Describe your containers and criteria. Makeform creates a mobile checklist for structural checks, defect photos, measurements, and disposition.
Route inspection records to Google Sheets, Slack, and Zapier.
Sample prompts for the builder
Choose a prompt, tailor the criteria, or send it to the builder. Each structure is editable.
Audience
Depot surveyors receiving empty containers
Format
Mobile checklist with photos and disposition
Prompt size
330 chars
Example checklist structure
Mobile checklist with photos and disposition
Container number, size, and type
Exterior structural component checks
Defect location and dimensions
Defect and identification photos
Disposition and inspector signature
Suggested routing tags
No defect noted
Repair review
Hold for supervisor
Identify defects by component, location, measurement, severity, and photo for clear repair handoffs.
Step 1
Identify
unit number, type, place, inspector, and job reference
Step 2
Inspect
structure, doors, floor, interior, and visible underside
Step 3
Document
component, location, dimensions, notes, and photos
Step 4
Route
record the chosen disposition and responsible reviewer
Consistent condition records
Connect each unit, component, observation, measurement, and image.
Separate structure, door, underside, floor, and interior checks make skipped areas visible.
Conditional fields request location, size, severity, notes, and photos only for defects.
Disposition separates observations from decisions and identifies the responsible reviewer.
Adapt it to the inspection point
Keep core checks consistent while tailoring the final handoff to the inspection event.
Record arrival condition, damage, cleanliness, and the next depot queue.
Check closures, holes, projections, residue, odor, moisture, and floor condition.
Add machinery housing, cable, drains, lining, floor rails, and operational observations.
Link repairs to defects, keep before and after evidence, and flag rework.
Build the inspection workflow
Generate the structure, add your criteria, and test it on inspectors' devices.
Name the inspection event, identifiers, components, defect classes, and decisions.
Use consistent results and reveal location, dimensions, notes, and photos for defects. Include not accessible.
Check field order, photo capture, required answers, and the full walk-around flow.
Notify reviewers from the disposition while keeping observations distinct from later decisions.
Checklist formats
Compare how each format documents defects and follow-up.
Field guide
Start with these sections, then add your thresholds and repair codes.
Identification
Capture the displayed container number, type, location, time, inspector, and job reference. Identification photos help reviewers match the record.
Frame and exterior
Separate roof, walls, posts, castings, rails, and visible crossmembers. For damage or missing parts, capture the component and precise location.
Doors and closures
Check door panels, hinges, rods, cams, keepers, handles, retainers, gaskets, and seal area. Record stiff or obstructed movement.
Interior and floor
Inspect floor, walls, ceiling, lining, fasteners, vents, and lashing points. Record residue, odor, moisture, protrusions, holes, and debris separately.
Defect evidence
Combine component, location, type, dimensions, rating, notes, and images. Use a separate entry for each defect.
Disposition and review
Inspectors record condition; authorized reviewers choose the next path under local procedures. Preserve open items, names, and timestamps.
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Open toolFAQ
Answers for teams creating consistent container condition records.
It identifies a freight container and records the observed condition of its structure, doors, underside, floor, interior, markings, and special equipment. ISO describes the container type here; the generated checklist does not certify a unit or replace approved inspection criteria.
Include posts, castings, rails, end frames, roof, walls, visible crossmembers and underside, doors and locking gear, floor, and interior. Add reefer or other type-specific sections only when applicable.
Use one entry per defect. Record component, location, type, dimensions and unit, severity under your criteria, notes, and photos. Combine an overview with close-up evidence and avoid grouping unrelated damage.
Yes. Use no defect, defect found, and not accessible results. Conditional logic can require location, measurement, severity, comment, and photo fields after a defect selection. Test every branch before publishing.
The form should capture observations and disposition without inventing thresholds or making automatic safety decisions. Authorized personnel should apply the inspection rules, repair standards, and escalation process for the unit and intended use.
Use not accessible or not inspected instead of leaving a blank that may resemble a pass. Record the reason and next step so incomplete coverage remains visible.
Yes. Makeform offers unlimited free forms and responses with no form or response cap. The paid tier removes Makeform branding. Review generated fields and replace examples with your own criteria.
Yes. Keep shared identification and structural checks, then show type-specific sections conditionally. Reefers can add machinery housing, cable, plug, drains, lining, air chute, and floor rails.
Replace vague damage notes with structured records.
