DepotLite AI
Operations intelligence built specifically for container depots, yards and inland terminals.
Gate queues, yard congestion, equipment interchange disputes and repair estimation are not generic logistics problems. DepotLite is a dedicated product for depot operators, built around the way a real yard actually runs on a wet Tuesday morning with three vessels discharging.
Six things a depot manager stops doing by hand.
Each module works on its own and reads from the same yard model, so the gate, the stack and the workshop finally agree on where a box is.
Predicts queue build-up from booking patterns, vessel schedules and historical arrival behaviour, then recommends lane opening and slot reshaping before the queue forms.
Suggests placement that anticipates the next move rather than the current one, using dwell prediction per box, customer and shipping line.
Reads equipment interchange receipts and gate imagery, compares condition at gate-in and gate-out, and flags mismatches while the driver is still on site.
Drafts estimates against IICL and line-specific tariffs from damage photographs and workshop notes, then routes them for approval with the evidence attached.
Tracks plug capacity, pre-trip inspection due dates and temperature exceptions, escalating before a claim becomes possible.
One view of throughput, turn time, dwell, utilisation and repair cycle per depot, per line and per customer, with the underlying moves one click away.
Generic logistics software keeps getting the yard wrong.
Sits on top of the depot systems you already run.
DepotLite does not replace your depot management system. It reads from it, adds the planning and prediction layer, and writes back through the interfaces your operators already use.
Live in one depot in six weeks, then repeat.
Read-only integration with your DMS and gate systems. We baseline turn time, dwell and repair cycle before changing anything.
Recommendations generated and scored against what your team actually decided, so operators can see the quality before trusting it.
Gate and yard modules live for a single site, with your supervisors holding override on every recommendation.
Each additional depot inherits the configuration and typically goes live in two weeks rather than six.
Common questions
No. It sits on top of it. Your DMS remains the system of record for interchange and billing; DepotLite adds the prediction and planning layer and writes recommendations back through existing interfaces.
A week of gate transactions, the current yard inventory, and repair records if you want the workshop modules. That is enough for a baseline and a realistic estimate of the improvement available.
Yes. The gate and yard modules run locally at the site and reconcile when the link returns. No recommendation depends on a live cloud call.
Line-specific tariffs, damage codes and approval thresholds are configured per line. Estimates are generated against the correct tariff automatically based on the container operator.
You do. DepotLite deploys inside your boundary, your operational data is never used to train models for other customers, and the configuration transfers with you.
Bring us your worst gate hour.
Send a week of gate and yard data and we will show you where the dwell time is actually going, before you commit to anything.
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