Goodies . . . see 3rd Ed. Starports
GURPS Traveller Starports had extensive discussions of freight loading-handling. The author had some real-world experience with ports and it showed.
Note that mis-stowing of cargo can lead to serious consequences. The semi might roll on an exit ramp if the center of gravity is too high; the airliners might be unbalanced (and take-off is not the place to find out), the ship could have its cargo shift in a storm (and IIRC, that sinks about 2-4 ships a year . . . )
Also, if you could reprogram the freight-handling software that controls the cargobots you could have an important ship sink halfway in the North Atlantic -- and everyone thinks it a computer glitch . . .
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