Why Drayage Operators Choose Yard Spot
Slash Truck Turn-Times (4–6x Faster Container Retrieval)
Searching for buried or misplaced ocean containers drains driver productivity. With Yard Spot’s live yard mapping and precision tracking, drivers find their designated container in 10 minutes instead of 45 to 60 minutes. Get power units in and out of your lot fast to maximize driver utilization.
Auto-Dispatch & Fuel Optimization
Stop manually assigning hostler moves. Yard Spot’s Auto-Dispatch Engine automatically sequences tasks, pairing drivers with the nearest job based on proximity, priority, and equipment requirements.
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Distance Optimization: Minimizes empty runs and idle time to significantly reduce fuel burn.
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Linked-Move Sequencing: Coordinates complex multi-step moves in strict operational order automatically.
Complete Yard Checks 3x Faster
Eliminate hours of manual yard auditing. With mobile scanning apps and hardware-free geofencing, hostlers complete accurate yard checks in under 1 hour (covering hundreds of containers with 98% accuracy), down from 3 hours.
Protection Against Detention
Per diem and detention fees can destroy drayage margins.
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Visual Aging Alerts: Color-coded aging icons alert your team to high-dwell containers so you can move priority loads before carrier penalties apply.
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Definitive Timestamps: Capture exact arrival and departure times to defend against unfair storage billings and quickly settle customer disputes.
High-Speed Gate Control & Instant Billing Data
Accelerate throughput at your gate with guided check-in/out workflows. Capture on-the-spot photos for seal checks and M&R inspection records, and instantly convert gate events into billing-ready data—saving office personnel up to 3 hours per day in manual back-office reconciliation.
Built for the Realities of the Drayage Operators
Surging imports, compressed appointment windows and high diesel costs mean drayage operators can’t afford wasted fuel or 45-minute container searches. Yard Spot replaces manual spreadsheets with a digitized, high-velocity operation — giving dispatch, drivers, and office staff a 100% shared operational picture.
Coordination of Open Yards and Lots
Yard Spot employs a workflow management tool to assign, track and report tasks to keep cargo and equipment moving. Coordinating activities in the yard has never been easier, especially for open yards, container storage and remote lots. Assign tasks, like moving a container for unloading a specific dock, and plan out a whole day or week of events to keep the yard operations in sync.
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Digitized Yard Checks
By using cameras on mobile phones to digitize container numbers, Yard Spot speeds up checks and audits in open yards and lots to ensure that timely and accurate data guides decisions on what containers to prioritize. Never get caught by surprise when free-time elapses. Use the digitized yard check to finish your daily reconciliation of what's in the yard (and not) in minutes.
How Yard Checks Work with Zero Hardware Headaches
You don't need expensive infrastructure, proprietary sensors, or heavy IT projects to digitize your yards.
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Run on Any Device: Deploy entirely on standard mobile phones, tablets, and laptops.
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Dynamic Geofencing: Draw your own virtual yard boundaries and overflow lot fences directly on screen to automatically track asset entries and exits.
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Seamless Integrations: Connect seamlessly with your existing TMS, WMS, ELD systems, camera platforms, and GPS tracking hardware.
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Immediate Impact - Lasting Power: Start in minutes with simple yard visibility and layer on auto-dispatching, gate management, and API integrations as your operation evolves.
