transport ships

[leolanza78]

Hi everybody!
I started playing with COG and I have to say that things are going well...except for the transport ships! I don't understand how to use them, I mean: where should I move those ships to gain money? For example, if I play as British and I move them somewhere in Scandinavia, sometimes I gain money, but not everytime.
I understood the commerce page where I have to setup the commerce routes, but I really don't undestand HOW to use the transport ships!

Can anyone help me please?

Tks

[ericbabe]

It's only merchant ships that give you income, not transports.  Merchants like to be near ports in provinces with high income with many docks (such as in the English Channel) but they share income with other merchants (and privateers in the sea zone decrease incom) so you can't just go to the most lucrative locations but need to consider who else might be there.

[leolanza78]

Understood. noted with thanks! [&o]
So, if I understand well:
1- I have to leave the merchant ships in the sea, and not in docks in the land.
2- I have to see if other merchant ships or privateers are in the same area, because they "steal" my income.
Is it right???

Another question arises now: Do I have to move my merchants from the foreign port to my homeland (you know, to close the commercial route), or do I have to leave them just in from of the port?

Thanks again!