Something I'm noting is that for some of these requests, the "available on other platforms" + "on the way" equals the request from the staging platform, even though the rocket is pointed at the other ship.

What did you do?

I set a ship to ferry resources between Nauvis and Vulcanus. I am attempting to set up an in space buffer to cut down on the amount of rockets used at one time. This has proven difficult, as requesting ships are unable to pull from provider platforms below the provider's own ...