>So they running this port with pencil and paper? No database? No sanity checks? Or they simply don't run those queries until they need to. i.e. "we don't give

>So they running this port with pencil and paper? No database? No sanity checks? Or they simply don't run those queries until they need to. i.e. "we don't give a F unless there's a hiccup" The point isn't to track containers. The point is to get goods to where they need to be and when. Unless two of the same container shows up thereby causing a WTF moment there is no problem because there is no ambiguity in the container handling process and therefore they don't care.