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silkworm -> The Meaning of "Port Size" (6/2/2002 8:12:24 AM)
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Seems to me port size in UV decides only how fast individual ships are loaded in terms of tonnes/day/ship, and this rate is regardless of the number of ships using the port. This behavior encourages the use of large convoys since smaller convoys do not give better throughput (and larger convoys give better protection). In real life having a stream of smaller convoys is much more efficient because port use is spread over time and waiting in port is reduced. Historically, this was probably the major reason for Japan's procrastination moving to large convoys in the face of the submarine threat.
In UV what I do is I group AP's of the same tonnage together to eliminate smaller AP's waiting for bigger ones to load.
Changing port size to mean "total tonnage moved per day" would make for more realistic logistics. It would also encourage the use of multiple hubs, for example both Rabul and Shortland playing Japan.
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