diff --git a/src/main/scala/net/psforever/actors/session/SessionActor.scala b/src/main/scala/net/psforever/actors/session/SessionActor.scala
index 4da6c37a8..d4d9cba80 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/net/psforever/actors/session/SessionActor.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/net/psforever/actors/session/SessionActor.scala
@@ -559,26 +559,34 @@ class SessionActor(middlewareActor: typed.ActorRef[MiddlewareActor.Command], con
           sendResponse(msg)
 
         case GalaxyResponse.TransferPassenger(temp_channel, vehicle, vehicle_to_delete, manifest) =>
-          (manifest.passengers.find { case (name, _) => player.Name.equals(name) } match {
-            case Some((name, index)) if vehicle.Seats(index).occupant.isEmpty =>
-              vehicle.Seats(index).mount(player)
+          val playerName = player.Name
+          log.debug(s"TransferPassenger: $playerName received the summons to transfer to ${vehicle.Zone.id} ...")
+          (manifest.passengers.find { _.name.equals(playerName) } match {
+            case Some(entry) if vehicle.Seats(entry.mount).occupant.isEmpty =>
+              player.VehicleSeated = None
+              vehicle.Seats(entry.mount).mount(player)
+              player.VehicleSeated = vehicle.GUID
               Some(vehicle)
-            case Some((name, index)) =>
-              log.warn(s"TransferPassenger: $player tried to mount seat $index when it was already occupied, and was rebuked")
+            case Some(entry) if vehicle.Seats(entry.mount).occupant.contains(player) =>
+              Some(vehicle)
+            case Some(entry) =>
+              log.warn(s"TransferPassenger: $playerName tried to mount seat ${entry.mount} during summoning, but it was already occupied, and ${player.Sex.pronounSubject} was rebuked")
               None
             case None =>
+              //log.warn(s"TransferPassenger: $playerName is missing from the manifest of a summoning ${vehicle.Definition.Name} from ${vehicle.Zone.id}")
               None
-          }).orElse(manifest.cargo.find { case (name, _) => player.Name.equals(name) } match {
-            case Some((name, index)) =>
-              vehicle.CargoHolds(index).occupant match {
-                case Some(cargo) =>
-                  cargo.Seats(0).occupants.find(_.Name.equals(name))
-                case None =>
+          }).orElse {
+            manifest.cargo.find { _.name.equals(playerName) } match {
+            case Some(entry) =>
+              vehicle.CargoHolds(entry.mount).occupant match {
+                case out @ Some(cargo) if cargo.Seats(0).occupants.exists(_.Name.equals(playerName)) =>
+                  out
+                case _ =>
                   None
               }
             case None =>
               None
-          }) match {
+          }} match {
             case Some(v: Vehicle) =>
               galaxyService ! Service.Leave(Some(temp_channel)) //temporary vehicle-specific channel (see above)
               deadState = DeadState.Release
@@ -2886,6 +2894,7 @@ class SessionActor(middlewareActor: typed.ActorRef[MiddlewareActor.Command], con
             Some(old_channel)
           )                                          //old vehicle-specific channel (was s"${vehicle.Actor}")
           galaxyService ! Service.Join(temp_channel) //temporary vehicle-specific channel
+          log.debug(s"TransferPassengerChannel: ${player.Name} now subscribed to $temp_channel for vehicle gating")
         }
 
       case VehicleResponse.KickCargo(vehicle, speed, delay) =>
@@ -5800,7 +5809,7 @@ class SessionActor(middlewareActor: typed.ActorRef[MiddlewareActor.Command], con
         }
 
         def Execute(resolver: ActorRef): Unit = {
-          log.trace(s"Player $localPlayer is registered")
+          log.trace(s"Player ${localPlayer.Name} is newly registered")
           resolver ! Success(this)
           localAnnounce ! NewPlayerLoaded(localPlayer) //alerts WorldSessionActor
         }
@@ -5990,6 +5999,7 @@ class SessionActor(middlewareActor: typed.ActorRef[MiddlewareActor.Command], con
         }
 
         def Execute(resolver: ActorRef): Unit = {
+          log.trace(s"${localDriver.Name} 's vehicle ${localVehicle.Definition.Name} is registered")
           localDriver.VehicleSeated = localVehicle.GUID
           Vehicles.Own(localVehicle, localDriver)
           localAnnounce ! NewPlayerLoaded(localDriver) //alerts WorldSessionActor
@@ -6000,7 +6010,7 @@ class SessionActor(middlewareActor: typed.ActorRef[MiddlewareActor.Command], con
           localAnnounce ! PlayerFailedToLoad(localDriver) //alerts SessionActor
         }
       },
-      List(RegisterNewAvatar(driver), GUIDTask.RegisterVehicle(obj)(continent.GUID))
+      List(GUIDTask.RegisterAvatar(driver)(continent.GUID), GUIDTask.RegisterVehicle(obj)(continent.GUID))
     )
   }
 
@@ -7012,12 +7022,13 @@ class SessionActor(middlewareActor: typed.ActorRef[MiddlewareActor.Command], con
           //driver
           continent.Transport ! Zone.Vehicle.Spawn(vehicle)
           //as the driver, we must temporarily exclude ourselves from being in the vehicle during its creation
-          val seat = vehicle.Seats(0)
-          seat.unmount(player)
+          val mount = vehicle.Seats(0)
+          mount.unmount(player)
           player.VehicleSeated = None
           val data = vdef.Packet.ConstructorData(vehicle).get
           sendResponse(ObjectCreateMessage(vehicle.Definition.ObjectId, vguid, data))
-          seat.mount(player)
+          mount.mount(player)
+          player.VehicleSeated = vguid
           Vehicles.Own(vehicle, player)
           vehicle.CargoHolds.values
             .collect { case hold if hold.isOccupied => hold.occupant.get }
@@ -8615,14 +8626,14 @@ class SessionActor(middlewareActor: typed.ActorRef[MiddlewareActor.Command], con
       VehicleAction.TransferPassengerChannel(pguid, s"${vehicle.Actor}", toChannel, vehicle, topLevel)
     )
     manifest.cargo.foreach {
-      case ("MISSING_DRIVER", index) =>
+      case ManifestPassengerEntry("MISSING_DRIVER", index) =>
         val cargo = vehicle.CargoHolds(index).occupant.get
         log.warn(s"LoadZoneInVehicleAsDriver: ${player.Name} must eject cargo in hold $index; vehicle is missing driver")
         CargoBehavior.HandleVehicleCargoDismount(cargo.GUID, cargo, vehicle.GUID, vehicle, false, false, true)
-      case (name, index) =>
-        val cargo = vehicle.CargoHolds(index).occupant.get
+      case entry =>
+        val cargo = vehicle.CargoHolds(entry.mount).occupant.get
         continent.VehicleEvents ! VehicleServiceMessage(
-          name,
+          entry.name,
           VehicleAction.TransferPassengerChannel(pguid, s"${cargo.Actor}", toChannel, cargo, topLevel)
         )
     }
@@ -8649,9 +8660,7 @@ class SessionActor(middlewareActor: typed.ActorRef[MiddlewareActor.Command], con
       player.VehicleSeated = vehicle.GUID
       player.Continent = zoneId //forward-set the continent id to perform a test
       interstellarFerryTopLevelGUID =
-        if (
-          manifest.passengers.isEmpty && manifest.cargo.count { case (name, _) => !name.equals("MISSING_DRIVER") } == 0
-        ) {
+        if (manifest.passengers.isEmpty && manifest.cargo.count { !_.name.equals("MISSING_DRIVER") } == 0) {
           //do not delete if vehicle has passengers or cargo
           continent.VehicleEvents ! VehicleServiceMessage(
             continent.id,
@@ -8741,10 +8750,10 @@ class SessionActor(middlewareActor: typed.ActorRef[MiddlewareActor.Command], con
               val cargo = hold.occupant.get
               cargo.Continent = toZoneId
               //point to the cargo vehicle to instigate cargo vehicle driver transportation
-              galaxyService ! GalaxyServiceMessage(
-                toChannel,
-                GalaxyAction.TransferPassenger(player_guid, toChannel, vehicle, topLevel, manifest)
-              )
+//              galaxyService ! GalaxyServiceMessage(
+//                toChannel,
+//                GalaxyAction.TransferPassenger(player_guid, toChannel, vehicle, topLevel, manifest)
+//              )
           }
       case None =>
         log.error(s"LoadZoneTransferPassengerMessages: ${player.Name} expected a manifest for zone transfer; got nothing")
diff --git a/src/main/scala/net/psforever/objects/Vehicles.scala b/src/main/scala/net/psforever/objects/Vehicles.scala
index aed7c017d..c3cee443f 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/net/psforever/objects/Vehicles.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/net/psforever/objects/Vehicles.scala
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import net.psforever.objects.serverobject.CommonMessages
 import net.psforever.objects.serverobject.deploy.Deployment
 import net.psforever.objects.serverobject.transfer.TransferContainer
 import net.psforever.objects.serverobject.structures.{StructureType, WarpGate}
-import net.psforever.objects.vehicles.{CargoBehavior, Utility, UtilityType, VehicleLockState}
+import net.psforever.objects.vehicles._
 import net.psforever.objects.zones.Zone
 import net.psforever.packet.game.TriggeredSound
 import net.psforever.types.{DriveState, PlanetSideGUID, Vector3}
@@ -192,12 +192,14 @@ object Vehicles {
     val vzone = vehicle.Zone
     vehicle.PreviousGatingManifest() match {
       case Some(manifest) if vzone != manifest.origin =>
-        val manifestPassengers       = manifest.passengers.collect { case (name, _) => name } :+ manifest.driverName
-        val manifestPassengerResults = manifestPassengers.map { name => vzone.Players.exists(_.name.equals(name)) }
-        manifestPassengerResults.forall(_ == true) &&
-        vehicle.CargoHolds.values
-          .collect { case hold if hold.isOccupied => AllGatedOccupantsInSameZone(hold.occupant.get) }
-          .forall(_ == true)
+        val manifestPassengers = manifest.passengers.collect {
+          case ManifestPassengerEntry(name, _) => name
+        } :+ manifest.driverName
+        manifestPassengers.forall { name => vzone.Players.exists(_.name.equals(name)) } &&
+        vehicle.CargoHolds.values.forall {
+          case hold if hold.isOccupied => AllGatedOccupantsInSameZone(hold.occupant.get)
+          case _                       => true
+        }
       case _ =>
         false
     }
diff --git a/src/main/scala/net/psforever/objects/vehicles/CargoBehavior.scala b/src/main/scala/net/psforever/objects/vehicles/CargoBehavior.scala
index be16cb458..8bff015a4 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/net/psforever/objects/vehicles/CargoBehavior.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/net/psforever/objects/vehicles/CargoBehavior.scala
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ object CargoBehavior {
       case Some(carrier: Vehicle) =>
         HandleCheckCargoMounting(cargoGUID, cargo, carrierGUID, carrier, mountPoint, iteration)
       case carrier if iteration > 0 =>
-        log.error(s"HandleCheckCargoMounting: participant vehicles changed in the middle of a mounting event")
+        log.warn(s"HandleCheckCargoMounting: participant vehicles changed in the middle of a mounting event")
         LogCargoEventMissingVehicleError("HandleCheckCargoMounting: carrier", carrier, carrierGUID)
         false
       case _ =>
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ object CargoBehavior {
         if (distance <= 64) {
           //cargo vehicle is close enough to assume to be physically within the carrier's hold; mount it
           log.debug(s"HandleCheckCargoMounting: mounting cargo vehicle in carrier at distance of $distance")
-          cargo.MountedIn = carrierGUID
           hold.mount(cargo)
+          cargo.MountedIn = carrierGUID
           cargo.Velocity = None
           zone.VehicleEvents ! VehicleServiceMessage(
             s"${cargo.Actor}",
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ object CargoBehavior {
             s"${cargo.Actor}",
             VehicleAction.SendResponse(PlanetSideGUID(0), PlanetsideAttributeMessage(cargoGUID, 68, cargo.Shields))
           )
-          val (attachMsg, mountPointMsg) = CargoMountBehaviorForAll(carrier, cargo, mountPoint)
+          CargoMountBehaviorForAll(carrier, cargo, mountPoint)
           false
         } else if (distance > 625 || iteration >= 40) {
           //vehicles moved too far away or took too long to get into proper position; abort mounting
@@ -286,8 +286,8 @@ object CargoBehavior {
           //obviously, don't do this
         } else if (iteration > 40) {
           //cargo vehicle has spent too long not getting far enough away; restore the cargo's mount in the carrier hold
-          cargo.MountedIn = carrierGUID
           hold.mount(cargo)
+          cargo.MountedIn = carrierGUID
           CargoMountBehaviorForAll(carrier, cargo, mountPoint)
           false
         } else {
diff --git a/src/main/scala/net/psforever/objects/vehicles/VehicleControl.scala b/src/main/scala/net/psforever/objects/vehicles/VehicleControl.scala
index 93492d76d..62049f764 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/net/psforever/objects/vehicles/VehicleControl.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/net/psforever/objects/vehicles/VehicleControl.scala
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ class VehicleControl(vehicle: Vehicle)
             zone.id,
             VehicleAction.UnloadVehicle(Service.defaultPlayerGUID, vehicle, vehicle.GUID)
           )
-          zone.Transport ! Zone.Vehicle.Despawn(vehicle)
+          zone.Transport.tell(Zone.Vehicle.Despawn(vehicle), zone.Transport)
 
         case _ =>
       }
diff --git a/src/main/scala/net/psforever/objects/vehicles/VehicleManifest.scala b/src/main/scala/net/psforever/objects/vehicles/VehicleManifest.scala
index 2101ff342..87a569e2b 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/net/psforever/objects/vehicles/VehicleManifest.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/net/psforever/objects/vehicles/VehicleManifest.scala
@@ -2,11 +2,18 @@
 package net.psforever.objects.vehicles
 
 import net.psforever.objects.Vehicle
-import net.psforever.objects.serverobject.mount.Seat
 import net.psforever.objects.zones.Zone
 
 /**
-  * na
+  * A record that records some passenger information.
+  * @param name the passenger name for direct vehicle passengers;
+  *             the driver name for cargo vehicles
+  * @param mount the mount index
+  */
+final case class ManifestPassengerEntry(name: String, mount: Int)
+
+/**
+  * A record of accounting of the the vehicle's state at a given time.
   * @param file the id of this manifest entry;
   *             used as the channel name for summoning passengers to the vehicle
   *             after it has been loaded to a new location or to a new zone;
@@ -23,30 +30,29 @@ final case class VehicleManifest(
     vehicle: Vehicle,
     origin: Zone,
     driverName: String,
-    passengers: List[(String, Int)],
-    cargo: List[(String, Int)]
+    passengers: List[ManifestPassengerEntry],
+    cargo: List[ManifestPassengerEntry]
 )
 
+
 object VehicleManifest {
   def apply(vehicle: Vehicle): VehicleManifest = {
     val driverName = vehicle.Seats(0).occupant match {
       case Some(driver) => driver.Name
       case None         => "MISSING_DRIVER"
     }
-    val passengers = vehicle.Seats.collect {
-      case (index: Int, seat: Seat) if index > 0 && seat.isOccupied =>
-        (seat.occupant.get.Name, index)
-    }
-    val cargo = vehicle.CargoHolds.collect {
-      case (index: Int, hold: Cargo) if hold.occupant.nonEmpty =>
-        hold.occupant.get.Seats(0).occupant match {
-          case Some(driver) =>
-            (driver.Name, index)
-          case None =>
-            ("MISSING_DRIVER", index)
-        }
-    }
-    VehicleManifest(ManifestChannelName(vehicle), vehicle, vehicle.Zone, driverName, passengers.toList, cargo.toList)
+    val passengers = vehicle.Seats.toList
+      .filter { case (index, mount) => index > 0 && mount.isOccupied }
+      .map { case (index, mount) => ManifestPassengerEntry(mount.occupant.get.Name, index) }
+    val cargo = vehicle.CargoHolds.toList
+      .collect {
+        case (index: Int, hold: Cargo) if hold.occupant.nonEmpty =>
+          hold.occupant.get.Seats(0).occupant match {
+            case Some(driver) => ManifestPassengerEntry(driver.Name, index)
+            case None         => ManifestPassengerEntry("MISSING_DRIVER", index)
+          }
+      }
+    VehicleManifest(ManifestChannelName(vehicle), vehicle, vehicle.Zone, driverName, passengers, cargo)
   }
 
   def ManifestChannelName(vehicle: Vehicle): String = {
diff --git a/src/main/scala/net/psforever/objects/zones/ZoneVehicleActor.scala b/src/main/scala/net/psforever/objects/zones/ZoneVehicleActor.scala
index 3c73b4162..280715732 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/net/psforever/objects/zones/ZoneVehicleActor.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/net/psforever/objects/zones/ZoneVehicleActor.scala
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ class ZoneVehicleActor(zone: Zone, vehicleList: ListBuffer[Vehicle]) extends Act
           sender() ! Zone.Vehicle.CanNotDespawn(zone, vehicle, "can not find")
       }
 
+    case Zone.Vehicle.HasDespawned(_, _) => ;
+
+    case Zone.Vehicle.CanNotDespawn(_, _, _) => ;
+
     case _ => ;
   }
 }