Reducing transport losses in UAD

How can a player protect transports when escort fleets fail to prevent heavy losses?

Maximize investment in transports through the finance controls; it is the main way to reduce losses and it also grows the economy.

The viewer reports losing twelve Black Sea transports despite assigning several cruiser-and-destroyer groups to protection. Armed merchant cruisers remain a possible cause even when the enemy has no known surface fleet in the area. The practical answer is to maximize transport investment in the finance controls instead of relying on local escort formations alone. That spending can reduce losses and grow the campaign economy, linking maritime protection to long-term financial capacity.