Run the yard from a phone.
Vantage YMS is mobile-first AI OCR yard management for 3PLs and distribution centers. No fixed gate hardware, no installer, no five-figure annual contract — your clerk's phone is the scanner, dispatcher, and gate log. $149/mo, 14-day free trial, no setup fee.
14 days. Free. Cancel anytime.
First scan typically under 10 minutes after sign-up.
What Vantage YMS does, from a phone.
Gate operations, C-TPAT inspection, live yard map, carrier appointments, driver-license capture, task dispatch, analytics — and a 5-stage AI OCR pipeline that reads container numbers in rust, fog, and faded paint.
The 5-stage AI OCR pipeline
On-device read.
The phone in the clerk's pocket reads the plate. Works offline, no kiosks, no fixed cameras at the gate.
Cloud-validated.
Advanced cloud AI assists on degraded images — rust, fog, faded paint — when the on-device read is ambiguous.
ISO 6346 math check.
This calculator's exact logic, applied automatically. Bad reads never make it into the gate log in the first place.
Edit-distance recovery.
Auto-fixes the visual confusions OCR loves most: O↔0, I↔1, B↔8, S↔5, Z↔2 — then re-validates.
Self-learning dictionary.
Every clerk correction trains the next read. Your yard's specific containers get easier to scan over time.
…and a full yard management system
Gate IN / OUT.
End-to-end gate transactions — container, trailer, driver, seal, and appointment all linked at the moment of scan.
C-TPAT 7-point inspection.
Digital 7-point checklist with photo audit pack, GPS, timestamp, driver signature, and SHA-256 content hash for tamper-evidence. Included on Pro and above.
Live yard map.
Real-time slot view. Manager sees every door, every move from any browser. Drivers and forklift operators get tasks instantly.
Self-serve appointments.
Carriers book, edit, and track without a phone call. Public tracking link for shippers — no login required.
Driver license scan.
PDF417 + AAMVA parser auto-fills name, DOB, expiration, class for US / CA licenses. No re-keying. Photo retained for incident review.
Task assignment.
Yard drivers and forklift operators get prioritized task queues by site, shift, and skill — every move logged to the audit trail.
Analytics & KPIs.
Throughput, detention exposure, gate dwell, inspection pass-rate, OCR accuracy — every dashboard you'd expect from a $50K YMS.
14-day offline queue.
Walk into a dead zone, finish the cycle, sync on reconnect. The gate never stops because the network did.
No fixed gate hardware.
The phone replaces kiosks, RFID, scanner guns, and camera towers. Spin up a new yard before lunch.
Bilingual ready.
EN · ES · KO · ZH at login. US 3PLs with Spanish-speaking gate staff get an immediate first-day fit.
Published, $149+/mo.
No sales call, no five-figure annual contract. Lite $149, Pro $349 with C-TPAT inspection, Scale $649. 14-day free trial with no setup fee — payment method required at sign-up, no charge until day 15. Cancel anytime.
Multi-site, multi-tenant.
One organization, multiple yards. Site-scoped permissions, per-site KPIs, and Row Level Security on every query.
Free tool: ISO 6346 check-digit calculator.
Stage 3 of the AI OCR pipeline above, as a free standalone tool. Paste an 11-character container number — get an instant valid / invalid result. Runs entirely in your browser. No signup, no upload, no logs.
Frequently asked
Does this tool send my container number anywhere?
No. The calculator runs entirely in your browser. Nothing is uploaded, logged, or stored — you can disconnect your network and it will still work.
A valid check digit means the container is real, right?
Not necessarily. A valid check digit confirms the number is internally consistent, not that it belongs to a real, registered container. Vantage YMS pairs this with your appointment data so a valid-but-unexpected container gets flagged at the gate, not after the fact.
Does this work for trailer numbers and US domestic intermodal?
This calculator covers ISO 6346 sea/ocean containers only. Vantage YMS itself reads container numbers, trailer numbers, license plates, and chassis numbers — but that's a job for the app, not this tool.
Skip the math. Let the phone do it.
Vantage YMS — 14-day free trial. Cancel anytime. First scan typically under 10 minutes after sign-up.