Abstract: A system and method for controlling receipt and dispatch of cargo collects information on vehicles (5a, 5b) and cargo being inspected and checks the collected information against database delivery schedules via an electronic communications network (10) in real time. The system comprises a database (6) for storing incoming delivery schedules (62) and outgoing delivery schedules (64), a server (8) for storing records of receipt and dispatch of cargo, weighbridges (3a, 3b) for weighing vehicles loaded with cargo, barriers (15a, 15b) for controlling passage of vehicles through an inspection gate), and control computers (2) for checking data of vehicles and cargo being inspected against corresponding data in the database and the server via the network. Records stored in the server include inspection records (82), vehicle records (84) and inspector records (86). Operation computers (4) are provided to search for and update data in the database and the server via the network.