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The Grog Fleet was a [[Corumm]]ese naval convoy system operating from the Daxian mainland to the island of [[Zhijun]] on [[Australis]], the purpose of which was the procurement and transport of rum which was made with sugar cane from Zhijun's abundant sugar cane plantations. The Qian Court were great consumers of rum and having no local conditions for the growth of rum's main ingredient, it had to be transported on enormous cargo ships dubbed 'Grog Ships' which could fit hundreds of barrels in their holds. Sailors were given an allowance of watered down rum to consume during the trips, hence the name Grog Fleet, but no actual grog was transported to [[Corumm]].
| name            = São Ricardo International Gateway
Every year, up to five different fleets would make the trip from the port of [[Zong]] to Zhijun. Each fleet was typically composed of around five 'Grog Ships' and each of these had three military escort vessels. During the reign of Emperor [[Tengu the Sot]] the size of the Grog Fleets ballooned to around fifty vessels per fleet formation. This was only barely enough to flood [[Mirzak]] with rum as the Emperor demanded. The cost of furnishing over two hundred vessels across the long distances to Australis for no military or economic gain would in time become a signficant drain on the imperial treasury, leading officials to gradually raise taxes to cover the fiscal hole and eroding the popularity of the Qian dynasty in the decades to come.
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| image_caption    = One of SRIG's inner harbors
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| country          = Cartadania
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| location        = [[Lua, São Ricardo|Lua]], [[São Ricardo]]
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| opened          = 1842
| operated        = São Ricardo Port Authority
| owner            = Public
| type            = Deep-water seaport
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| employees        = 21,312
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| cargotonnage    = 514 million (2026)
| containervolume  = 37.133 million {{wp|TEU}} (2026)
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| website          = [https://www.srig.com/ Official Port Site]
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The '''São Ricardo International Gateway''' ('''SRIG''') is a port complex located in the northeastern corner of [[Lua]]. The port is located in North Lagoon approximately {{convert|22|km|mi}} northwest of downtown. A department of the State of [[São Ricardo]], the São Ricardo International Gateway supports employment for 517,000 people throughout the Lua Region and 1.6 million worldwide. The cargo coming into the port represents approximately 20% of all cargo coming into Cartadania. For public safety, the São Ricardo International Gateway utilizes the São Ricardo Port Police for police service in the port and to its local communities, the Lua Fire Department (LFD) to provide fire and EMS services to the port and its local communities, the São Ricardo Marine Police for waterway security at the port, and Homeland Security to protect federal land at the port.
 
== History ==
== Port district ==
== Shipping ==
The port's container volume was 37.1 million {{wp|twenty-foot equivalent units}} (TEU) in calendar year 2025. It's the most cargo moved annually by an Occidental port. The port is the busiest port in Cartadania by container volume, the 3rd-busiest container port in the world, and the busiest worldwide when combined with the neighboring Port of Aumiers. The port is also the number-one freight gateway in Cartadania when ranked by the value of shipments passing through it. It is one of four Cartadanian ports certified to handle cargo ships over 18,000 TEU (others being PCIT, CMT, and TMT).
 
The most-imported types of goods in the 2025 calendar year were, in order: furniture, automobile parts, apparel, electronic products, and plastics.
 
The port is served by the Odoneru Harbor and Lagoon Line (OHLL) railroad. From the OHLL, intermodal railroad cars go southeast to Lua.
 
In 2010, only one Cartadanian port, PCIT, could handle ships of the O’Shea Globalstock and the future O’Shea Triple E class size, the latter of which needs cranes reaching 23 rows. In 2015, the port and the Department of Commerce deepened the port's main navigational channel to 53 feet, which is deep enough to accommodate the draft of the world's biggest container ships.
 
== World Cruise Center ==
== Lua Waterfront ==
=== Waterfront Car Line ===
== Environment ==
== See also ==
[[Category:Cartadania]]

Revision as of 01:24, 29 April 2023

Vessels of the Grog Fleet

The Grog Fleet was a Corummese naval convoy system operating from the Daxian mainland to the island of Zhijun on Australis, the purpose of which was the procurement and transport of rum which was made with sugar cane from Zhijun's abundant sugar cane plantations. The Qian Court were great consumers of rum and having no local conditions for the growth of rum's main ingredient, it had to be transported on enormous cargo ships dubbed 'Grog Ships' which could fit hundreds of barrels in their holds. Sailors were given an allowance of watered down rum to consume during the trips, hence the name Grog Fleet, but no actual grog was transported to Corumm. Every year, up to five different fleets would make the trip from the port of Zong to Zhijun. Each fleet was typically composed of around five 'Grog Ships' and each of these had three military escort vessels. During the reign of Emperor Tengu the Sot the size of the Grog Fleets ballooned to around fifty vessels per fleet formation. This was only barely enough to flood Mirzak with rum as the Emperor demanded. The cost of furnishing over two hundred vessels across the long distances to Australis for no military or economic gain would in time become a signficant drain on the imperial treasury, leading officials to gradually raise taxes to cover the fiscal hole and eroding the popularity of the Qian dynasty in the decades to come.

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