The damage shows up at unloading.
So does the evidence of who caused it.
Cargo passes through many hands between origin and destination, and your yard is just one link. When the packaging arrives crushed, the seal comes broken or the railcar returns damaged, the question is not technical, it is financial: did the damage exist when it came in, or did it appear under your custody? uInspect runs every check through a single track, from request to audited report, with photos dated and geotagged at the yard position and every handoff recorded in the chain of custody. You answer with date, position and author, not with memory.
Today the check is by eye, and the dispute is expensive.
The checker notes it on a paper form and takes stray photos on a personal phone.
Photos sit loose, with no anchor in time or yard position, and no guarantee the image is of that container, at that hour, by that checker.
The damage report, when it exists, is a document assembled afterwards, with photos pasted in: reconstructed evidence, not captured evidence.
The information lives in phones, drawers and parallel spreadsheets, with no single trail from receiving to dispatch.
When the insurer, the shipowner or the shipper opens a claim, you know you checked, but you cannot show, with date and position, the cargo's condition at each handoff.
From the yard to the report, everything runs through uInspect
The operation opens the check with the right report template, and the inspection happens in the yard even offline. At the end, a damage report captured in the act, with photos at the yard position and every handoff recorded in the chain of custody.
From request to auditable report.
- 1 The request enters the checker's or yard inspector's app, already with the cargo and the right report template.
- 2 The check happens in the yard even offline, capturing photo, video and audio with GPS, date, time and origin logged.
- 3 Every handoff of the cargo is recorded in the chain of custody, with a sketch of its position in the yard.
- 4 The damage report comes out captured, not reconstructed, on completion, and flows via API and webhooks to your management system and to the insurer when the claim is opened.
The capabilities that turn the inspection into evidence.
The same horizontal platform, with the features this industry actually uses. Everything inside the inspection, not in spreadsheets and scattered chats.
Offline checks in a yard with no signal, syncing by themselves on reconnection, with nothing lost along the way
Photos with GPS, date and time recorded on the image, anchored at the yard position, instead of a stray photo with no anchor
A sketch drawn over the yard in GeoJSON and KML, marking where the cargo was at the moment of the record
A chain of custody for the cargo at every handoff under your care, linking every photo to the act, the author and the hour
A damage report captured in the act, not assembled afterwards, with your operation's template
Anti-fraud through logged media provenance plus bureau document checks on individuals and companies
Self-inspection for deliveries assisted by the cargo's client and remote inspection for high-value assets, at the same standard of evidence
Concrete use cases in this industry.
Cargo damage checks at terminal receiving and dispatch, to prove at which link in the chain the damage appeared
Container and seal inspection at dispatch, recording who sealed, with which seal and in what condition the equipment was
Railcar return acceptance, attesting the condition of the rolling stock at the moment of return before releasing the repair bill
Port security rounds for the ISPS compliance dossier, with a geotagged route and a dated photo of every checked point
Findings of wet, crushed or missing cargo at unloading, with photos at the yard position to open the claim
Liability transfer and demurrage
At the point where liability transfers, demurrage runs while the dispute is open, and the railcar return acceptance stalls until someone attests its condition. Without evidence of moment and place, whoever answers for the cargo pays.
The inspection that holds up, side by side with today's.
- Checks on paper forms, stray photos on personal phones
- Loose photos, no anchor in time or yard position
- Damage reports assembled afterwards, reconstructed evidence
- Information in phones, drawers and parallel spreadsheets
- Checks in the app, in the yard, offline
- Photos dated and geotagged at the yard position
- Damage reports captured in the act, not reconstructed
- A chain of custody for the cargo at every handoff under your care
Evidence is born trustworthy at capture, and the buyer controls what it releases.
Every photo leaves capture with its provenance, GPS, date and time, and the inspection carries the questionnaire and the chain of custody of the media all the way to the report. With document bureau checks (individuals and companies), anti-fraud stops being a talking point: it is provenance plus a verified document. More than 100,000 inspections on record, and more than 15,000 per crop season, all to the same standard. The report stops being a loose sheet and becomes evidence that holds up when disputed, and the payer controls what it releases.
uInspect runs any checking workflow and delivers evidence that backs the dispute. On-site is at the center, in the yard; self-inspection covers deliveries assisted by the cargo's client and remote inspection follows high-value assets, at the same standard of evidence.
Questions from teams operating in rail, ports and logistics.
How does uInspect settle the dispute over who caused the damage?
Every handoff of the cargo under your custody is recorded with photos dated and geotagged at the yard position, inside an auditable chain of custody. The evidence shows, with date and position, the cargo's condition at each link, instead of depending on who tells the better story. You argue from a different position: with the evidence in hand, not in memory.
Does it work offline in the yard?
Yes. Yards have patchy signal and stacked containers, so the app captures the photo, fills the report and draws the sketch without a connection, and syncs on reconnection. The GPS, date and time recorded are those of the moment of capture, not of the upload, and nothing is lost along the way.
Could the photo be from another time or another place?
The photo comes out of the app's camera with GPS, date and time recorded on the image, and the provenance of every file is logged with the device data. The gallery is allowed, always with the origin logged, so the doubt becomes a matter of dated, geotagged evidence, not of memory.
How does the inspection's anti-fraud control work?
Anti-fraud is provenance plus bureau document checks. Provenance logs GPS, date, time and the origin of each file; the bureau validates documents of the individuals and companies involved. There is no promise of image-based anti-fraud or external certificates: the defense is the auditable trail, from capture to report.
Can the cargo's client record the delivery?
Yes. Self-inspection covers deliveries assisted by the cargo's client, through a link under your brand, and remote inspection follows high-value assets by live video, always at the same standard of evidence as on-site.
Does the report enter my management system?
Yes. You open the inspection, receive the result and pull the report, the answers and the sketch via API and webhooks, in batch or one by one. The report flows to your TOS, WMS or ERP and to the insurer when the claim is opened, and can trigger the repair order on the return.
Does the terminal's evidence count, given the terminal is an interested party?
An honest reading: evidence produced by the terminal is that of an interested party and can coexist with the independent surveyor's report. uInspect does not promise third-party neutrality. It gives you the auditable trail that backs your version with date, position and author, instead of a loose photo against the other side's word.
Can the check be configured by cargo type?
Yes. You build your operation's questionnaire with seal, container number, bogie, coupler, and the nature and extent of the damage, with conditional logic. There can be more than one questionnaire per inspection, and one report comes out per answered questionnaire.
The same evidence, in any inspection mode.
This industry starts with the mode that makes the most sense, but the platform is one. Explore the three modes, or see the other industry solutions.
Put evidence at the center of your rail, ports and logistics operation.
Talk to the team and see uInspect running on your use case.