expected ship traffic Timothy Collinson (22 Aug 2014 16:53 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Phil Pugliese (22 Aug 2014 19:02 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Craig Berry (22 Aug 2014 19:50 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Bruce Johnson (22 Aug 2014 20:11 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Phil Pugliese (22 Aug 2014 20:46 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Phil Pugliese (22 Aug 2014 20:44 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Ian Whitchurch (22 Aug 2014 21:32 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Ian Whitchurch (22 Aug 2014 21:34 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Craig Berry (22 Aug 2014 22:21 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Ian Whitchurch (22 Aug 2014 23:18 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Tim (23 Aug 2014 08:29 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Phil Pugliese (24 Aug 2014 00:30 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Greg Chalik (23 Aug 2014 02:26 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Joseph Hallare (23 Aug 2014 06:10 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Phil Pugliese (23 Aug 2014 23:41 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Greg Chalik (24 Aug 2014 00:26 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Phil Pugliese (24 Aug 2014 14:53 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Ian Whitchurch (24 Aug 2014 22:32 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Craig Berry (24 Aug 2014 22:49 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Phil Pugliese (24 Aug 2014 23:16 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Phil Pugliese (24 Aug 2014 22:56 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Ian Whitchurch (25 Aug 2014 00:23 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Phil Pugliese (25 Aug 2014 05:37 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Greg Chalik (25 Aug 2014 03:16 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Ian Whitchurch (25 Aug 2014 03:32 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Greg Chalik (25 Aug 2014 04:03 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Ian Whitchurch (25 Aug 2014 04:13 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Greg Chalik (25 Aug 2014 04:44 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Phil Pugliese (25 Aug 2014 05:50 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Ian Whitchurch (25 Aug 2014 06:24 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Phil Pugliese (25 Aug 2014 14:40 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Tim (26 Aug 2014 00:00 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Ian Whitchurch (26 Aug 2014 00:25 UTC)
RE: [TML] expected ship traffic Anthony Jackson (26 Aug 2014 21:45 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Craig Berry (26 Aug 2014 21:53 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Phil Pugliese (26 Aug 2014 04:10 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Tim (26 Aug 2014 05:30 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Ian Whitchurch (26 Aug 2014 13:14 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Phil Pugliese (26 Aug 2014 15:50 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Tim (27 Aug 2014 04:25 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Phil Pugliese (27 Aug 2014 20:02 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Bruce Johnson (25 Aug 2014 14:28 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Phil Pugliese (25 Aug 2014 14:57 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Bruce Johnson (25 Aug 2014 16:20 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Craig Berry (25 Aug 2014 16:42 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Phil Pugliese (25 Aug 2014 19:22 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Craig Berry (25 Aug 2014 19:50 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Phil Pugliese (25 Aug 2014 20:39 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Kelly St. Clair (25 Aug 2014 19:57 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Phil Pugliese (25 Aug 2014 20:32 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Craig Berry (25 Aug 2014 20:41 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Phil Pugliese (25 Aug 2014 21:30 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Bruce Johnson (25 Aug 2014 20:43 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Phil Pugliese (25 Aug 2014 21:25 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Tim (26 Aug 2014 00:21 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Greg Chalik (26 Aug 2014 00:26 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Ian Whitchurch (26 Aug 2014 00:29 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Ian Whitchurch (26 Aug 2014 00:45 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Jeffrey Schwartz (25 Aug 2014 16:48 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Craig Berry (25 Aug 2014 17:04 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic David Shaw (25 Aug 2014 18:16 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Bruce Johnson (25 Aug 2014 20:17 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Phil Pugliese (25 Aug 2014 21:09 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Craig Berry (25 Aug 2014 21:27 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Phil Pugliese (25 Aug 2014 21:45 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Kurt Feltenberger (25 Aug 2014 21:50 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Kurt Feltenberger (25 Aug 2014 21:55 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Jeffrey Schwartz (26 Aug 2014 13:35 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic John Geoffrey (26 Aug 2014 14:19 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Jeffrey Schwartz (26 Aug 2014 14:31 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic John Geoffrey (26 Aug 2014 14:59 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Tim (27 Aug 2014 02:35 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Kurt Feltenberger (27 Aug 2014 02:41 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Jeffrey Schwartz (27 Aug 2014 13:03 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Phil Pugliese (27 Aug 2014 19:33 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Jeffrey Schwartz (27 Aug 2014 20:18 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Ian Whitchurch (27 Aug 2014 21:57 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Jeffrey Schwartz (28 Aug 2014 13:06 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Ian Whitchurch (28 Aug 2014 13:32 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Jeffrey Schwartz (28 Aug 2014 14:04 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic John Geoffrey (28 Aug 2014 14:15 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Jeffrey Schwartz (28 Aug 2014 14:47 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Tim (29 Aug 2014 07:15 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Greg Chalik (28 Aug 2014 20:27 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Kelly St. Clair (27 Aug 2014 05:18 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Phil Pugliese (27 Aug 2014 19:46 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Timothy Collinson (29 Aug 2014 19:29 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Phil Pugliese (25 Aug 2014 19:00 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic William Ewing (27 Aug 2014 20:02 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Craig Berry (27 Aug 2014 20:10 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Jeffrey Schwartz (27 Aug 2014 20:17 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Craig Berry (27 Aug 2014 20:28 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Timothy Collinson (29 Aug 2014 19:51 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Andrew Long (27 Aug 2014 20:52 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Craig Berry (27 Aug 2014 21:54 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Phil Pugliese (25 Aug 2014 06:14 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Richard Aiken (24 Aug 2014 06:35 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Ian Whitchurch (24 Aug 2014 06:51 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Richard Aiken (01 Sep 2014 00:29 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Ian Whitchurch (01 Sep 2014 02:23 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Richard Aiken (02 Sep 2014 00:32 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Ian Whitchurch (02 Sep 2014 00:58 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Tim (24 Aug 2014 07:54 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Greg Chalik (24 Aug 2014 08:21 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Ian Whitchurch (24 Aug 2014 08:44 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Phil Pugliese (24 Aug 2014 15:21 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic William Ewing (27 Aug 2014 19:41 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Phil Pugliese (24 Aug 2014 22:35 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Ian Whitchurch (24 Aug 2014 22:51 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Phil Pugliese (24 Aug 2014 23:05 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Thomas Jones-Low (22 Aug 2014 20:59 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Greg Chalik (22 Aug 2014 21:12 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Thomas Jones-Low (22 Aug 2014 21:21 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Timothy Collinson (22 Aug 2014 21:33 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Phil Pugliese (24 Aug 2014 00:12 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Phil Pugliese (24 Aug 2014 15:06 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Tim (23 Aug 2014 07:36 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Timothy Collinson (23 Aug 2014 08:57 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Kelly St. Clair (23 Aug 2014 09:04 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Kelly St. Clair (23 Aug 2014 09:23 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Timothy Collinson (23 Aug 2014 11:19 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Tim (23 Aug 2014 11:53 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Phil Pugliese (23 Aug 2014 23:49 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Phil Pugliese (23 Aug 2014 23:45 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Freelance Traveller (27 Aug 2014 22:31 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Ian Whitchurch (27 Aug 2014 23:11 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Craig Berry (27 Aug 2014 23:43 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic John Geoffrey (28 Aug 2014 12:04 UTC)
Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Richard Aiken (29 Aug 2014 13:30 UTC)

Re: [TML] expected ship traffic Phil Pugliese 24 Aug 2014 15:18 UTC

This pretty much jibes w/ what I've always imagined.
The largest civilian freighters would have no more than 500dton capacity.
I've never considered the 'just-passing-thru' ones into my calculations though, as I never considered them to have much local impact.
Unless, there's some sort of imperative, they just refuel & jump again.
"No point in hanging around, time is money & I'm on a deadline!"

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 On 24 August 2014 17:54, Tim <tim@little-possums.net>
 wrote:
 I rolled a random third-world country, in this case getting
 Myanmar (Burma).  As of 2013, imports were 20% of its $60 billion
 GDP and exports 22%.  In Traveller terms this would be a pop-7
 world.  If we equate 2013 US dollars to 0.1 imperial credits and assume an
 average 20 kCr per dton cargo value, then a corresponding world
 would import and export about 1200 dtons per week.  Assuming a few days
 turnaround at each end, at any given time a good fraction of that
 combined volume of starships should be expected to be in ports.  So, on the
 order of half a dozen freighters of 50-200 dton cargo capacity,
 and/or one or two larger ships.

 That's also assuming it's only an endpoint of trade
 routes, and that no freight goes through the system.  In general this is
 usually a very poor assumption since most systems lie between many other
 pairs of systems and freighters must stop to refuel along their
 routes.  So we should probably multiply that by a factor of at least 2-10
 to account for this.

 Of course, there will also be smaller worlds and also those
 which have other factors then merely economic ones restricting their
 trade.

 - Tim