Gate to billing. No paper. No leakage. No delays.
Empty container depots lose revenue every day — to uninspected damages, unbilled storage days, manual approval chains, and spreadsheets that don't talk to each other. SVM DMS replaces all of it. One platform handles every event from truck arrival to invoice settlement, with AI reading damage at the gate and billing triggered automatically from the system.
Key capabilities
Paperless gate-in and gate-out with truck, container, seal, and photo capture.
Container location, slot, movement history, and yard utilization tracked live.
Computer vision assigns IICL/CEDEX codes from gate photos automatically.
Survey, estimate, approval, job card, QC, and cost recovery in one digital flow.
Cleaning, inspection, testing, certificates, and compliance for ISO tanks.
Extract rates and terms from PDF contracts. Applied directly to billing.
Charges auto-triggered from gate, storage, M&R, and tank events.
Strict data segregation and separate billing for multiple shipping lines.
Principals get real-time visibility, approvals, documents, and invoices online.
Dashboards for gate volumes, yard fill, repair costs, and KPI forecasting.
3×
Faster gate processing
40%+
Reduction in turnaround time
70%
Faster repair approval cycles
25%+
Better yard utilization
100%
Revenue capture — zero leakage
Full
Audit trail compliance
Gate-in to gate-out
Every event captured. Every charge triggered. Every stakeholder informed — in real time.
Truck arrives. Container, seal, driver captured. Photos taken. Digital EIR issued in seconds.
AI reads gate photos, assigns IICL codes. Surveyor confirms — estimate pre-filled.
Optimal slot assigned. Every move logged with timestamp and user — full custody chain.
Digital job cards issued. M&R or tank cleaning tracked by technician and QC.
Estimates pushed to principal portal. One-click approval releases the job automatically.
All charges auto-triggered. Invoice generated with evidence. Closing EIR issued.
Complete audit trail — timestamps, photos, user actions, approvals, and billing triggers captured at every step.
Intelligence layer
Not a chatbot overlay. Embedded automation that cuts manual work at every step.
Camera-driven inspection at gate-in. Damages identified from photos, IICL/CEDEX codes assigned, repair estimate pre-filled — before the surveyor walks to the container.
Upload a principal's PDF tariff or contract. ASTRA extracts rates, approval thresholds, and terms — structured and ready for billing. No manual data entry.
Automate repair estimate routing, approval escalations, customer queries, and billing triggers. ASTRA acts on depot events so your team handles exceptions, not routine steps.
Real-time dashboards for gate volumes, yard fill rates, repair cost trends, approval cycle times, and revenue by principal. Predictive alerts before KPIs miss target.
Built for
Every problem you run into daily — damaged containers arriving uninspected, approvals stuck in email, storage charges missed, principals calling for status — DMS was built to eliminate all of it.
Most depot software was built for warehouses and adapted for containers. DMS is the opposite — designed from the ground up for the empty depot cycle, with the exact workflows shipping lines, leasing companies, and depot operators actually use.
3×
faster gate processing
Zero
missed billing events
70%
shorter approval cycles
AI-powered camera inspection reads every container at gate-in, assigns IICL damage codes automatically, and pre-fills the repair estimate before the surveyor even walks to the container. Nothing slips through uninspected.
AI damage detection · IICL/CEDEX coding · Photo evidence capture · Surveyor confirmation workflow
Repair estimates are pushed directly to principal portals the moment the survey is complete. One-click approval releases the job card to the repair team instantly — no follow-up calls, no chasing, no re-keying of approved amounts.
Principal self-service portal · One-click approval · Auto job card release · Approval audit trail
Every gate event, storage day, and repair activity triggers billing automatically based on the principal's tariff — extracted by AI from their PDF contracts. Invoices include photographic evidence. Nothing is billed from memory.
Event-driven billing · OCR tariff extraction · Evidence-backed invoices · Zero manual billing entry
Real-time yard map tracks every container by slot, stack, and condition. Gate staff, yard planners, surveyors, and repair teams all see the same live view — no phone calls to find a unit, no re-stacking because a container was placed without a record.
Real-time slot tracking · Movement history log · Multi-principal yard view · Stack utilisation reporting
DMS runs every shipping line and leasing company you serve in a completely segregated environment. Separate tariffs, separate portals, separate billing workflows. One depot, zero cross-contamination of data.
Principal data segregation · Per-principal tariffs · Separate portal logins · Consolidated depot reporting
The principal portal gives shipping lines and lessors live access to container status, repair estimates awaiting their action, completed job documentation, and invoices — 24/7, without a single call to your team. Disputes drop. Relationships improve.
24/7 principal portal · Live container status · Document download · Invoice visibility
Why DMS
Built specifically for maritime depot operations — not adapted from warehouse or logistics software.
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We'll show DMS configured against your routes, vessels, or workflows — no generic deck. DMS is part of the SVM Liner Resource Planning.