Built by a longshoreman.
For longshoremen.

I started at Local 502 in 2016. I work Deltaport and Fraser Surrey Docks. Like most guys when they start, I didn't really understand how stat pay qualification worked, how the pension worked, or why RRSP contribution room mattered. Nobody on the docks had concrete answers. Everyone was guessing, or going by what someone else said.

So I tried to figure out exactly what we made pretax per day. From there it kept going. How do you qualify for a stat. How does the pension actually work. How much vacation pay am I sitting on. How many hours have I worked this year. Real numbers, from the actual contract. Not estimates.

I started building DockBook in September 2025. The first thing I built was a way to log a shift and have the pay calculated correctly against our agreement. It wasn't long before I could compare it to my paycheque and it matched to the cent.

A friend on the dock offered to beta test it. He was the first user other than me. I build DockBook after shifts, on breaks at work, and in the evenings once the kids are asleep.

DockBook started for BC. It covers the PMA ports on the US West Coast now too, same approach, every rate pulled from the actual agreement. East and Gulf Coast (ILA) is next.

What I want is simple. Everyone on the docks gets paid what they're owed. If you're not sure, you can check and verify it yourself. Your hours, your pension, your benefits, your whole longshore career, tracked in one place. If this app helps one person find pay they were shortchanged on, I've done my job.

If something's missing, email me. The app gets better with your feedback.