So I came to this forum just for this…
I have been working in a novel for a few years (real life gets priority) and I have a few technical questions.
For starters, I worked as a longshoreman several years ago, and was a ship crane signalman, (my twic card just recently expired) and I work in the oilfield… with that being said, I thought my experiences would supply the info I need for the maritime part of my plot… not quite.
So my questions are, how deep to the BOL/ manifest inspections go? If a character brought a tanker into port with forged manifest, would it be caught? Do they check with the point of origin?
And if a vessel was re-flagged and a new ID# painted on her, would it be tracked?