Warehouse capacity · storage buffer · time to fill
Transport Fever 3 warehouse capacity planner
See how long your warehouse can absorb a cargo imbalance, and whether its stock and capacity cover your transfer buffer.
Your scenario
Example values are illustrative. Replace them with observations from your save. Inputs stay in your browser.
Your planning result
Storage headroom
Stock is accumulating. Inspect the outbound bottleneck before expanding storage.
- Net cargo flow
- 100 units/hour
- Time until full
- 8 hours
- Time until empty
- —
- Required buffer stock
- 800 units
- Capacity to add for buffer
- 0 units
- Stock to add for buffer
- 600 units
- Current stock coverage, no arrivals
- 1 hours
Calculation method & limits
Net flow = inbound − outbound. Time to fill = free space ÷ positive net flow; time to empty = stored cargo ÷ net outflow. Buffer stock = outbound rate × buffer hours. Equal flows have no finite fill/empty time. Zero outbound flow has no coverage duration. Use a single cargo category and consistent hours; the model assumes constant flow and excludes delivery expiry and station limits.
Manage buffers with a Transport Fever 3 warehouse capacity planner
A Transport Fever 3 warehouse capacity planner separates two questions: is stock building up, and is there enough stock to survive a gap in deliveries? Enter capacity and current inventory for one cargo category, then use incoming and outgoing units per hour on the same basis. The warehouse planner compares net flow, time to fill or empty, and the buffer needed for your chosen number of hours. Use observations that describe a normal operating interval, then test a busier scenario separately. A large capacity alone cannot compensate for a consistently under-supplied outbound line.
How to use this Transport Fever 3 calculator
- Read the usable capacity and current stock of the same cargo category. Do not add unrelated cargo stocks together when they have different storage constraints or delivery schedules.
- Measure inbound and outbound rates over a comparable interval. In the Transport Fever 3 warehouse capacity planner, the difference determines whether the store is filling, draining or balanced.
- Choose how many hours of outbound supply should remain available during a gap. Compare the required buffer with both total capacity and current stock; physical storage and actual inventory are different constraints.
A worked planning example
With capacity 1000 and stock 200, an inbound rate of 300 and outbound 200 leave 100 units per hour accumulating. The remaining 800 spaces fill in eight hours. A four-hour outbound buffer needs 800 units: capacity is sufficient, but current stock is 600 short. If inbound falls to 100, net outflow is 100 and the current stock lasts two hours.
What to do with the result
Use the warehouse capacity planner to decide whether to improve supply, add storage or expand outbound transport. Balanced average flow does not mean every delivery arrives on time. Inspect arrival waves and handoff delays with the delivery-time calculator. If stock grows despite plenty of vehicles, look for a station service bottleneck. The Transport Fever 3 warehouse planner describes steady flows, while the cargo line planner compares the connected legs that produce them.
Calculator questions
Does this Transport Fever 3 warehouse planner simulate storage rules?
It uses the capacity and stock you enter and assumes constant average flow. Game-specific categories, delivery restrictions and mods require checking the actual warehouse in your save.
Why does time to fill sometimes show a dash?
No finite filling time exists in this steady model when incoming flow is equal to or below outgoing flow. The separate emptying time becomes relevant when outflow exceeds incoming supply.