Port of Memphis?

[Alrik]

I noticed that Memphis, despite having a port didn't seem to get any sea trade (all other cities bordering to the red sea are both owned by me and have ports of their own.)
I figured that somehow the rebels there might be causing a problem though they didn't seem to be (not blokading anything) so I killed them for good meassure, but it didn't help. expanding the port didn't either, (now dockyards and no trade), neither does the paved road leading there do much good.

Is there a way to get Memphis trading by sea or is the port effectively broken?
They have grains, so getting them to trade with the desert cities is somewhat preferable, to help them grow.

(Im playing the gold version straight out of the box.)

[Myth]

Can you provide a screenshot? I've never seen something like this. Perhaps your governor has bad trading traits? Also, what faction are you playing as?

[ReluctantSamurai]

Indeed, the port would need to be blockaded to lose trade. Just sitting on the trade route is not enough. Seeing as how there are only two other ports to trade with, a shipwright, which handles two trade routes, is sufficient.

Actually, Memphis has overland trade with Thebes so there's no point to sea trade there. You should only see port trade with Bostra and Petra. Very strange that you see no trade at all.....

[gollum]

What about the road leading to the port? Sometimes briggands sit there and they block trade. Or maybe the block the route to the port on the other side ofthe red sea. Just an idea.

[Alrik]

Hopefully these will work...



As you can see there's plenty of trafic going to the other ports, but there's not even a dotted line between any of them and Memphis' port and the details show that there's indeed no trade going on and it isn't blocked.



The road going to the port goes inbetween mountains so it was dark, so I figured there might be rascals there in hiding, but placing a tower to oversee the road revealed nothing.
Oddly enough when it was just a dirt road I could see carts coming and going from Memphis, though I did notice that none of them ventured into the offshoot road that lead to the port, now with the brick road I don't see any carts att all on Memphis' roads. I still have the land trade, but there's no graphics to show for it.

Oh and my govenor doesn't have any bad trader traits, I had a bit too much money in the coffers a couple of times so he's a "useless assessor", but other than that I'd rate him pretty decent.

[Alrik]

Got the graphics for the caravans now...
Notice how there's caravans leading from Memphis to Thebes, but not a single one has turned onto the road towards the port of Memphis.

Also note that there's quite a few caravans leaving Alexandria and going east, but when they encounter the brigand army they all dissapear at that point making not a single one reach Jerusalem or Petra. It's a little drastic through as the trade with those two cities doesnt ceace, it is just halfed. Removing the brigands I noticed that the land trade for Alexandria with Jerusalem went up from 134 denarii to 270 and with Petrafrom 102 to 205 denarii.