ConPDS Checker

Say goodbye to disorganization and hello to efficiency with CONPDS Checker—capture, organize, and share container photos effortlessly.

Why Switch to ConPDS Checker

In many companies, capturing and sharing container photos via mobile phones and apps like WhatsApp has become the norm. While this method is convenient, it’s also unstructured and can quickly lead to disorganization. Within just a few hours or days—depending on the volume of photos taken—it becomes difficult to maintain an overview, making it challenging to manage and retrieve images efficiently. The result is often disorganized workflows, wasted time, and increased potential for errors.

Switching to CONPDS Checker is a no-brainer for our customers. This purpose-built app is designed specifically to simplify photo documentation, automatically tagging and linking each image to the correct container. Photos are stored in a structured format, complete with comments and annotations, and are instantly accessible via any web browser. From there, users can easily preview and dispatch photos to internal or external parties, making the entire process seamless.

The transition to CONPDS Checker is effortless and doesn’t require involvement from your IT department. As a SaaS solution, everything you need—from system customization to ongoing support—is included in the monthly subscription fee. There’s no need for upfront investment, internal project management, or complex setup. Our team is with you every step of the way, tailoring the system to your specific requirements so you can start benefiting from it immediately.

Customers often describe the switch as an eye-opening experience—a lifesaver in daily operations that saves them several hours each day. While the initial photo capture might be quick, it’s the subsequent tasks—organizing, managing, and distributing these photos—that consume the most time. CONPDS Checker automates these processes, transforming what used to be a time-consuming, error-prone task into a seamless, efficient operation. And if you need mobile devices, we can provide them, although many customers find that their existing devices work perfectly.

Two Tools, One Seamless Solutions

Mobile App: Capture and Annotate

Capture On-the-Go: The CONPDS Checker mobile app makes capturing and tag photos directly from your smartphone or tablet simple. Whether you’re in the field or on the move, you can quickly document container conditions with precision, eliminating the hassle of unorganized and scattered photo records.

Annotate and Comment: Enhance your photos with notes, predefined comments, or annotations directly in the app, ensuring every detail is captured and accurately conveyed.

Browser Application: Manage, Search, and Distribute

Centralized Management: The CONPDS Checker browser application is your command center for managing all photos. It offers a comprehensive, searchable archive where every photo is automatically tagged and stored in a structured format, allowing quick retrieval whenever needed. If you’ve ever struggled to find specific photos or wished for a more organized way to manage them, this solution is designed for you. The system’s default retention period is 12 months, but it can be extended to meet your specific requirements. 

Seamless Distribution: You can distribute photos to internal teams or external partners directly from the browser application with just a few clicks. Whether sending photos via email, using common file transfer protocols like FTP/SFTP/FTPS, or leveraging APIs, our comprehensive rule engine ensures that everything is handled according to your exact specifications. This includes applying naming conventions, adjusting resolution, and more, all on the fly. Tasks that used to consume valuable time and resources are now completely transparent and error-free, streamlining communication and decision-making across your organization.

Complete Audit Trail: CONPDS Checker automatically maintains a comprehensive audit trail once photos are distributed. This detailed log tracks which photos were shared, with whom, how they were sent, when the distribution occurred, and who initiated the process. This audit trail ensures accountability and transparency, providing a reliable record that can be accessed anytime for compliance, reporting, or review purposes.

Complete Control from Capture to Distribution:

With CONPDS Checker, you have full control over your entire photo documentation process. From capturing photos in the field to managing and distributing them from your desktop, our solution ensures that your operations are efficient, organized, and fully supported every step of the way.

How the CONPDS Checker Browser Application Works

From Field to Office, All in One System

The CONPDS Checker solution seamlessly integrates your mobile app and browser application, giving you complete control over your container photo documentation process. From capturing images in the field to managing and distributing them from your desktop, CONPDS Checker ensures your operations are efficient, organized, and fully supported every step of the way.

Unlock the Full Potential of Your Operations

Here are some features that make ConPDS Checker popular

Mobile App Integration

Seamlessly capture and tag photos directly from your smartphone or tablet with the CONPDS Checker mobile app. Ensure every image is automatically linked to the correct container, streamlining your documentation process.

Automatic Container Code Recognition

Leverage built-in OCR technology to automatically recognize the container code, reducing manual errors and ensuring accuracy with each photo capture.

On-the-Go Flexibility

Capture photos in both online and offline modes. Photos are automatically uploaded to the system once connectivity is restored, ensuring that your data is never lost and always up to date.

Centralized Photo Management

Manage all photos in a comprehensive, searchable archive. Each photo is automatically tagged and stored, making retrieval quick and easy, no matter how many images you manage.

Structured Storage

Organize photos in a structured format, complete with tags, comments, and annotations. Customize retention periods to meet your needs, ensuring your data remains accessible for as long as required.

Multi-Source Upload

Easily upload photos captured through other means, such as digital cameras or email attachments. Integrate them seamlessly into your existing database, ensuring consistency across all your visual documentation.

In-App Annotations

Add notes, predefined comments, and draw annotations directly on photos within the mobile app. Enhance your documentation by clearly communicating important details.

Browser-Based Editing

Utilize image manipulation tools in the browser application to adjust, annotate, and enhance photos, ensuring all visual data is clear and informative.

Image Quality Control

Automatically adjust photo resolution and apply naming conventions on-the-fly, ensuring consistency and compliance with your standards.

Effortless Distribution

Share photos directly from the browser application with internal teams or external partners with just a few clicks. The process is completely transparent to the user, whether you distribute via email, FTP/SFTP/FTPS, or APIs.

Comprehensive Audit Trail

Track every photo's distribution with a detailed audit trail. Easily access records of who shared what, when, how, and to whom, supporting compliance and transparency.

Secure and Compliant Storage

All photos are securely stored and managed according to industry standards, ensuring your data is protected and easily auditable.

Real-World Applications

At container depots, CONPDS Checker is invaluable for pre-gate inspections, allowing staff to capture photos of containers before they enter the depot. This ensures a clear record of the container’s condition upon arrival. Additionally, the solution supports the documentation of damages to substantiate repair estimates, ensuring transparency and accuracy. General photos can also be captured for container owners, showcasing the condition of the container and documenting completed Pre-Trip Inspections (PTI). This includes tasks like photographing old and new serial numbers of parts and documenting defective cables, compressors, and other components. CONPDS Checker streamlines the entire process, providing a reliable visual record that supports operations, maintenance, and customer communications.

In terminal operations, CONPDS Checker plays a crucial role in pre-gate inspections and documentation of seals. Whether it’s identifying missing or replaced seals or capturing photos of container contents, the solution ensures that all necessary details are recorded before containers enter the terminal. This is particularly important for security and compliance purposes. The ability to document these aspects quickly and efficiently helps terminals maintain smooth operations while ensuring that any issues are identified and addressed promptly. The system’s capabilities make it easier to manage large volumes of containers with minimal disruption to overall terminal activities.

CONPDS Checker is essential for warehousing operations, particularly when documenting the stuffing and unloading of containers. When goods are stuffed, the solution allows for capturing photos to ensure that items are packed securely, reducing the risk of damage during transit. Similarly, when full containers are received, photos can document whether goods were properly secured before shipping. This visual documentation is critical for maintaining accountability and ensuring that goods are handled according to the best practices. It also provides an important record in case of disputes or claims related to cargo condition upon arrival.

Customs authorities often need to document the process of breaking seals, inspecting container contents, and then re-sealing the container. CONPDS Checker provides a streamlined way to capture and organize these photos, ensuring all actions are thoroughly documented for compliance. This supports transparency and helps maintain a secure chain of custody for goods as they pass through customs. The ability to quickly capture and retrieve these photos ensures customs operations can proceed efficiently, with minimal delays.

Container surveyors use CONPDS Checker to perform visual inspections of damaged containers directly on-site. The solution allows them to capture detailed photos of the damage, which are then used to create repair estimates or condition reports at the office. Using CONPDS Checker, surveyors can ensure that all relevant details are documented accurately and that the photos are easily accessible for review and reporting. This process improves the accuracy of damage assessments and speeds up the reporting process, helping surveyors deliver their findings more efficiently.

Port officials often need to quickly capture photos of damaged containers to maintain operational flow with minimal interruption. CONPDS Checker allows for rapid documentation of container damage, enabling port staff to record necessary information without causing significant delays. The photos can be immediately uploaded and accessed by relevant parties, ensuring that the situation is documented and that necessary actions can be taken promptly. This quick-response capability is crucial in busy port environments where time is of the essence.

Truck drivers can use CONPDS Checker to document the exact location and condition of containers when they drop them off at specific locations. Photos can capture the surroundings, the position of the container, and even the GPS coordinates, providing a clear record that is useful when the container is later collected. This documentation is especially important if the container is moved or if obstacles prevent easy retrieval later on. The photos serve as a valuable reference, helping to resolve any issues that may arise during the pickup process.

Backoffice users benefit from CONPDS Checker’s ability to manage, search, and distribute photos efficiently. Whether responding to specific requests or fulfilling customer agreements requiring regular photo documentation, the solution makes it easy to find the photos needed and dispatch them to the relevant parties. This capability is useful for approving repair estimates or providing visual evidence to support business operations. The organized and searchable database ensures that photos are always readily accessible, improving efficiency and communication.

For shipping lines with operations spread across multiple countries, CONPDS Checker provides a centralized, company-wide photo repository. Photos of every container can be captured and stored in one searchable location, making it easy to access visual records from anywhere in the world. This centralized approach supports global operations by ensuring documentation consistency and making retrieving photos easy for compliance, reporting, or customer service purposes. The system’s ability to store and organize large volumes of photos across different locations enhances operational efficiency and supports better decision-making.
Over time, this comprehensive photo archive will be a powerful tool for tracking the history of each container. By maintaining visual records from every location a container has been, shipping lines can easily verify whether repairs were performed as ordered or identify if damage occurred during transit between locations. This ongoing documentation provides valuable insights, allowing for the identification of patterns in container wear and tear, enhancing accountability across the supply chain, and ultimately supporting better asset management and operational transparency.

Technicial Specifications:
CONPDS Checker Browser Application

Supported Browsers

Compatible with any modern browser, including Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Firefox, and Safari.

Technicial Specifications:
CONPDS Checker Mobile Application

Supported OS

Compatible with Android and iOS devices, ensuring broad accessibility across smartphones and tablets.

Camera Compatibility

Supports devices with single, dual, or triple rear cameras and a standard front camera, ensuring flexibility in photo capturing.

Low Light Conditions

For optimal performance in low-light conditions, use devices equipped with a strong flash to ensure clear and detailed photos.

Valued customers

Here is what our customers say about our solution.

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”At Addicks & Kreye Container Service GmbH & Co. KG, we take hundreds of pictures daily to document damage and repairs that we conduct for our customers. 

We do a lot of work for one of the world’s biggest shipping liners, and for each task, we must email relevant pictures to DERT. The ConPDS Checker app and web solution have made it easy for our company to send pictures to DERT and, in general, to all our customers and partners. 

The ConPDS Checker solution is intuitive and adopted easily in our daily work, and we always get quick support. 

– André Ramm, Addicks & Kreye Container Service GmbH & Co. KG”.

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“ContRepair has been using ConPDS Checker since 2015.

First, we started using the app at our depot in Santo Stefano di Magra, Italy, but now the solution is used at all our locations across Italy, Spain, and Morocco.

Taking tens of thousands of pictures every month is now a hassle-free task, and the seamless integration with our Depot Management System (DepotMaster) makes it a comprehensive solution.

We are very satisfied with our year-long collaboration with ConPDS and their support. – Filippo Dellepiane, CEO and Owner”

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“Managing photos for our repair estimates had become increasingly cumbersome, taking up a significant amount of time and resources. 

With the ConPDS Checker solution, we’ve discovered a streamlined approach that not only saves time but also enhances workflow efficiency. As a result, we can offer quicker and more effective responses to our customers, significantly boosting our operational productivity.

“ – Fortunato D’Agostino, Sales National Manager

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“Our work relies on us making extensive photo documentation. 

The ConPDS Checker solution eliminates hours of manual work in sorting, organizing, renaming the pictures, and saving as it happens completely automatically. 

We always get fast and good IT support whenever needed. The ConPDS team is very collaborative to modify the app and website as per our requests.” 

– Simone Di Tardo, SDT-MCS

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”For Harbour Reefer Service, the ConPDS Checker solution is a great tool for capturing photos of every repair job we do. The solution enables us to provide almost real-time photo documentation reports to our agents and customers. 

We have experienced the ConPDS Checker app to be user-friendly and easy to use. A great advantage is that the photos are uploaded directly from smartphones to the user-friendly web interface, allowing for a very efficient process.” 

– Pieter van Dam, Technical supervisor

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“Zuidnatie is your logistics partner in the Port of Antwerp for project cargo, heavy-lift, iron & steel, general cargo, containers, bulk, and soft commodities. Via its container division Becomar, a complete range of container services are offered, such as Maintenance & Repair, the sale of second-hand containers, reefer monitoring, storage, fumigation, and so on. A natural part of these container services consists of taking pictures of damage, spare parts, or just documenting the condition of a given container. 

We have used ConPDS Checker since 2019, and since then, all images are transferred directly from our smartphones to the ConPDS server, where we continuously download the images to our internal system. In addition, our users on the ground find the app easy to use, and we receive the images almost immediately. 

Finally, the ConPDS solution helped us save time manually managing pictures into a fully automated process. For Zuidnatie, it was effortless to integrate ConPDS and our internal systems, and we always get good and fast support whenever needed.

 – Dirk Verbandt, Zuidnatie”

Ready to Transform Your Photo Documentation?

Switch to CONPDS Checker and streamline your operations today. Contact us for a free demo or to learn more about how our solution can enhance your workflow.