Fleet and Operations show the speed chosen now and, once it has been changed, the speed the voyage departed at.
  • On the map a vessel at sea has a wake behind it, longer the faster it sails and gone when it lies still, and the speed is in the marker text (Ocean Pioneer, carrying cargo to Los Angeles at 19 kn).
  • Saved games start over: games saved before this version cannot be loaded.
v0.17.0

Fuel prices

  • Fuel now has a price in every port, and it changes over time. Big bunkering hubs such as Singapore, Rotterdam and Jebel Ali are cheapest, remote ports such as Sydney, Cape Town and Santos dearest, and all prices follow a slow oil price cycle of about ±20 % over four months. The price changes once a game day.
  • Your tank has an average price: what the fuel in it cost. Bunkering weighs the price you pay into it, and a voyage’s fuel is booked at the average when it departs. The fuel a vessel comes with is worth 620 USD a tonne.
  • Estimates in the freight market, for ballast and for trade routes price the fuel on board at the tank’s average and the fuel that is missing at today’s price in the port. When an offer can only be sailed after bunkering, the market says how much and what it costs: “Needs 420 t here · $260,400”.
  • The vessel card shows today’s fuel price in the port with its level (Cheap, Normal or Dear against the world average) and trend, the three cheapest ports today and the tank’s average price. The port card shows the price and a chart of the last 60 days.
  • You can bunker an amount of your choice next to Fill tank. When a full tank costs more than your capital, the button offers what the capital allows instead.
  • Trade routes have a bunkering setting. Cheapest stop (the default) fills the tank in the route’s port with the cheapest fuel today and buys elsewhere only what the next leg needs; When needed fills the tank whenever the fuel does not reach. Short of capital, a route vessel buys what the capital allows if it reaches the next stop, rather than waiting. The decision log names the amount, the price and the cost.
  • Saved games start over: games saved before this version cannot be loaded.
  • Fixed: the game could no longer be saved after a vessel that had lain in port was put on a trade route that sent it off at once (or was released and sent by hand at once).
v0.16.1

Zoom within reach

  • The zoom buttons and the compass on the map move aside for the wider vessel card again, so they are no longer hidden behind it.
v0.16.0

Fuel on board

  • Every vessel has a fuel tank. It is full when you buy the vessel and at the start of a game, it empties as the vessel sails (and a little while it lies still in a queue, a storm or a repair) and you fill it by bunkering in port. The tanks are big enough for every vessel’s longest route at Standard speed.
  • A voyage needs its fuel plus a reserve for delays. When the fuel on board does not reach, the voyage is refused with how much it needs, and the route and speed choices that cannot be sailed are marked as such; the choice the game makes for you is always one the fuel reaches.
  • The fuel gauge on the vessel card now shows the tank: tonnes on board and the share of the tank, how far and how long the fuel lasts, and the burn now. It turns copper and says “Low” below 15 %.
  • A vessel in port has a Fill tank button with the amount and the price on it. It is also offered where a voyage is refused for fuel: in the freight market, for ballast and in Fleet.
  • Vessels on a trade route bunker to a full tank by themselves before they sail when the fuel does not reach, and say so in their decision log. If the capital cannot pay for it, they wait and try again.
  • Fuel is bought at a fixed price of 620 USD a tonne in this version. The money leaves the capital when you bunker; a voyage still counts the fuel it burned in its costs, so its net is the same as before. Fuel on board is part of the wealth, and Finances shows fuel bought, fuel on board and a Fuel bought column in the month table. A vessel you sell takes its fuel with it unpaid.
  • Reloading the page no longer shows a new game for a moment before your saved one: the figures, vessels and panels appear once the save is loaded.
  • Saved games start over: games saved before this version cannot be loaded.
v0.15.2

A steady reload

  • Fixed a page error that could appear when the game was reloaded with the vessel card open after the vessel had left Rotterdam.
v0.15.1

Roomier cards

  • The vessel and port cards on the map have less empty space around their content, so more of the card fits on the screen.
  • In the narrow vessel card the speed dial shows the top speed beside the speed (15.0 / 20 kn) instead of on a line of its own.
v0.15.0

A bridge for every vessel

  • The vessel card on the map is now an instrument panel. A drawing of the vessel shows its size (small, medium or large by capacity) and its cargo: the containers fill the stacks by the load factor, the deck is empty in ballast and in port, and a loaded vessel lies deeper in the water.
  • Four instruments tell the state at a glance: a speed dial from 0 to the top speed with Eco, Standard and Full marked (0 in port and while held up, lower after an engine failure), a cargo ring, a condition bar with the highest condition its age allows and, for a vessel on a trade route, the route’s “Maintain below” mark, and the fuel burn in tonnes a day now with what the voyage has used so far.
  • The voyage is a timeline from departure to the expected arrival, with the delays that have begun and the contract’s deadline. Delays that have not begun are never shown.
  • The card is wider (440 px on a big screen) and the decision for a storm or an engine failure is one table with the two ways to go on side by side, so the choice and the first instruments fit on the screen without scrolling. It is the same table in Fleet.
  • The vessel’s name, status and a line about what it is doing come first, then the next action or the decision. Capacity, contract, dry dock, trade route and the rest are folded under Details, which stays open while the vessel is in dry dock.
  • Every instrument has a text for screen readers and an info button that explains it.
v0.14.1

A steady header

  • The top bar no longer shifts while the game clock runs: the game date keeps the same width whatever the day, month and time, so the speed buttons, capital and fleet stay put.
v0.14.0

Running the company

  • The company now pays overhead for its office and administration: $30,000 a month plus $7,500 for each vessel you own. It is booked at every month start for the month that ended, so there is a fixed cost to earn back, especially early on.
  • The first month counts from the start of the game, and a vessel you buy or sell during a month counts only for the days you owned it. The capital can go below zero; there is no bankruptcy.
  • Finances shows it: Overview has the next overhead and its date and the all-time total, the month by month table has an overhead column, History spells it out in the reading of the monthly chart, and the transactions list has every month’s post. Overhead is part of spent, net and the change in capital, and it belongs to the company, not to a vessel or a trade route.
  • Vessel running costs, voyages and automation are unchanged.
  • Saved games from earlier versions cannot be loaded: this version starts a new game, with a message.
v0.13.0

Clearer route choices

  • The route and speed of a voyage is now a compact table with one line per option: route, speed, time, net result, net per day and risk cost. Without cargo it shows the cost instead of the net.
  • Each option can carry tags that say what it is best at: Best net, Best per day, Fastest and Lowest risk (without cargo: Cheapest, Fastest and Lowest risk). A faster option that nets a little less now shows at once that it frees the vessel sooner.
  • Options that never pay, because another option is at least as good on every figure, are folded away behind Show all. The option you have chosen and the one the game would pick for you always stay.
  • The chosen line opens to show the route, distance, costs, late penalty, deadline and every risk. This replaces the wide Compare all options table.
  • The default choice is unchanged: the highest net with cargo and the cheapest without. On a narrow screen the table shows route, time and net, and the rest is in the open line.
v0.12.2

Daily valuations

  • A vessel’s value, its sale price, its age and the price of a dry dock now change once a day, at midnight (UTC), instead of a little at every tick. They also change when something happens to the vessel: it is bought, it finishes a voyage or it leaves the yard.
  • What you see is what is booked: selling a vessel in the middle of the day pays the day’s sale price, and a dry dock books the price you saw, however long you take to confirm.
  • Fleet value and wealth, and the capital history in Finances, use the same daily values. The risk of an engine failure follows the vessel’s age at the start of the day, so it too changes only at midnight.
  • Time in port so far, delays at sea and the expected condition under way still run continuously.
  • Saved games with a vessel sold in the middle of a day start over with a new game and a message, as the sale price follows the new rule.
v0.12.1

Polish: docks, charts and the ship market

  • The dry dock button now works while the game runs: the confirmation stays when the price drifts a little with the tick, and is dropped only when a dock is no longer possible.
  • In Fleet, the info buttons for condition, maximum condition, value and time in port now sit in the label, so the figures line up on the right.
  • Finances › History shows the two charts side by side with larger drawings and axis text. The reading under each chart has a fixed height, so the page no longer jumps when the pointer moves over a chart.
  • Ship Market hides vessels you have bought. Switch on Show my vessels to see the ones you own; vessels you have sold are never shown. The numbering counts the cards shown, and an empty market says so.
  • The fleet overview on the map now starts folded on screens narrower than about 1100 px. You can still open it.
v0.12.0

Time in port costs money

  • Games saved before this version start over with a new game and a message, as the new bookings do not fit old saves.
  • A vessel lying in port without a voyage now costs money every day: half its daily running costs and a berth fee of a tenth of the port’s fee per call, scaled with its size. Ocean Pioneer costs 3,050 USD a day in Rotterdam. It runs from the moment the vessel is in port, with no free days.
  • Every vessel pays, also one that waits for cargo on a trade route, so the route’s longest wait now has a price. A vessel in dry dock pays the yard instead.
  • The time in port is booked when the vessel sails, docks or is sold, when it goes on or off a trade route, and at every month start, never bit by bit. It is the same at every game speed.
  • The vessel card on the map, Fleet and Operations show what a day in port costs and what the stay has cost so far. The warning about a vessel idle for days says what it costs.
  • Finances shows time in port in the overview, as a column in the month by month table, per vessel, per trade route and in the transactions. Freight and ballast estimates do not include waiting.
v0.11.0

Every delay counts

  • Games saved before this version start over with a new game and a message, as the new figures do not fit old saves.
  • A vessel that lies still in a queue, a storm or a repair now burns fuel while it waits (15 % of a day at sea), on top of its running costs. The delays on the settlement and in Finances include it.
  • The expected risk cost in the freight market, the route choices and the trade routes now also counts the extra wear of storms, priced as the dry dock that would restore it. The freight market shows the storm wear next to the expected delay.
  • Wear is faster and dry docks cost more: a point of condition costs 0.45 % of the vessel’s purchase price at a standard yard, so a dear vessel is dear to keep up. Condition now counts for more of a vessel’s value, but a dry dock still adds less value than it costs.
  • Push through in a storm now wears the vessel twice as much as heaving to, not three times, so it pays when a deadline is tight. The decision box shows the delays with fuel and what the extra wear would cost to dock.
  • Large loads of 3,500 TEU now turn up now and then between the big ports. Only Ocean Titan can carry them.
  • Atlantic Express is cheaper to buy (1,550,000 USD) but dearer to run (3,600 USD a day): it pays for its speed when it sails.
  • The trade route log names the wear in the risk cost of a contract when there is any.
v0.10.3

Settings and smart pause

  • A new Settings button in the footer opens a settings window. Changes count at once and are remembered in this browser, also when you start a new game.
  • The game can now stop by itself when you have a decision to make: a vessel you steer yourself arrives in port or leaves dry dock, or an engine failure or a storm gives you a choice. It stops at that very moment, however long you were away, and the ship log says why. Press Space or P to carry on.
  • “Pause for decisions when the game is in the background” is on by default. It counts when you have been in another tab or window since the game last ticked.
  • “Also pause when the game is in front” is off by default. Switch it on to stop at every decision while you are looking at the game.
  • Vessels on a trade route look after themselves and never pause the game.
v0.10.2

Money in, money out

  • The month chart in Finances → History now shows three bars for every month: money earned (solid green), money spent (hatched copper) and the net result (blue outline, hanging below the line when it is a loss). The bars differ in pattern as well as colour.
  • Under the chart you read the three figures for the selected month, what the money was spent on (transport costs with delays and repairs, late penalties and dry docks) and any vessels you bought or sold that month. Use the arrow keys or the mouse to move between months.
  • A new month-by-month table sits under the charts, newest month first, with a total row. Net and the change in capital have a + or − sign and a colour. Vessels bought and sold are listed apart under Investments: they change your capital but are not part of the net result.
  • Finances → Overview shows earned, spent and net for the month you are in, next to the net of the last 30 days.
v0.10.1

Clearer map

  • The map no longer carries a big title and a slogan. Only the small heading “Operations / World map” is left, with an ⓘ button beside it that explains what you can do on the map.
  • The fleet overview now sits at the top left, right under the heading, with the ship log below it and the Key at the bottom right. The zoom buttons stay at the top right, and the whole west side of the map is easier to see.
  • On a low screen the open fleet overview and ship log share the height and scroll inside instead of running into each other.
  • Choosing a vessel from the fleet overview (or from anywhere else) while zoomed in now moves the map so that the vessel is not hidden behind the overview. Los Angeles has its name to the right of the dot, so the overview does not cover it.
v0.10.0

Wear, weather and breakdowns

  • Vessels now wear down as they sail. Condition falls with every sea day, about 1 point per 10 days at Standard speed, roughly 30 % less at Eco and 25 % more at Full. Below 85 % a vessel burns more fuel (half a percent per point), and the freight market shows it in the estimate, for example “+6 % fuel from condition 72 %”.
  • Vessels age and change value. Age grows with game time since you bought the vessel, and its value falls with age and rises with condition, so fleet value, sale price and your wealth in Finances follow it. Right after a purchase the value equals the price.
  • Six ports have a shipyard: Busan and Shanghai (cheap), Singapore and Jebel Ali (mid), Rotterdam (expensive but fast) and Los Angeles (expensive and slow). The port card describes the yard in words.
  • Dry dock: an idle vessel in a port with a shipyard can be docked from Fleet or from its card on the map. You see the new condition, the price, the days and the ready time before you confirm in two steps. A dry dock restores the vessel to its maximum condition (100 % minus 1 point per year of age, never below 80 %). The vessel cannot sail, take cargo or be sold while in dry dock, and the price is booked once when the yard is done.
  • Trade routes have a new setting, Maintain below (70 % by default, or Never). A vessel on the route that is in a port with a shipyard and below the limit docks instead of taking cargo and then carries on from the same stop. The decision log says so, and the route warns you if it has no shipyard.
  • Fleet shows each vessel’s condition, can sort by it and has a Needs maintenance filter. Vessels in dry dock have their own colour and a double-ring marker on the map, and the Key explains them. The ship log warns when a vessel wears below its limit and tells you when a dry dock starts and ends.
  • Finances shows dry dock maintenance as a cost in the overview, the monthly history, per vessel and in the transactions.
  • Voyages can be delayed. Ships queue at anchor before a berth and at the entrance of the Suez and Panama canals, and storms hold them in the North Atlantic and North Pacific in winter, in the West Pacific in typhoon season, in the Arabian Sea during the monsoon, off the Cape of Good Hope and in the Caribbean in hurricane season. The biggest ports queue the most.
  • Delay risk is shown before you decide. The freight market and the ballast voyage list each route and speed with its risks (for example “Storm risk 22 % · 8–36 h · North Atlantic” and “Queue at Rotterdam: Moderate, 6–24 h”) and an expected risk cost that is already deducted from the estimated net. Offers with a noticeable risk carry a mark in the list, and the default choice, the trade routes’ minimum net and their decision log use the net after risk.
  • Delays are decided when a vessel sails, so the same game always gives the same weather, whatever the speed. You only learn of a delay when it starts: the ship log warns “is held by a storm in the North Atlantic, 18 h. New ETA …”, the vessel card, Fleet and Operations show the reason, the hours left and the new ETA, and the vessel lies still on the map until it is over.
  • A port card shows the queue now and for the next seven days. The map can show the storm areas that are in season as hatched fields, and the Key explains them and switches them off.
  • Delays cost the vessel’s running costs while it lies still, and a storm wears the vessel a little more. Finances shows the cost of delays as its own figure in the overview, the monthly history, per vessel and per route, and lists the delays on each settlement.
  • Engines can fail. The chance of a breakdown grows with every point of condition below 85 %, with every year of age above 10 and quickly with speed, so Full is riskier than Standard and a worn vessel is far riskier than a well kept one: a new vessel on a 20 day voyage has a few percent, a worn old one at Full can have more than one in ten. It is shown before you decide as “Breakdown risk 4 % · 18–36 h · repair $15,000–45,000” with an ⓘ that explains what drives it, and the expected repair is already deducted from the estimated net.
  • A breakdown and a storm give you a choice, and the game never stops for it. For an engine failure you choose between Repair at sea (the standard: the vessel lies still for 18–36 hours and the repair is paid on arrival) and Continue at reduced speed (no stop and no repair, but 70 % of the speed for the rest of the voyage and 3–5 points of extra wear). In a storm you choose between Heave to (the standard: wait it out) and Push through (about 40 % of the delay, but three times the wear). If you do nothing, the standard choice stands.
  • The decision box sits on top of the vessel’s card on the map and in Fleet while the choice is open: what happened, both options side by side with the new ETA, whether the deadline holds, the cost, the extra wear and the estimated net, which one is chosen and how long you can still change it (12 game hours). One click switches, and you can switch back until the time is up. A change counts from the moment you click, so the vessel never jumps: a vessel that stops for repair and is switched to reduced speed sails on from where it is, and the other way round it stops where it is for the whole repair.
  • The ship log warns when a breakdown or a storm begins, names the standard choice and says until when you can change it (“Ocean Pioneer has an engine failure. Repair at sea is chosen; you can change it until 14:00 UTC.”); click it to select the vessel. A vessel that waits for a decision has a copper “!” on the map, comes first in the fleet overview and at the top of Operations, which also counts the decisions. Vessels on a trade route use the standard choice, the decision log says so, and you can still choose for them while the window is open.
  • Finances shows repairs at sea as their own figure (overview, monthly history, per vessel and per route), and each settlement names the incidents and the option that counted.
  • The ship log now also reports a dry dock that starts when you assign a worn vessel to a trade route.
  • Saves from earlier versions cannot be opened: the game starts anew with a message.
v0.9.1

More room

  • The speed control (Pause, 1×, 10×, 50×) has moved up to the top bar, between the company name and your capital. The ⓘ button beside SIMULATION explains how long a game hour takes at each speed, the shortcuts, and that the game starts paused when you come back.
  • On a phone the speed control stays fixed at the bottom of the screen as a slim bar, with the ⓘ button beside it.
  • The simulation bar is gone. The save status and Reset demo now sit in the footer, which is one line on a desktop, so the lists and the map get more height.
  • Each view’s subtitle is replaced by an ⓘ button beside its title. Click it for a short description of what you can do in the view; click elsewhere or press Escape to close it. Escape closes only the box and does not take you back to the map.
  • Smaller view titles and a tighter header, so the lists and tables get more room.
v0.9.0

Maritime atlas

  • A new look: a deep sea-green palette, copper for the view you are in and for decisions, serif headings and larger, clearer text. The top bar, command bar and simulation bar are redesigned.
  • Freight market, Trade routes, Fleet, Operations, Finances and Ship Market are now full views that replace the map, instead of pop-up windows. Use the buttons in the command bar to switch, and Back to map or Escape to return to the map. Escape does nothing while you are typing in a field or editing a trade route.
  • Each view remembers where you left it: filters, sorting and the chosen offer, route or vessel, the Finances section, and the map’s zoom, position and selected vessel or port.
  • The simulation bar with Pause, 1×, 10× and 50× is always at the bottom, in every view. The shortcuts 1, 2, 3, P and Space work everywhere.
  • Switching view moves keyboard focus to the new view’s heading and announces it to screen readers. On a phone the navigation scrolls sideways.
  • The freight market is now a list with a detail panel. Pick an offer with the mouse or the arrow keys and see its estimated net result, your route and speed choices, the costs and the deadline in one place, then accept it. Estimated net is the main figure for comparing offers, with net per day beside it, and the Sort by menu has the other orders.
  • Trade routes are now cards with a detail panel: the stops in order, the vessels on the route with their status and arrival, the route’s result so far, and Edit, Pause and Delete. A summary strip shows active routes, assigned vessels and the next arrival.
  • The map has a fleet overview: the vessels that need you first (idle and late ones), then the next arrivals, with a Find cargo button for an idle vessel and a link to the whole fleet. An idle vessel’s card puts Find cargo at the top. On a phone the fleet overview, ship log and key are three small folded bars at the bottom of the map.
  • A ship log replaces the stacked message cards. Routine messages (arrivals, departures, purchases) are one line each in the log, newest first, with game time; click a line to select the vessel. The log keeps the last 50 and shows how many are unread. Only warnings and errors pop up: late deliveries, a vessel idle for three days, and automation sailing in ballast.
  • Vessels on the map now have colours: green for cargo, blue for ballast, amber for idle. Vessels on a trade route use the route’s own colour, with a hollow marker while waiting for cargo and grey when the route is paused. The selected vessel gets a white ring, the status is also in the marker shape and the tooltip, and a Key explains it. The same colours appear as dots beside vessel names in Fleet, Operations, Finances and Trade routes.
  • Fleet is now a list with a detail panel, like the freight market. Every vessel has a picture, a status tag (Ready, At sea, Waiting or Paused), where it is or is heading, its capacity, speed and job, and its next action. A strip shows vessels ready for cargo, vessels at sea, fleet capacity and fleet value. Filter by status, search, or use the Sort by menu.
  • The selected vessel’s panel has a large picture, the main action (Find cargo, View voyage or Manual control), Show on map, Assign to trade route, the specifications, the voyage and contract under way, and Rename and Sell.
  • Ship Market shows each vessel as a picture card with its type, a short description, specifications, delivery port and price, and says at once whether it is available, owned, sold or too expensive. Ocean Titan and Green Meridian show a drawn placeholder until their pictures are ready.
  • Operations has a summary of vessels without work, vessels at sea, the next arrival and late voyages, and shows upcoming arrivals and vessels without work as two lists side by side, each with the action for the row.
  • Finances has the new look: key figures on light panels with capital, fleet value and wealth highlighted, the two charts in panels of their own, sortable tables where sold vessels and deleted routes are clearly marked, and a row of buttons to choose the section.
  • Fixed: editing the minimum net of a trade route could stop the route from being saved.
v0.8.1

Map fixes

  • Clicking a port name now opens the port card when the map is zoomed in, just like clicking the dot.
  • When you pick a port or vessel on a zoomed map, the map moves so it is not hidden behind the detail card.
  • Dragging the zoomed map now follows the mouse exactly.
v0.8.0

Deeper markets

  • Every port belongs to a region, and some trade flows pay better than others. Cargo from East Asia to Europe and North America and from Southeast Asia to Europe is strong, while the way back (backhaul) pays little.
  • Freight rates rise and fall in a slow cycle of about 90 game days. Each offer shows its rate as High ▲, Normal or Low ▼, and ports ship more freight towards regions that pay well right now. The same game time always gives the same offers.
  • New Net/day column in the freight market: the estimated net profit per game day of sailing. Sort on it to compare a quick trip with a long, rich one.
  • The port card shows the three outgoing regions that pay best right now, and can unfold a graph of their rates over the last 60 game days.
  • Choose your speed when you sail: Eco (75 % of top speed), Standard (90 %) or Full. Slow steaming burns far less fuel, but the trip takes longer and may miss the deadline. The freight market compares every route and speed side by side, and ballast voyages let you pick a speed too.
  • A ship burns less fuel the emptier it is, and port and canal fees depend on the size of the ship: big ships pay more per call but less per TEU.
  • Trade routes pick the best route and speed for each contract and name them in the decision log, for example at Eco 15.0 kn.
  • Finances now has five sections: Overview, History, Vessels, Trade routes and Transactions.
  • Overview shows capital, fleet value, wealth, net over the last 30 days, net per day and how much of the time your fleet sails with cargo.
  • History charts capital and wealth over time and the net result of every month. Move over a chart or use the arrow keys to read the values.
  • Vessels and Trade routes show voyages, revenue, costs, penalties, net, net per day at sea and utilisation for every vessel (also sold ones) and every route (also deleted ones). Click a column heading to sort.
  • Games saved before this version start over with a message, as the save format changed. Your old save stays in the browser.
v0.7.1

Easier speed control

  • Change the game speed without closing anything: every overlay now has Pause, 1×, 10× and 50× in its header, together with the game time.
  • Keyboard shortcuts work everywhere, also with an overlay open: 1, 2 and 3 set 1×, 10× and 50×, and P or Space pause and resume at your last speed. They stay out of the way while you type.
  • Click an empty part of the map to close the port or vessel card. Dragging the map does not.
  • Find cargo in … on a vessel card now opens the freight market with that vessel selected.
v0.7.0

Global sea lanes & operations

  • All 15 ports can now trade with each other. Routes between every pair of ports follow a hand-drawn network of sea lanes through straits, capes and canals, and never cross land or sail through another port.
  • Suez and Panama are real canals with a fixed fee: $180,000 for Suez and $150,000 for Panama. The fee is part of the cost estimate, the settlement, the Finances details and the expanded freight row, which also shows the route, such as via Suez Canal.
  • Every port now has outgoing freight in every offer batch: three offers per port to different destinations, and at least two of them fit Ocean Pioneer.
  • Sail without cargo can go to any other port, sorted by sailing time, and trade routes can use any port.
  • The map shows the whole sea lane network as faint lines.
  • When the shortest way goes through Suez or Panama, you can sail the long way round instead. Expand a freight offer to compare both routes side by side: distance, sailing time, fuel, canal fee, operations, expected late penalty, net profit and whether the deadline holds. The best one is selected for you.
  • Sail without cargo shows both routes with sailing time and cost when a destination has two, and picks the cheapest by default.
  • The freight table shows which route an offer uses (such as via Suez Canal), and the vessel card, Fleet and Finances show the route actually sailed.
  • Trade route vessels pick the more profitable route for every contract, sail ballast the cheapest way, and name the route in their decisions, such as via Cape of Good Hope.
  • New Operations overlay: see every vessel at sea with its route, ETA, cargo, deadline, expected delay and penalty, and what happens on arrival, and every vessel without work with how many offers it can take and the best expected net.
  • The new Operations button in the command bar shows how many vessels are without work and when the next one arrives. From the overlay you can show a vessel on the map, find cargo for an idle vessel, or open the trade route of a waiting vessel.
  • Saved games from earlier versions start over with a new game, as the save format changed for canal fees.
v0.6.0

Trade routes

  • New Trade routes overlay: build a fixed loop of 2–8 ports, set a minimum net per leg and a maximum wait, and pause, edit or delete routes at any time.
  • Assign a vessel to a route from the Fleet overview. It then picks the most profitable cargo to the next stop by itself, waits for better offers, or sails in ballast once its maximum wait has passed.
  • Follow each vessel in its detail card: route, next stop, status and its latest decisions with the reasons behind them. You get a message when a route vessel departs.
  • Take Manual control whenever you like. While a vessel is on a route, you cannot give it manual cargo or ballast orders or sell it, and the freight market tells you why.
  • The Fleet table has a new Control column showing Manual or the route name.
  • Saved games from earlier versions start over with a new game, as the save format changed for trade routes.
v0.5.0

Fleet table & ship names

  • Rename your vessels from the Fleet overview, in port or at sea. Names are 1–32 characters and must be unique in your fleet; the new name shows everywhere, including past transactions.
  • The Fleet overview is now a table you can sort by any column and filter by status or search, just like the freight market.
  • Select a vessel row to see its details and actions: Find cargo, View vessel on map, Rename and Sell.
v0.4.3

Roadmap & documentation

  • Updated project documentation with a development roadmap and architecture decisions. No gameplay changes.
v0.4.2

Faster fast-forward

  • Simulation speeds are now 1×, 10× and 50×.
  • Saves that no longer fit the game are reset to a new game, with a notice, instead of blocking.
v0.4.1

Floating details & quicker cargo

  • Vessel and port details now float as a card over the map, so the map no longer resizes when you open or close them.
  • The 1× game speed is now much slower, so freight offers and prices are easy to read.
  • The freight market shows a countdown and progress bar to the next batch of offers, and a notice when new offers arrive.
  • Ports whose marker and name are shifted for readability now show their true position with a small anchor dot and a clearer dashed line.
  • Find cargo straight from a ship in the Fleet overview: opens the freight market for that vessel and its port.
v0.4.0

Overlays & freight table

  • Browse freight in a large sortable, searchable table and expand any offer for full details before accepting.
  • Finances, Fleet and Ship Market now open as large overlays over the map.
  • Jump between overlays with tabs; your freight filters and open offer are remembered.
v0.3.0

Fleet & ship market

  • Compare six container ships, buy vessels and have them delivered to their listed ports.
  • Manage multiple vessels and voyages independently, with a fleet overview and map selection.
  • Sell idle ships in port and review fleet value, total wealth and ship transactions.
  • Restore older saves into the new fleet format without offline simulation.
v0.2.0

Freight & finances

  • Find cargo in the freight market, compare earnings and costs, then accept a contract and sail.
  • Trade in both directions on five sea connections, with new freight offers over time.
  • Track cargo, delivery deadlines and voyage progress. Deliveries settle automatically on arrival.
  • Review your balance, income, fuel, port fees, operating costs and late delivery penalties in Finances.
  • Reposition your vessel without cargo using ballast voyages with a cost estimate before departure.
  • Keep contracts and financial history in local saves, including upgrades from v0.1 saves.
  • Read release history from the Changelog button in the game footer.
v0.1.0

First voyage

  • Explore a world map with 15 ports, zoom controls and selectable ports and vessels.
  • Command Ocean Pioneer on the Rotterdam–New York route and follow its position, ETA and progress.
  • Pause the simulation or sail at 1×, 5× and 20× speed.
  • Save progress locally and resume on pause without offline simulation.
  • Use the maritime command center on desktop and mobile.
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Settings

Pause

  • The game stops at the moment a decision is due if you have been in another tab or window since it last ticked.

  • The same stop, also while you are looking at the game.