Port Houston + NY/NJ launch for SMB drayage operators and small forwarders
Stop paying unwarranted demurrage charges.
DockLedger turns your emails, PDFs, and invoices into dispute-ready evidence so your team can catch issues earlier, move faster, and contest bad D&D charges without adding headcount.
- Cut dispute prep from hours to minutes with a clean, exportable evidence packet.
- Track container milestones in one timeline instead of chasing inbox threads and spreadsheets.
- Get clear free-time and invoice exception visibility before charges pile up.
Get early access + the FMC D&D dispute checklist
No obligation
Useful whether or not you join the pilot.
Concierge onboarding. No TMS replacement. Works with email forwarding and PDF uploads.
Designed to fit the workflow your team already runs: inboxes, spreadsheets, PDFs, and real invoice pressure.
Port Houston
Port NY/NJ
Founder-led onboarding
Security roadmap in progress
Exception Queue
LFD in 48h
MSKU 314992
$425
Port Houston | Invoice mismatch pending review
Dispute ready
CMAU 880412
$690
Release email, gate-out, and billing PDF attached
Cleared
OOLU 108203
$0
Audit trail complete | Free time reconciled
Container Timeline
Arrival notice received
Mar 02 | 9:14 AM
Last free day confirmed
Mar 04 | Carrier email parsed
Invoice exception flagged
Mar 06 | Amount exceeds expected charge
Dispute Packet PDF
DockLedger Evidence PacketPDF
Why operators care
When D&D disputes live in inboxes, money slips through the cracks.
Most SMB operators do not need another heavyweight system. They need a faster way to spot bad charges, preserve the paper trail, and respond before a preventable invoice turns into margin loss.
What the current workflow feels like
Your team is reconciling emails, spreadsheets, PDFs, and phone calls under time pressure.
- Manual reconciliation across carrier emails, invoice PDFs, and internal notes.
- Missed free-time dates because the details are scattered across tools.
- Invoice mismatches that surface late, after charges are already posted.
- No clean audit trail when you need to contest a bill quickly.
What DockLedger changes
DockLedger creates a single, readable workflow focused on dispute prep and exception visibility.
- Forward emails or upload PDFs without ripping out your current workflow.
- See container events in one timeline with clear context.
- Flag invoice exceptions and free-time risk before they become expensive.
- Generate a dispute-ready packet your team can actually send.
How it works
Three simple screens. One cleaner dispute process.
The product is intentionally narrow: capture the evidence, structure the timeline, and output something your team can use right away.
Forward emails, upload invoices, and pull together the documents your team is already touching.
Review free-time deadlines, mismatches, and missing proof in a single exception queue.
DockLedger organizes events into a clean container timeline with linked evidence.
Share a dispute-ready PDF instead of assembling screenshots, emails, and attachments by hand.
Lead magnet included
Join the list and get the FMC D&D dispute checklist immediately. It is designed to be useful whether or not you become a pilot customer.
What you get in the checklist
- The core data points to verify before paying a disputed invoice.
- A cleaner internal handoff between ops and finance.
- A lightweight template your team can use right away.
Pilot program
Low-friction by design.
This is a guided 60-day pilot for operators who feel the pain today and want direct access to the founders while shaping the product.
What you get
- Free 60-day access for your pilot team.
- Concierge onboarding with direct founder support.
- Priority feature input during the pilot window.
- Founding-customer pricing consideration after the pilot.
What we ask
- About 2 hours per week of feedback.
- Permission to use anonymized results for product improvement.
- Willingness to share a light case study if results are strong.
- A real operational problem, not just curiosity.
Best fit
- Operators handling meaningful container volume without enterprise complexity.
- Teams focused on Houston or NY/NJ lanes.
- Workflows that still lean on email, spreadsheets, and PDFs.
- Owner-operators or ops leaders who can commit directly.
Not a fit yet
- Teams looking for a full TMS replacement.
- Enterprise rollouts with heavy integration requirements.
- Ports outside the current MVP focus.
- Buyers without decision authority or a defined pain point.
Pricing
Simple tiers for operators handling 500 containers or fewer per month.
DockLedger pricing is designed for SMB drayage operators, importers, exporters, and small forwarders who need predictable software spend with room to scale when volume grows.
Starter
$149/month
For small teams under 100 containers/month.
- Up to 100 containers included
- $1.25 per extra container
- Email/PDF parsing and timeline view
- Basic exception alerts
- Standard dispute packet export
Best for smaller importers, exporters, and forwarding teams starting to formalize D&D review.
Professional
$249/month
Best fit for active drayage and small forwarding teams.
- Up to 250 containers included
- $1.00 per extra container
- Everything in Starter
- Invoice validation and async packet export
- Port Pulse integration and priority support
Best fit for owner-operators, fleet managers, and small forwarders actively handling recurring D&D friction.
Business
$349/month
For high-volume SMB operators needing richer audit and support coverage.
- Up to 500 containers included
- $0.75 per extra container
- Everything in Professional
- Confidence scoring and FMC audit trail
- Business-tier uptime and support posture
Best for high-volume SMB teams that need stronger audit coverage, richer support, and room to scale without enterprise overhead.
Pilot offer
- 60-day free pilot with Professional-tier access.
- 25% founding-customer discount for early conversion.
- Additional annual prepay discount available after pilot.
How we position ROI
- DockLedger is priced as a small fraction of monthly D&D exposure.
- The product is meant to reduce preventable fees and manual dispute labor.
- Teams can inquire by tier before any billing workflow is activated.
Founding-customer terms stay simple:
pilot first, prove fit, then convert into predictable monthly pricing instead of a long custom procurement cycle.
Credibility signals
Specific beats generic.
The page is built to earn trust fast: a narrow use case, clear port focus, direct founder access, and a workflow that fits SMB reality.
500 or fewer
Containers per month is the core pricing and product design center.
Email-first
Forwarded emails, PDFs, and invoices stay at the center of onboarding.
Port-led rollout
Houston first, NY/NJ second, then expand from measured pull.
Port-focused rolloutHouston and NY/NJ are the initial operating scope.
Regulatory-aware postureMessaging is aligned to D&D dispute preparation, not generic logistics fluff.
Founder-led onboardingNo support maze. Pilot customers work directly with the team.
Security-conscious buildCustomer data handling is being structured with a formal roadmap in mind.
"This is not another dashboard for the sake of having a dashboard. It is a tighter workflow for evidence collection, exception review, and dispute prep."
DockLedger pilot positioning
Expansion logic
Win the narrow wedge first, then expand where demand is already showing up.
DockLedger starts with Port Houston and NY/NJ because that is where the workflow pain, operational urgency, and founder-led onboarding can be tightest. The marketing funnel already captures the next ports customers want, so expansion can follow real pull instead of guesswork.
Land in one painful workflow
Start with D&D review, exception visibility, and dispute packet prep for operators living in email, spreadsheets, and PDFs.
Use port demand as a market signal
Track which U.S. ports leads request most often and use that data to prioritize the next rollout beyond Houston and NY/NJ.
Expand from proof, not theory
Use pilot conversion, requested-port volume, and ROI conversations to guide where DockLedger goes next and what integrations matter first.
Port Houston-first
Operational wedge with immediate workflow urgency.
NY/NJ second lane
High-value counterpart market for repeatable learnings.
Tracked expansion demand
Requested-port capture feeds investor and rollout planning.
FAQ
Answer the objections before they slow down conversion.
These are written to reduce anxiety, clarify scope, and keep the offer easy to say yes to.
Is this a TMS?
No. DockLedger is focused on exception visibility and dispute preparation. It fits beside your current workflow instead of replacing your operating system.
What if my team is not very technical?
The pilot is intentionally low-friction. Email forwarding and PDF upload are the starting points, and onboarding is handled directly with the founders.
What happens after the 60-day pilot?
If the fit is strong, pilot operators can continue as founding customers with discounted pricing. There is no obligation to continue after the pilot period ends.
How is pricing structured after the pilot?
DockLedger uses a hybrid tiered SaaS model: Starter at $149/month, Professional at $249/month, and Business at $349/month, with container overages only when volume exceeds your tier allowance.
Do I need a big implementation project?
No. The goal is to create value from the documents and emails your team already has, not force a long integration cycle.
Who should apply?
Owners, operations managers, and other decision-makers at drayage operators or small forwarders who actively manage D&D pain and can commit to a lightweight feedback loop.
Why ask about other U.S. ports if the MVP is Houston and NY/NJ?
Because DockLedger is intentionally narrow at launch, but we still want to quantify where expansion demand is strongest. Requested-port data helps us prioritize future rollout and investor conversations with real customer pull.