Seaports: Euro Truck Simulator 2

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The Seaports are passenger and shipping facilities found in Euro Truck Simulator 2 which allows truckers to transport or cross water bodies, some of which are impassable otherwise.

Development History

In the vanilla map of Euro Truck Simulator 2, ports are still targeted at providing access to / from the United Kingdom. With a more detailed map than the preceding game, ETS 2 provides four ports in Britain, and three on the continent (Channel Tunnel excluded in both cases), so that truckers can make shorter trips between cities and ports.

Another batch of ports are introduced with the release of Scandinavia map expansion. While Scandinavian countries are themselves accessible by roads, the Baltic Sea nonetheless form a kind of natural barrier and makes some movements very circuitous if no ship trip is involved. In total, 15 ports are added across Scandinavia and the European continent. In particular, all four featured cities in Norway have a port to each of them, allowing truckers to avoid the country's mountainous roads.

Usage Guide

  1. To travel through seaports, a trucker should drive the truck onto a "seaport" hotspot. That spot may appear in the seaport's parking lot, waiting area, or even inside a sea vessel.
  2. An information dialog would appear, instructing the trucker to press a button for travelling options (For PC's, the default is "Enter").
  3. If the trucker activates the button, another dialog appears, either to ask the trucker's confirmation to travel (in ETS 1), or to show a list of ship routes available at that port (in ETS 2). If a route is chosen, another confirmation dialog may appear.
  4. If the truckers presses "Yes" on the confirmation dialog(s), the system deducts the ship fee from the trucker's bank account, and ports the trucker to the destination port's "seaport" hotspot. Truckers can either resume driving there, or press "Enter" for another ship trip.

The Channel Tunnel is effectively a special kind of seaport in the game, as the method of usage is almost identical.

Usage Guide

  1. To travel through seaports, a trucker should drive the truck onto a "seaport" hotspot. That spot may appear in the seaport's parking lot, waiting area, or even inside a sea vessel.
  2. An information dialog would appear, instructing the trucker to press a button for travelling options (For PC's, the default is "Enter").
  3. If the trucker activates the button, another dialog appears, either to ask the trucker's confirmation to travel (in ETS 1), or to show a list of ship routes available at that port (in ETS 2). If a route is chosen, another confirmation dialog may appear.
  4. If the truckers presses "Yes" on the confirmation dialog(s), the system deducts the ship fee from the trucker's bank account, and ports the trucker to the destination port's "seaport" hotspot. Truckers can either resume driving there, or press "Enter" for another ship trip.

The Channel Tunnel is effectively a special kind of seaport in the game, as the method of usage is almost identical.

List of Seaports

The following table lists all seaports appearing in ETS 1 and / or ETS 2. The names of seaports follow those shown on in-game signs. Expansions necessary for truckers to travel through a particular seaport are also listed.

Port Country First Game Expansion Required Image
Ajaccio France ETS 2 Vive la France! (update 1.36) Ajaccio view 3.png
Barcelona Spain ETS 2 Iberia Barcelona Montjuic port.png
Bergen Norway ETS 2 Scandinavia Bergen ferryport.png
Bilbao Spain ETS 2 Iberia Bilbao port view 2.png
Brăila Romania ETS 2 Road to the Black Sea Braila ferry.png
Cagliari Italy ETS 2 Italia (update 1.35) Cagliari entrance.png
Calais France ETS 1 ETS 1: Gold Edition
ETS 2: None
Ets2 00041.jpg
Dover United Kingdom ETS 1 ETS 1: Gold Edition
ETS 2: None
Ets2 00026.png
Esbjerg Denmark ETS 2 Scandinavia Esbjerg ferry entrance.png
Europoort Netherlands ETS 2 None Europoort seafront.png
Frederikshavn Denmark ETS 2 Scandinavia Frederikshavn View.png
Gdańsk Poland ETS 2 Going East + Scandinavia Ets2 00168.png
Gdynia Poland ETS 2 Going East + Scandinavia Ets2 00133.png
Gedser Denmark ETS 2 Scandinavia Gedser Ferry.png
Göteborg Sweden ETS 2 Scandinavia Ets2 00190.png
Harwich United Kingdom ETS 2 None Harwich ferry.png
Helsinki Finland ETS 2 Beyond the Baltic Sea Baltics Blog 80.jpg
Hirtshals Denmark ETS 2 Scandinavia Hirtshals entrance.png
Hull United Kingdom ETS 2 None (Scandinavia for ferry connection to Denmark) Hull View.png
IJmuiden Netherlands ETS 2 None IJmuiden ferry exit.png
Kapellskär Sweden ETS 2 Scandinavia (update 1.33) Kapellskär view.png
Kristiansand Denmark ETS 2 Scandinavia Kristiansand port.png
Liepāja Latvia ETS 2 Beyond the Baltic Sea Liepāja view 2.png
Marseille France ETS 2 Vive la France! (update 1.36) Marseille port.png
Messina Italy ETS 2 Italia Messina port.png
Naantali Finland ETS 2 Beyond the Baltic Sea Naantali port.png
Napoli Italy ETS 2 Italia Eolo Lines Dock Napoli.png
Newcastle-upon-Tyne United Kingdom ETS 2 None Newcastle Port.png
Nynäshamn Sweden ETS 2 Going East + Scandinavia + Beyond the Baltic Sea Nynashamn ferry.png
Oslo Norway ETS 2 Scandinavia Oslo Seaport.jpg
Paldiski Estonia ETS 2 Beyond the Baltic Sea Paldiski port.png
Palermo Italy ETS 2 Italia Palermo port.png
Plymouth United Kingdom UKTS (city) ETS 2 Vive la France! (The city itself needs no expansion) Plymouth skyline.png
Porto-Vecchio France ETS 2 Vive la France! (update 1.36) Porto-Vecchio view 2.png
Roscoff France ETS 2 Vive la France! Roscoff port.png
Rostock Germany ETS 2 Scandinavia Rostock harbour.png
Santander Spain ETS 2 Iberia Port of Santander.png
Sassari Italy ETS 2 Italia (update 1.35) Sassari Porto Torres.png
Smârdan Romania ETS 2 Road to the Black Sea Smârdan.png
Stavanger Norway ETS 2 Scandinavia Stavanger harbour.png
Tallinn Estonia ETS 2 Beyond the Baltic Sea Tallinn ferry port.png
Travemünde Germany ETS 2 None (update 1.33) (Beyond the Baltic Sea for ferry connections to Finland and Latvia) Travemünde view.png
Trelleborg Sweden ETS 2 Scandinavia Trelleborg view.png
València Spain ETS 2 Iberia + Italia Valencia view 2.png
Ventspils Latvia ETS 2 Beyond the Baltic Sea Ventspils entrance.png
Verkö Sweden ETS 2 Going East + Scandinavia Verkö ferryport.png
Villa San Giovanni Italy ETS 2 Italia Villa San Giovanni entrance sign.png

Related Achievements

The following ETS 2 Steam achievements are directly related to seaports:

Icon Name Description
ETS2 Achievement Sardine.jpg Sardine Utilize a boat
ETS2 Achievement Successfully docked.jpg Successfully docked Use all ports in the game (counts sea and train ports)

See also