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Ports & warehouses

Harbor Gate

A gate that reads the truck, the container and the driver — in seconds.

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Automated gate intelligence for ports, depots and warehouses: container and plate OCR, damage and seal inspection, hazmat placard recognition, voice check-in for drivers in their language, and a queue that moves at the pace of the yard.

average gate transaction
< 40 s
container-number read accuracy
99.7%
unmanned operation with remote exception desk
24/7

A moment with Harbor Gate

A truck rolls up at 03:10. Before it stops, the gate has read the plate, both container numbers, the seal and an IMDG placard, flagged a dented corner casting with a photo, and told the driver in Punjabi which lane to take. Gate time: 38 seconds.

The problem it removes

Gates are where a yard loses its day: clipboard checks, misread numbers, damage disputes found at the far end, drivers who do not share a language with the clerk, and queues that spill onto public roads..

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Capability 1

OCR portal

Container numbers (ISO 6346), plates, chassis IDs, seals and placards read from both sides and the roof at driving speed.

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Capability 2

Damage and seal inspection

Dents, holes, missing seals and door condition captured as evidence, time-stamped and attached to the move.

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Capability 3

Driver voice check-in

Drivers confirm booking, PIN and lane by voice at a kiosk, in their own language; no clerk, no paperwork.

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Capability 4

Hazmat awareness

IMDG placards and reefer plugs recognised; routing rules applied automatically.

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Capability 5

Queue orchestration

Pre-gate appointments, lane assignment and yard slotting adjusted to live congestion and crane cycles.

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Capability 6

Exception desk

Every unresolved read or mismatch goes to one remote screen with images and a one-click decision.

How it works

Sense. Understand. Decide. Act.

  1. 01SenseCameras, radar, microphones, environmental and access sensors — chosen for the space, not the brochure.
  2. 02UnderstandVision and speech models run on an edge gateway in the room, so nothing waits for the cloud and nothing leaves it without consent.
  3. 03DecideScene rules and safety policies turn detections into decisions: escalate, notify, actuate, or stay quiet.
  4. 04ActLights, locks, motors, doors, screens, speakers and people — through open protocols and one operations console.

Operations

One console. Every event, with its evidence.

Live status, detections with the clip or image that triggered them, who was notified and what happened next. Per room, per car, per gate, per site.

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Specification · EG-08
PortalMulti-camera OCR gantry, LED lighting, kiosks with mic arrays and NFC, barrier and signal integration
ComputeOn-site edge servers with failover; cloud console and analytics
ModelsContainer/plate/seal OCR, damage detection, placard recognition, driver ID
IntegrationTOS (Navis N4, Tideworks), WMS, appointment systems, customs single-window, telematics
StandardsISO 6346, BIC, IMDG, EDI/EDIFACT, OCR exchange formats

Integrations

  • Navis N4
  • Tideworks
  • Kalmar
  • Camco
  • SAP EWM
  • Manhattan
  • Blue Yonder
  • Customs single-window
  • Outsource China tracking

Deployments

Where it goes to work.

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01

Container terminal

Full OCR portal at in- and out-gates with TOS integration and remote exception handling.

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02

Inland depot

Light portal plus damage inspection for empty-container repair estimates.

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03

Distribution centre

Plate and trailer recognition, driver kiosk check-in, dock assignment.

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Hardware
Installed on site — placeholder photo
On site
The app and console — placeholder photo
Console & app

Questions

What clients ask first.

What happens when a number cannot be read?

The move goes to the exception desk with all images; the operator confirms in a click. Typical exception rate after tuning is under 1%.

Can drivers who do not speak the local language use it?

Yes. The kiosk speaks and listens in 40+ languages and shows pictograms for lanes and safety rules.

Does damage evidence hold up in disputes?

Each image is time-stamped, hashed and linked to the move, driver and container; that record has settled disputes at both ends of the lane.

EG-08 · Harbor Gate

See it running on your site, not in a slide deck.

A demo starts with your floor plan, deck plan or garden drawing. We come back with a design, a bill of materials and a written quote.

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