Transport Fever 3 Industries and Cargo

13 raw industries produce on their own; 19 more turn cargo into other cargo. Every ratio below is per production cycle, so a Steel Mill fed 6 Iron Ore and 6 Coal gives back 4 Sheet Metal and 3 Steel. Click a column heading to sort, or let the production planner do the multiplying for a whole chain.

A brick industrial plant with a tall chimney, silos and a round settling tank beside a lake in pine forest — A brick plant with a tall chimney, silos and a round tank on a forested lakeshore.

All 32 industries

Raw industries show a range instead of a ratio, because their output depends on how many fields, shafts or plantations they have spread across. Serve them well and they add plots; build over those plots and output falls.

Transport Fever 3 industries

Brewery Workers only	Processing	8 Grain + 3 Glass → 8 Beverages	Workers only	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Brick Works Workers only	Processing	4 Clay → 4 Bricks	Workers only	Yes	Yes	No	No
Cement Plant Workers only	Processing	4 Stone → 2 Cement	Workers only	No	No	Yes	Yes
Chemical Plant Workers only	Processing	6 Chemicals → 2 Dyes + 5 Plastic	Workers only	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Clay Pit Tools	Raw	1-16 Clay	Tools	Yes	Yes	No	No
Coal Mine Tools	Raw	1-16 Coal	Tools	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cotton Farm Fertilizer	Raw	1-12 Wool	Fertilizer	Yes	No	Yes	No
Crop Farm Fertilizer	Raw	1-24 Grain + 1-16 Vegetables	Fertilizer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fishing Groundsoffshore Tools	Raw	1-12 Fish	Tools	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Canning Factory Workers only	Processing	(2 Fish or 2 Meat) + 1 Sheet Metal → 2 Canned Food	Workers only	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Furniture Factory Machines (the game's two tables disagree)	Processing	4 Planks + 1 Glass → 2 Furniture	Machines (the game's two tables disagree)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Glass Works Workers only	Processing	4 Sand → 2 Glass	Workers only	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Iron Ore Mine Workers only (the game's two tables disagree)	Raw	1-16 Iron Ore	Workers only (the game's two tables disagree)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Livestock Farm Machines (the game's two tables disagree)	Processing	7 Grain → 3 Meat + 4 Wool	Machines (the game's two tables disagree)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Logging Camp Workers only (the game's two tables disagree)	Raw	1-8 Logs	Workers only (the game's two tables disagree)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Machine Factory Workers only	Processing	7 Steel + 4 Plastic → 7 Machines	Workers only	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Oil Platformoffshore Tools	Raw	1-4 Crude Oil	Tools	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Oil Refinery Workers only	Processing	4 Crude Oil → 2 Fuel + 1 Fertilizer + 4 Chemicals	Workers only	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Oil Well Machines	Raw	1-6 Crude Oil	Machines	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Paper Mill Workers only	Processing	4 Sawdust → 2 Paper	Workers only	No	No	No	Yes
Printing Press Workers only	Processing	4 Paper + 2 Dyes → 4 Books	Workers only	No	No	No	Yes
Quarry Tools	Raw	1-16 Stone	Tools	Yes	Some	Yes	Yes
Rubber Farm Fertilizer	Raw	1-32 Rubber	Fertilizer	No	No	Yes	No
Sand Excavator Machines	Raw	1-8 Sand	Machines	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Sand Pit Tools	Raw	1-8 Sand	Tools	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Saw Mill Workers only	Processing	4 Logs → 4 Sawdust + 8 Planks	Workers only	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Steel Mill Workers only	Processing	6 Iron Ore + 6 Coal → 4 Sheet Metal + 3 Steel	Workers only	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Textile Factory Workers only	Processing	4 Fabric + 2 Dyes → 3 Clothes	Workers only	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Tire Factory Workers only	Processing	4 Rubber → 2 Tires	Workers only	No	No	Yes	No
Tool Factory Workers only	Processing	4 Planks + 2 Plastic → 5 Tools	Workers only	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Vehicle Factory Workers only	Processing	1 Tires + 4 Sheet Metal + 1 Machines → 1 Vehicles	Workers only	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Weaving Mill Workers only	Processing	4 Wool → 4 Fabric	Workers only	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

“Some” for the Quarry on dry maps means it appears there, but not everywhere a quarry could. Trace any row both ways in the chain finder.

All 36 cargo types

The game sorts cargo into 12 raw materials, 11 intermediate products, 3 booster products and 10 end products. Two cross over: Fish and Meat go straight to shops as well as into the Canning Factory.

Transport Fever 3 cargo types

Beverages Brewery	End	Goods	Brewery	Commercial
Books Printing Press	End	Goods	Printing Press	Commercial
Bricks Brick Works	End	Goods	Brick Works	Industrial
Canned Food Canning Factory	End	Goods	Canning Factory	Commercial
Cement Cement Plant	End	Bulk	Cement Plant	Industrial
Chemicals Oil Refinery	Intermediate	Liquid	Oil Refinery
Clay Clay Pit	Raw	Bulk	Clay Pit
Clothes Textile Factory	End	Goods	Textile Factory	Commercial
Coal Coal Mine	Raw	Bulk	Coal Mine
Crude Oil Oil Platform, Oil Well	Raw	Liquid	Oil Platform, Oil Well
Dyes Chemical Plant	Intermediate	Liquid	Chemical Plant
Fabric Weaving Mill	Intermediate	Goods	Weaving Mill
Fertilizer Oil Refinery (the cargo table says Chemical Plant)	Booster	Bulk	Oil Refinery (the cargo table says Chemical Plant)
Fish Fishing Grounds	Raw	Goods	Fishing Grounds	Commercial
Fuel Oil Refinery	End	Liquid	Oil Refinery	Industrial
Furniture Furniture Factory	End	Goods	Furniture Factory	Industrial
Glass Glass Works	Intermediate	Goods	Glass Works
Grain Crop Farm	Raw	Bulk	Crop Farm
Iron Ore Iron Ore Mine	Raw	Bulk	Iron Ore Mine
Logs Logging Camp	Raw	Flatbed	Logging Camp
Machines Machine Factory	Booster	Flatbed	Machine Factory	Industrial
Meat Livestock Farm	Raw	Goods	Livestock Farm	Commercial
Paper Paper Mill	Intermediate	Goods	Paper Mill
Planks Saw Mill	Intermediate	Flatbed	Saw Mill	Industrial
Plastic Chemical Plant	Intermediate	Goods	Chemical Plant
Rubber Rubber Farm	Raw	Liquid	Rubber Farm
Sand Sand Excavator, Sand Pit	Raw	Bulk	Sand Excavator, Sand Pit
Sawdust Saw Mill	Intermediate	Bulk	Saw Mill
Sheet Metal Steel Mill	Intermediate	Flatbed	Steel Mill
Steel Steel Mill	Intermediate	Flatbed	Steel Mill
Stone Quarry	Raw	Bulk	Quarry
Tires Tire Factory	Intermediate	Goods	Tire Factory
Tools Tool Factory	Booster	Goods	Tool Factory	Industrial
Vegetables Crop Farm	End	Goods	Crop Farm	Commercial
Vehicles Vehicle Factory	End	Flatbed	Vehicle Factory	Industrial
Wool Cotton Farm, Livestock Farm	Raw	Goods	Cotton Farm, Livestock Farm

Specialization decides your wagons and warehouses

Every cargo belongs to one of four groups: Liquid (5 types), Bulk (9), Flatbed (6) and Goods (16). Universal vehicles and warehouses take anything; specialized ones take one group but load and unload faster. Freight wagons, trucks and cargo ships refit themselves at stations, so one truck can carry logs out and planks back on the same line.

Universal warehouse

Stores a mix of every cargo type in one building
Cheaper to build
Delivery timers keep running while cargo waits
Slower to load and unload

Specialized warehouse

One cargo type per module; crude oil and fuel need two modules even though both are liquid
Freezes the delivery timer of stored cargo
Faster loading and unloading

Neither kind needs a road: a warehouse works as soon as it sits inside a station's catchment. The frozen timer matters because towns rate you on on-time delivery. Late cargo still pays in full, but the delivery rating drops and town growth slows. A specialized warehouse between a distant mine and the town that needs its output turns a late chain into an on-time one.