Agree with you. I’m onboard box ships daily, just as they complete cargo, finish lashing, and are getting ready to sail.
It’s somewhat of a joke to see so many people think the C/M is ‘walking the deck’ inspecting lashings, carrying a piece of paper in his hand (the infamous manifest) and reviewing the stack of over 2000 boxes to ensure each individual one is properly stowed and away the correct distance from another HAZMAT box. Ha ha ha ha…like some kind of old
B-movie from the 1950’s
Meanwhile, the terminal is screaming at the Master via cell phone “Why aren’t you underway yet??? You haven’t even left the dock and you’re already late!!” That call is from some guy, half a world away who has no idea what’s happening, other than he can’t see his ship on the AIS screen where it SHOULD be by now.
The reality of modern cargo handling at the direction of those holding an MBA and not a seafaring officer’s license.