Yard Spot

What Yard Spot is

Yard Spot is a container yard management system that combines operational and location data into a real-time operating picture. It is designed for container freight stations, transloading operations, open container yards, and unattended or unsecured lots. The gate module records arrivals and departures with timestamps, scans, and images for asset tracking and billing records. Mobile camera and OCR workflows support container and trailer scanning during gate processing and yard checks. A rule-based dispatch engine assigns and prioritizes moves using proximity, deadlines, and priority tiers. Teams can create geofences for yard zones and external facilities, and map dock-door occupancy without dedicated physical tracking hardware. Dynamic Data Fields associate information from ERP, TMS, WMS, customer platforms, or port systems with assets through scans, feeds, or manual entry. Documentation describes GPS, ELD, and enterprise application data, workflow integration with TMS, ERP, and WHS software, and an API resource. The cloud-based, serverless microservice architecture is designed for multiple yard locations. Pricing is a flat monthly fee per facility, with integrations priced separately; users, assets, geofences, and data flows are described as unlimited. Pricing requires a request for a price list.

Who it suits

Yard Spot is intended for container freight stations, transloading operations, open container yards, and unattended or unsecured lots. It may suit operations that need gate processing, yard mapping, inventory scanning, and dispatch workflows.

Limits

The listed pricing structure requires a flat monthly fee per facility, and integrations carry separate charges. The required plan includes Yard Map and Inventory Control; other modules are optional.

Getting started

1. Open the Yard Spot website
2. Request the pricing list and facility quote
3. Choose the required Yard Map and Inventory Control module
4. Add optional move tickets, workflow, auto-dispatch, gate management, or integrations
5. Use the Android, iOS, or web experience and connect available enterprise data

Verdict

Yard Spot combines yard mapping, gate records, scanning, dispatch, and data integrations for container yard operations. Check the facility-based fee and integration pricing with the vendor before selecting modules.