Beside the passengers, cargo transportation is the second mainstay for the companies. There are 16 different cargo items in Transport Fever 2:

• 6 raw materials
• 4 intermediate products
• 6 end products

The raw materials come from industries that do not depend on incoming cargo. Intermediate products are produced by industries which use incoming cargo to produce material for other industries. End products are delivered from industries to industrial and commercial districts in towns depending on their requirements.

The relationships between industries and freight types are somewhat challenging for newcomers. It is possible to just run parts of the chains, but it is always necessary to start from the raw materials. In the diagram below, the chains of cargo types are shown graphically. It is also available to download as PDF.

There are 16 different industries in Transport Fever 2. Some of them require the delivery of cargo from other industries to start production, others produce without external needs.

By clicking on a industry in any camera view or any other place where the industry is mentioned,By selecting an industry in the world with the inspector or by selecting an industry’s name in any list and pressing , the industry window pops up. This window consists of four different tabs, an overview, supplier and consumer lists as well as some charts. The later three are explained in the statistics section.

The OVERVIEWfirst tab of the industry window shows which cargo items are consumed and produced and how the current production level is.

The different industry types have individual rules how they produce new cargo. See the list below to find out which industry has which production rule.

The three bars below show the three key numbers of industry production:

• Production shows the amount of produced cargo in the last 365 days. The second number is the possible maximum at the current production level.
• Shipment indicates how many units per year are shipped to other industries or towns. The second number is the possible maximum at the current production level.
• Transport is the percentage of units that actually arrive at their destination and are successfully delivered. A value lower than 100% means some items decay somewhere
  on the way, e.g due to an overloaded station.

Consuming industries like steel mills and food processing plants have different production levels. The bar shows the current progress in reaching the next level. To reach the next level, a certain amount of cargo has to be successfully transported to the consuming industries or town districts and the supply of incoming cargo has to be high enough to keep up production. The key value bars end zones indicate which values are critical for a downgrade and which are high enough for an upgrade.

At the bottom of the overview tab are the stock lists. For every cargo type that is consumed, there is the number of currently stored items as well as the current consumption rate. In contrast to Transport Fever 1, the storage is not limited anymore! You can check the stock numbers to find out which cargo supply is the current bottleneck if there is more than one needed.
The current stock is visible in the gameworld too (see image).

Once a cargo item is produced, a valid destination is chosen. The current distribution between the different consumers is listed in the CONSUMERS tab. Where the cargo shall be delivered depends on the following factors:

• Which destinations (industries, town districts) are reachable with the transport lines?
• Where do cargo type filters restrict transportation?

To influence the destination selection, it is possible to restrict the cargo line network by using certain cargo type filters when setting up a line. This prevents cargo from being unintentionally loaded at certain stations.

Since the Spring Update, industries are dynamic. This means new industries can be spawned and unused industries can be abandoned over time, given that the relevant conditions are met.

Additional industries can be spawned under the following conditions:

• The Industry density target is not set to Disabled.
• The Industry density target is larger than the current amount of industries.

Unused industries can be abandoned under the following conditions:

• The Industry closure frequency is not set to Never.
• No goods have been consumed/produced in the last 10 years.
• No goods have been shipped from this industry in the last 10 years.
• The industry is not owned by the player.

You will receive a notification if a new industry is spawned or an unused industry is marked for closing respectively. You can click on the notification to jump to that industry.

For abandoned industries there is a countdown of 730 days before the industry is effectively closed. This countdown is shown in the notification and additionally above the industry as a red progress bar. If the calendar speed is set to paused, real time is shown instead of the number of days.

As soon as the countdown is over, the industry will be permanently removed.

If the industry starts to consume/produce or ship goods within the countdown, the industry will not be removed and the countdown is stopped.

The table below shows all cargo types that are available in free game mode. Some campaign missions use special cargo types. They are described in their individual mission tasks ingame

	Cargo	Manufacturer	Consumer	Type
	Coal	Coal Mine	Steel Mill	Raw Material
	Construction Material	Construction Material Plant	Town - Industrial District	End Product
	Crude Oil	Oil Well	Oil Refinery	Raw Material
	Food	Food Processing Plant	Town - Commercial District	End Product
	Fuel	Fuel Refinery	Town - Industrial District	End Product
	Goods	Goods Factory	Town - Commercial District	End Product
	Grain	Farm	Food Processing Plant	Raw Material
	Iron Ore	Iron Ore Mine	Steel Mill	Raw Material
	Logs	Forest	Saw Mill	Raw Material
	Machines	Machines Factory	Town - Industrial District	End Product
	Oil	Oil Refinery	Fuel Refinery, Chemical Plant	Intermediate Product
	Planks	Saw Mill	Machines Factory, Tools Factory	Intermediate Product
	Plastic	Chemical Plant	Goods Factory	Intermediate Product
	Steel	Steel Mill	Goods Factory, Machines Factory	Intermediate Product
	Stone	Quarry	Construction Material Plant	Raw Material
	Tools	Tools Factory	Town - Commercial District	End Product

The table below shows all industries that are available in free game mode. Some campaign missions use individual industries that are described in the mission tasks.

	Industry	Output	Production
	Chemical Plant	100 - 400	›
	Coal Mine	400
	Construction Materials Plant	100 - 400	›
	Farm	200
	Food Processing Plant	100 - 400	›
	Forest	400
	Fuel Refinery	100 - 400	›
	Goods Factory	100 - 400	›
	Iron Ore Mine	400
	Machines Factory	100 - 400	›
	Oil Refinery	200 - 400	›
	Oil Well	400
	Quarry	400
	Saw Mill	200 - 400	›
	Steel Mill	200 - 400	›
	Tools Factory	100 - 400	›