Mike,
Agreed on the "a-round-about" dates judging by the differences you have pointed out .
You definitely know more about wartime shipping than me my deductions a kind of based on this passage and the equipment available in the 40`s for loading and unloading ships ;
Thermopylæ left again the following day for Alexandria, arrived March 11 and loaded tanks, trucks and Australian troops for Greece. Following a horrendous sand storm, she left on March 14 in a convoy consisting of 7 ships with a very strong escort (A. Hague has her in Convoy AG 6 - external link; Brattdal is also listed), reaching Piræus safely (where they noticed there were hardly any young men left; they were all at the front fighting), departing again a couple of days later for Alexandria, and though the convoy was attacked by aircraft south of Crete, it again reached its destination without losses (? she's included, again with Brattdal, as well as Solheim, in Convoy AS 21 - also external page, but note that Solheim was sunk, as was a Greek ship). See also Page 1.
found on this page:
https://www.warsailors.com/singleships/thermopylae.html
It mentions above that it took 3 days to load the ship at Alexandria including the dust storm which i read in a Maori units diary was on the 14th of march and went for most of the day . So figuring at least 2 full days to load/unload a ship ? So at least a day to unload/load half a ship ?
So based on the dates in the logs i figured longest time spent was Port Haifa so guessing unloaded there . Though the Talabot did spend 2 days in Aden but figured that was too far from the Front and it only stayed over night in Suez 12/12 and sailed 13/12 but the dates maybe "a-round-about " too . SO mostly guessing i suppose .
All just best guess until i can find the Unit that got the carrier and evidence of it being there .
James.