Warehouse Security Systems for
Yards, Depots and Terminals

A camera at 10 feet on the corner of the building sees a wall of trailers. That is the difficulty with a warehouse yard or a distribution site: whatever you need to watch is usually behind whatever is parked in front of it. Put the camera 20 feet up on a Mobile Tower Platform the yard team can move, and the blind spots collapse into a single view.

Twenty feet over the trailers

See the yard, not the curtain sides

ANPR at the gate

Every vehicle movement logged automatically

Moves with peak season

Overflow parking covered in 15 minutes

CE by TUV Rheinland

95 pages for the tender and the insurer

The Yard Changes Shape Every Shift

Trailers park where there is space, not where the cameras happen to point. A layout that made sense when the fixed CCTV was commissioned lasted about one quarter, and every rearrangement since has created a corner nobody can see.

Peak season makes it worse. Yard capacity doubles, overflow goes onto hardstanding or a field at the back with no power and no ducting, and that is exactly where a trailer sits unattended for a weekend.

The loss is rarely just the load. It is the customer waiting for it, the claim, and an insurer asking what surveillance covered that part of the site. A platform that goes up in 15 minutes and stands where the trailers actually are answers all three.

Common applications:

  • Trailer and cargo theft prevention
  • Yard and overflow parking cover
  • ANPR at gates and weighbridges
  • Fuel and equipment theft on depots
Airport - Roadbox v2

Evidence, Continuity and a Platform You Can Own

A dispute about what was on the trailer, a damage claim on a unit that left the yard intact, an insurer reviewing cover after an incident. Recorded footage from 20 feet up settles arguments that a gatehouse logbook cannot.

What goes on the mast stays your specification. The platform arrives as a galvanized steel shell with the mast, the winch and the cabling, without cameras or ANPR readers, which typically costs 15 to 20 percent less than a pre-built tower carrying equipment you did not choose. CE certification by TUV Rheinland with a 95 page test document, ISO 9001 and ANSI go into the tender file as supplied.

Four sides of neutral housing carry your own branding, or your client’s, on every site the platform stands on.

Where it earns its place:

  • Distribution centers and cross-docks
  • Truck parks and overflow yards
  • Ports, terminals and freight hubs
  • Rail depots and level crossings

Applications in Transportation & Logistics

Eight ways logistics operators, terminal managers and the security firms working for them put a Mobile Tower Platform to work in a working yard.

Trailer & Cargo Theft Prevention

Curtain sides, fuel tanks and loaded units standing overnight are the target. Height, visible presence and recorded footage change the calculation before anything is cut open.

Yard Overview Above the Vehicle Line

At 10 feet a camera sees the nearest trailer. At 20 feet it sees the row behind it, the haul road and the back fence in one frame.

ANPR at Gates and Weighbridges

Plate recognition at height reads a wider approach, so arrivals, departures and dwell time are logged without anyone writing anything down.

Overflow and Peak Season Parking

Q4 doubles the yard and pushes units onto ground with no power and no ducting. A platform covers that ground for the season and comes back in January.

Car Park and Terminal Surveillance

Staff car parks, driver facilities and passenger terminals sit outside the secure yard and are usually the least watched part of the site.

Fuel and Equipment Theft on Depots

Bunkered fuel, yard shunters and handling equipment are stolen from depots that are busy by day and empty from 18:00.

Level Crossing and Rail Depot Monitoring

Cameras, detection and audible warning on one mast support crossing safety and give remote oversight of rail infrastructure between visits.

Airside and Landside Perimeter Cover

Cargo handling, apron edges and landside approaches change with the build programme and the season, faster than fixed infrastructure can follow.

Built for a Working Yard

Height That Beats the Trailer Line

A three part galvanized mast to 20 feet with an automatic safety stop, carrying 130 lbs at the top. The MSB-Premium XL adds 10 feet on a five part mast, which is what a double-stacked yard needs.

Moves With the Yard

The forklift is already on site. Slots on four sides and lifting eyes mean a platform changes position between shifts, and the TMT trailers tow it between depots behind a vehicle.

Stands Up on Hardstanding and Gravel

Overflow ground is rarely level and never finished. Four extendable stabilizers, a chassis level and four stainless steel 316 guy cables hold the mast plumb where the surfacing runs out.

Documentation for the Tender and the Insurer

Two audiences ask for paperwork on a logistics site, and both get the same file. CE certification by TUV Rheinland backed by a 95 page test document, ISO 9001, ANSI and a two year warranty.

Proven on Sites That Keep Moving

Security firms running mixed portfolios of car parks, depots and infrastructure works deploy these platforms across Europe.

Theft and vandalism down across car parks, infrastructure works and vacant sites

Vollmergruppe Dienstleistung | Germany

Vollmergruppe secures car parks, infrastructure projects, construction sites and vacant properties from a TUV and VdS certified control center. Physical guarding was expensive and hard to scale on locations that change from month to month, so the fleet went mobile.

Units in operation
45
On-site personnel
None required
Cover
24/7
Control center
TUV and VdS certified

Where Logistics Operators Deploy It

Five environments where a Mobile Tower Platform covers ground that the fixed camera layout never reached.

Distribution Centers
Distribution Centres & Yards

Distribution Centers & Yards

Long perimeters, moving vehicles and a layout that changes every shift. A platform stands where the trailers are and moves when they do.

Truck Parks
Truck Parks & Overflow - uk - premium

Truck Parks & Overflow

Units parked unattended overnight, often on ground taken on for the season. Visible height and recorded footage on a position with no infrastructure.

Ports & Terminals
Airport - Roadbox v2

Ports, Terminals & Freight Hubs

Cargo handling areas, gate approaches and laydown yards where a fixed camera position would be in the way of the next vessel.

Car Parks
Parking - Basic 00

Car Parks & Terminals

Staff parking, driver facilities and passenger areas sit outside the secure yard and are usually the least covered part of the site.

Rail
Road Construction - Compact (1)

Rail Depots & Level Crossings

Cable, plant and rolling stock in depots, plus cameras and audible warning on one mast to support crossing safety.

Common Questions from Logistics and Terminal Operators

Repositioning, plate recognition, ground conditions, integration and paperwork. What operators and their security firms ask before a platform goes into a working yard.

Minutes, with the forklift already on site. Slots on four sides and lifting eyes let the yard team reposition a platform between shifts without a crane or a specialist crew. Between sites the TMT trailers tow it, and the MSB-Roadbox stays on its TMT-750 minitrailer at 805 lbs total, inside a category B license.

Yes, within the 130 lbs the mast top carries. ANPR readers mount alongside the cameras with double cabling inside the mast and an IP66 patch box in the cabinet, so arrivals, departures and dwell time get logged without anyone at the barrier writing it down.

Four extendable stabilizers, a chassis level and four stainless steel 316 guy cables hold the mast plumb where the surfacing runs out. The MSB6-Basic is stable to 53 mph at full height.

The mast top is a four spoke plate, not a proprietary bracket. ONVIF cameras, thermal units, ANPR, floodlights and antennas mount directly, so nobody has to change camera brand to suit the mast. Axis, Scylla, Milestone and Teltonika equipment runs on these platforms today.

CE certification by TUV Rheinland backed by a 95 page test and measurement document, plus ISO 9001, ANSI certification and a two year warranty. That covers the compliance question in a bid and the underwriting question about what was in place on site.

Not the internal decks, and it would be wrong to claim otherwise. Enclosed levels need fixed cameras inside. What a platform does cover is the open top deck, the approach roads, the entry and exit and the surface parking around the structure, which is where most incidents in a multi-storey actually start.

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Gawain Guedry
Director, North American Sales and Operations

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