Something seems broken with smuggling logic

[a small rabbit]

So smuggling as i understand it should work something like this when selling contraband:

1. Start a smuggling request like you do with a trade on its own tab
   
2. Contraband items get loaded into players shuttle, along with a crew member
   
3. Players shuttle and crew go to smuggle spot, take items from shuttle and put into crate
   
4. Faction shuttle and crew go to smuggle spot, take items from crate, payment received

But i'm consistently running into problems with this where the following happens:

1. Start a smuggling request like you do with a trade on its own tab
   
2. Contraband items get loaded into players shuttle, along with a crew member
   
3. Players shuttle and crew go to smuggle spot, take items from shuttle and leave on ground
   
4. Players shuttle and crew go back to smuggle spot to finish moving contraband into crate
   
5. Faction shuttle begins looping by docking at empty airlocks (either their own or players ship) with nothing in them (This repeats over and over for some reason, i assume waiting for a crew to be available?)
   
6. Faction shuttle and crew eventually go to smuggle spot, take items from crate, payment received
   
7. *If multiple items were smuggled they seem to need to repeat this step over and over instead of moving multiple items at a time.