TrueTally — Port Operations

TrueTally is the digital tally clerk for port operators handling vehicle exports, bulk cargo, and break-bulk consignments. It replaces paper tally sheets and after-shift spreadsheets with a real-time, rugged-handheld workflow that operations managers can actually see while it happens.

▸ BUILT FOR THE PORT, NOT THE WAREHOUSE
TrueTally is purpose-built for marine terminals, RoRo car carriers, dry-bulk shipping, project cargo, and inland container depots. Every field — VIN, manifest line, hold position, voyage number, weighbridge ticket — is shaped around how port operations actually run.

▸ WHAT YOUR OPERATORS DO ON SHIFT
• Scan VIN barcodes, QR codes, and driver's-licence IDs with a rugged handheld or the device camera
• Assign drivers to vehicles in one tap
• Capture weighbridge gross and tare directly from the indicator — Toledo, Mettler, Avery, and Cardinal continuous protocols supported
• Attach photos to any scan in the normal tally flow
• Log incidents (damage, hold, refusal) with a category and photo
• Hand over a shift with a one-page summary to the next operator

▸ WHAT YOUR MANAGERS SEE
• Live ops dashboard: every scan, every weighbridge ticket, every photo as it happens
• Voyage progress and remaining-cargo bars
• Per-operator throughput and last-scan timestamps
• Weighbridge-reading reconciliation against truck-registry tare
• Movement-by-movement reconstruction with operator, site, and cargo context

▸ WORKS WITH YOUR HARDWARE
Auto-detects and drives the rugged scanner on supported handhelds:
• Chainway C66 and compatible Chainway rugged units
• Zebra TC52 / TC57 / MC family
• Honeywell CT series and CK series
• Datalogic Memor and Skorpio handhelds

No SIM-card devices, no consumer phones forced on operators. TrueTally meets the device your terminal already runs.

▸ BUILT FOR THE DOCK, NOT THE OFFICE
• Offline-first: shift continues through dead-zones; scans queue locally and sync the moment connectivity returns
• Battery-aware: tested across 8–12 hour shifts on rugged-handheld batteries
• Loud, audible, vibration-confirmed scans — designed for noisy break-bulk holds
• Photo capture works gloved, in low light, under crane gantries

▸ ENTERPRISE-GRADE BY DESIGN
• Firebase Authentication with role-based access (operator / supervisor / manager)
• Per-organisation Firestore security rules — operators only see their site's data
• Encrypted in transit (TLS 1.2+) and at rest
• Argon2id-hashed supervisor PINs for witness captures
• Full audit trail: who scanned, when, at which site, and on which device
• Compliant with SA POPIA, GDPR, UK GDPR; data residency in EU (europe-west)

▸ HOW IT FITS WITH YOUR EXISTING SYSTEMS
TrueTally syncs to a managed MongoDB archive for long-term reporting and integrates with your existing TOS, ERP, and customs-broker systems through a REST API. We have shipped integrations with NAVIS N4, RBS TOPS, and several in-house TOSes.

▸ GETTING STARTED
TrueTally is sold business-to-business. Your terminal's operations manager negotiates a per-site licence with our team. Operators sign in with credentials provided by their employer — there is no self-signup from this app.

For a 30-minute demo with your operations team, write to sales@truetally.app or visit truetally.app.