Compare Navis N4 TOS vs RBS TOPS Expert for terminal operations across vessel, yard, gate, equipment, automation/integration, deployment, evidence coverage and known research gaps.
TechSelectAI compares Navis N4 TOS and RBS TOPS Expert using recorded product evidence rather than user-specific recommendation scoring. Navis N4 TOS currently has 17 supported, 29 conditional, 42 unknown/not-yet-verified, and 0 not-supported capabilities. RBS TOPS Expert currently has 18 supported, 37 conditional, 33 unknown/not-yet-verified, and 0 not-supported capabilities. Known-fact confidence is 98% for Navis N4 TOS and 97% for RBS TOPS Expert. Latest recorded review or verification activity across the comparison: Sep 20, 2026.
This summary reflects recorded TechSelectAI evidence only. It is separate from buyer-specific Fit Score, Evidence Confidence, TechSelectAI Verified Reviews and Public Review Intelligence. Unknown means not yet verified, not unsupported.
Navis N4 terminal operating system from Kaleris for complex container terminals, covering planning, execution, automation integration, optimization, operational visibility and enterprise terminal workflows.
Terminal operating system family for real-time container-terminal planning and execution across vessel, berth, yard, gate, rail, equipment, automation and operational analytics.
Different coverage percentages can reflect how much TechSelectAI has researched and verified, not which product is better. “Research pending” means the current evidence set is incomplete; it is not evidence that the product lacks the capability.
This summarizes the current evidence record by operational module. Known counts include supported and conditional facts. Pending counts are research gaps, not negative capability findings.
| TOS operational module | Navis N4 TOS | RBS TOPS Expert |
|---|---|---|
| Billing, Analytics & Operational Control | 9 / 9 known5 conditional · 0 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported | 7 / 9 known6 conditional · 2 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported |
| Equipment Dispatch & Automation | 8 / 10 known4 conditional · 2 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported | 8 / 10 known4 conditional · 2 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported |
| Gate, Truck & Landside Operations | 6 / 11 known5 conditional · 5 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported | 6 / 11 known5 conditional · 5 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported |
| Integration, Data & Ecosystem | 5 / 11 known2 conditional · 6 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported | 6 / 11 known5 conditional · 5 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported |
| Platform Architecture, Resilience & Security | 5 / 8 known2 conditional · 3 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported | 5 / 8 known3 conditional · 3 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported |
| Rail & Intermodal Operations | 0 / 7 known0 conditional · 7 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported | 6 / 7 known2 conditional · 1 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported |
| Reefer, DG & Special Cargo | 2 / 7 known2 conditional · 5 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported | 4 / 7 known4 conditional · 3 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported |
| Vessel & Berth Planning | 5 / 11 known4 conditional · 6 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported | 7 / 11 known5 conditional · 4 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported |
| Yard Strategy & Inventory | 6 / 11 known5 conditional · 5 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported | 6 / 11 known3 conditional · 5 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported |
The links below are the most recently checked verified sources in this comparison dataset. Source recency and confidence describe the research record; they do not establish a universal product ranking.
Status and confidence reflect recorded evidence. Unknown means not yet verified, not unsupported. In the summary above, TechSelectAI labels this state “research pending”.
| Capability | Navis N4 TOS | RBS TOPS Expert |
|---|---|---|
| Billing / tariff / financial integrationBilling, Analytics & Operational Control | Supported97% confidenceKaleris documents capture of billable terminal events and N4 billing/invoicing; detailed tariff scope depends on implementation. | Partially Supported95% confidenceRBS documents interfaces to financial systems and automatic linking of yard/vessel activity to billing; a universal native tariff/invoicing scope is not inferred. |
| Customer self-service portalBilling, Analytics & Operational Control | Partially Supported96% confidenceA multi-terminal N4 implementation gives customers real-time access to cargo information and online work orders; packaging and portal scope are implementation-dependent. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Operational audit historyBilling, Analytics & Operational Control | Partially Supported95% confidenceA live N4 dry-port implementation explicitly cites event monitoring and reporting, but the reviewed public material does not establish a complete immutable audit history for all operational changes. | Partially Supported99% confidenceTOPO Expert explicitly includes audit logs and historical vessel/train views, but the reviewed material does not establish immutable retention, full change provenance or coverage of every operational object. |
| Operational visibility, analytics & KPIsBilling, Analytics & Operational Control | Supported98% confidenceKaleris documents real-time operational data, productivity KPIs, control-room visibility and decision-support optimization. | Supported99% confidenceRBS documents TOPS KPI dashboards, real-time monitoring, forecasting and operational reporting. |
| Productivity & equipment KPIsBilling, Analytics & Operational Control | Supported97% confidenceKaleris documents N4 real-time operational visibility and performance/productivity insights used to improve terminal execution. | Partially Supported98% confidenceTOPS KPI provides real-time and historical performance analysis while TOPS Expert also documents operational monitoring; KPI dashboard entitlement remains a package/component boundary. |
| Shift / control-room dashboardBilling, Analytics & Operational Control | Supported98% confidenceN4 Control Room centralizes operational views and functions used to monitor and maintain terminal operations. | Partially Supported96% confidenceTOPS KPI provides remote real-time and historical terminal performance analysis, but it is a named dashboard component rather than assumed universal base TOPX entitlement. |
| Simulation / what-if analysisBilling, Analytics & Operational Control | Partially Supported96% confidenceYard Intelligence evaluates alternative scenarios and recommends pre-emptive moves, but it is an advanced optimization suite rather than universal base-N4 functionality. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Storage, tariff & service billingBilling, Analytics & Operational Control | Partially Supported97% confidenceN4 captures billable events and invoices and supports granular billable tasks, but the reviewed evidence does not establish universal storage/tariff configuration depth for every deployment. | Partially Supported97% confidenceBilling is a named TOPS/TOPO special module, so billing capability is evidenced without inferring every storage/tariff/rating rule as universal base functionality. |
| Volume / workload forecastingBilling, Analytics & Operational Control | Partially Supported96% confidenceYard Intelligence anticipates congestion and yard imbalances hours in advance; broader volume/resource-demand forecasting is not inferred beyond the documented yard scope. | Partially Supported98% confidenceTOPS Expert documents forecasting abilities, a dispatching and operation forecast planner, and resource-use forecasting, but explicit container-volume and labor-demand forecasting are not established. |
| AGV / ASC automated-equipment integrationEquipment Dispatch & Automation | Supported98% confidenceKaleris states N4 automation supports automated stacking cranes, AGVs and auto-trucks and coordinates automated yard, transport, quay and gate execution through ECS integration. | Supported99% confidenceTOPS Expert automation explicitly supports automated CHE including ASC, ARMG, ARTG and automated transport equipment and can communicate directly with equipment for container moves without human intervention. |
| Equipment dispatch & controlEquipment Dispatch & Automation | Supported99% confidenceKaleris documents PrimeRoute, RTG/RMG optimization and VMT workflows for terminal handling equipment dispatch and execution. | Supported99% confidenceRBS documents container-handling equipment management, equipment-control optimization and real-time operational planning. |
| Equipment position trackingEquipment Dispatch & Automation | Supported98% confidenceN4 Control Room visualizes where containers, cranes and trucks are in the yard, providing equipment/location visibility for operational control. | Partially Supported98% confidenceTOPS Expert documents SmartTrack, DGPS and gate position detection; DGPS and related tracking components are named modules and should not be assumed in every base deployment. |
| Equipment status & downtime awarenessEquipment Dispatch & Automation | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Job pooling & dispatch optimizationEquipment Dispatch & Automation | Partially Supported98% confidenceKaleris Advanced Optimization continuously evaluates crane, truck and yard tasks to determine the next best move; these optimization products complement N4 and are not assumed base entitlement. | Supported99% confidenceTOPS Expert documents holistic optimization of equipment usage, real-time resource allocation, CHE strategy optimization and resource/process optimization. |
| Quay crane job executionEquipment Dispatch & Automation | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported95% confidenceTOPX Expert integrates crane scheduling, equipment control and resource allocation; explicit quay-crane job-queue detail is not separately established. |
| RTG / RMG dispatch & work queuesEquipment Dispatch & Automation | Partially Supported99% confidenceKaleris RTG Optimization and N4 resource-planning workflows optimize yard-crane work, but RTG Optimization is an advanced add-on rather than assumed in every N4 deployment. | Partially Supported97% confidenceTOPS Expert automation explicitly supports automated yard CHE including ASC, ARMG and ARTG, but exact RTG/RMG dispatch algorithms and entitlement depend on the automation configuration. |
| Terminal automation / ECS integrationEquipment Dispatch & Automation | Supported99% confidenceKaleris documents N4 coordination of automated yard, transport, quay and gate operations through ECS integration for semi- and fully automated terminals. | Supported97% confidenceRBS documents terminal automation, IoT-capable equipment connectivity and optimization; exact ECS adapters and automation scope require project validation. |
| Terminal tractor / straddle dispatchEquipment Dispatch & Automation | Partially Supported98% confidenceTerminal Truck Optimization and PrimeRoute optimize terminal-truck dispatch using N4 data; straddle-carrier-specific dispatch depth is not generalized from truck evidence. | Partially Supported96% confidenceTOPX provides truck operational management, Expert CHE Strategy and equipment optimization, but straddle-carrier-specific dispatch is not explicitly established in the reviewed public material. |
| VMT mobile work instructionsEquipment Dispatch & Automation | Partially Supported98% confidenceKaleris documents an N4 Vehicle Mounted Terminal interface for RTG/RMG drivers, but VMT availability is a specific N4 application/module rather than assumed universal entitlement. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Automated gate lane orchestrationGate, Truck & Landside Operations | Partially Supported97% confidenceN4 is documented orchestrating automated gate traffic in a live implementation, but the exact lane-device stack is project-specific and should not be treated as universal native hardware control. | Partially Supported98% confidenceTOPS Expert supports gate automation for truck, train and vessel traffic with access control, yard interchange and position detection; GOS and external gate components remain module/integration boundaries. |
| Driver identification & authorizationGate, Truck & Landside Operations | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported94% confidenceRBS documents gate automation with access control and traffic identification, but driver-identity credential methods are not enumerated. |
| Gate & truck operationsGate, Truck & Landside Operations | Supported98% confidenceKaleris documents terminal execution across the gate and truck workflows; exact optional optimization modules should be validated for the selected N4 package. | Supported99% confidenceTOPO Expert documents gate management/GOS connectivity, while TOPS Expert Cloud documents integrated gate management. |
| Gate customs / line / terminal holdsGate, Truck & Landside Operations | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Gate OCR / ANPR integrationGate, Truck & Landside Operations | Partially Supported96% confidenceA documented N4 terminal implementation integrates automated gate OCR and license-plate recognition. This is evidence of integration, not proof that N4 itself is the native OCR/ANPR engine. | Partially Supported97% confidenceTOPS Expert automation explicitly includes OCR and automated gate access/position detection, but ANPR is not separately stated and external gate technology may participate in the solution. |
| Interchange / EIR processingGate, Truck & Landside Operations | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Pre-gate & out-gate validationGate, Truck & Landside Operations | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Truck appointment integrationGate, Truck & Landside Operations | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported99% confidenceTruck Appointment is a named TOPS Expert additional module; it is not assumed as universal base TOPX/TOPO entitlement. |
| Truck pre-advice & booking validationGate, Truck & Landside Operations | Partially Supported99% confidenceBaltic Container Terminal used N4 to completely incorporate its pre-booking system, establishing proven pre-booking integration without proving that a universal native booking module is included in every N4 deployment. | Partially Supported96% confidenceVehicle Booking System is a named TOPS optional module, but the reviewed public material does not establish all booking/release/pre-advice validation functions as universal base entitlement. |
| Truck turn-time & queue monitoringGate, Truck & Landside Operations | Partially Supported97% confidenceKaleris documents materially reduced gate/truck turn times after N4 implementation at BCT and Caacupe-mi, but the public evidence does not separately establish a universal native queue-management or turn-time analytics module. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Weighbridge & VGM workflowsGate, Truck & Landside Operations | Partially Supported97% confidenceA live N4 implementation links container weighing systems to N4 for SOLAS VGM compliance. Universal weighbridge hardware/protocol coverage is not inferred. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Carrier booking & release integrationIntegration, Data & Ecosystem | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| CODECO / COARRI EDI messagingIntegration, Data & Ecosystem | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| COPARN / COPRAR EDI messagingIntegration, Data & Ecosystem | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| EDI, APIs & external-system integrationIntegration, Data & Ecosystem | Supported99% confidenceKaleris documents robust EDI and API integration for container terminal cargo and external systems/data streams. | Supported99% confidenceTOPO/TOPS documentation includes EDI processing, open interfaces/web services and connectivity to gate, reefer-monitoring and financial systems. |
| ERP / finance integrationIntegration, Data & Ecosystem | Partially Supported99% confidenceAt Riyadh Dry Port, the SAP Billing module explicitly retrieves data from N4. This proves a live ERP/finance integration while not establishing a universal SAP or ERP connector catalogue. | Partially Supported97% confidenceTOPS Expert Cloud explicitly supports interfaces to financial systems, but the reviewed public material does not establish universal ERP connectors or accounting-system coverage across all editions. |
| Event / webhook / streaming integrationIntegration, Data & Ecosystem | Partially Supported98% confidenceKaleris documents Kafka-based messaging enhancements in N4 4.0, establishing event-streaming capability; webhook support is not separately established by the reviewed public evidence. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Gate / OCR subsystem integrationIntegration, Data & Ecosystem | Supported98% confidenceKaleris documents N4 integration with automated gate OCR/license-plate recognition and traffic-flow systems in production terminal operations. | Partially Supported98% confidenceTOPS Expert automation integrates OCR and GOS/gate automation, but exact vendor adapters and whether recognition is native or external remain implementation-specific. |
| MOVINS / BAPLIE vessel messagingIntegration, Data & Ecosystem | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported99% confidenceTOPO Expert explicitly documents BAPLIE received by EDI, while MOVINS support is not separately established in the reviewed first-party material. |
| PCS / customs / authority integrationIntegration, Data & Ecosystem | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Reefer monitoring system integrationIntegration, Data & Ecosystem | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported98% confidenceRBS explicitly lists Reefer Monitoring Integration/System as an additional TOPS module; deployment depends on the selected package and external monitoring environment. |
| REST / web-service API integrationIntegration, Data & Ecosystem | Supported99% confidenceKaleris explicitly documents robust API integration for N4 with external systems and data streams. | Partially Supported99% confidenceTOPO Expert explicitly provides open interfaces via web services, and Web Service Interface with Third Party Software is a named TOPS module; REST specifically is not claimed. |
| Android mobile applicationMobile Access | Not Yet Verified0% confidence · native_android_appMobile availability has not yet been verified from first-party evidence. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence · native_android_appMobile availability has not yet been verified from first-party evidence. |
| iOS mobile applicationMobile Access | Not Yet Verified0% confidence · native_ios_appMobile availability has not yet been verified from first-party evidence. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence · native_ios_appMobile availability has not yet been verified from first-party evidence. |
| Mobile web accessMobile Access | Not Yet Verified0% confidence · mobile_webMobile availability has not yet been verified from first-party evidence. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence · mobile_webMobile availability has not yet been verified from first-party evidence. |
| BCP / degraded or offline operationsPlatform Architecture, Resilience & Security | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Cloud / on-prem deployment flexibilityPlatform Architecture, Resilience & Security | Supported98% confidenceKaleris explicitly discusses N4 4.0 for existing on-premises customers and cloud adoption, supporting more than one enterprise deployment pattern. | Supported99% confidenceRBS offers distinct TOPS Expert Enterprise and TOPS Expert Cloud packages, establishing deployment flexibility across enterprise-installed and cloud variants at the TOPS Expert family level. |
| Disaster recovery & RPO/RTO controlsPlatform Architecture, Resilience & Security | Partially Supported99% confidenceRiyadh Dry Port documented a backup site, replicated N4 data and successful continuity with no data loss during a major outage, establishing demonstrated DR capability while keeping the implementation architecture project-specific. | Partially Supported99% confidenceTOPS Expert Cloud explicitly documents continuous AWS backups and retrieval of data after a disaster, establishing cloud-edition disaster-recovery capability without proving identical DR architecture for every Enterprise deployment. |
| High availability architecturePlatform Architecture, Resilience & Security | Partially Supported99% confidenceRiyadh Dry Port operated N4 across primary and secondary data centers with synchronized and replicated data and maintained N4 service through a major power outage; the HA architecture was customer-designed and is not assumed as universal product topology. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Multi-terminal / multi-site operationPlatform Architecture, Resilience & Security | Supported98% confidenceTransnet documents operating multiple terminals on a single N4 system while standardizing processes across the terminal network. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| RBAC / SSO / enterprise identityPlatform Architecture, Resilience & Security | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported94% confidenceTOPX Expert explicitly includes Security & Administration, but the reviewed public material does not establish SSO or the full role/identity model. |
| Security & administrative audit loggingPlatform Architecture, Resilience & Security | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported99% confidenceTOPO Expert explicitly lists security access control, user-class access control and audit logs, but the reviewed public material does not define security-event coverage, immutability, retention or SIEM/export depth. |
| Throughput & scale for large terminalsPlatform Architecture, Resilience & Security | Supported99% confidenceKaleris states N4 4.0 scales to very large container-terminal volumes, including published capacity up to 16 million TEU. | Supported98% confidenceRBS describes TOPX as high-performance and scalable and TOPS automation/optimization as scalable for terminals of varying sizes, although no universal TEU ceiling is published in the reviewed material. |
| Rail / intermodal operationsRail & Intermodal Operations | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Supported98% confidenceTOPS Expert Cloud explicitly documents rail management within the TOPX operational package. |
| Rail crane work queuesRail & Intermodal Operations | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported94% confidenceRail operations are combined with equipment control and CHE optimization, but explicit rail-crane work-queue semantics are not separately documented. |
| Rail interchange eventsRail & Intermodal Operations | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Rail load / discharge planningRail & Intermodal Operations | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Supported98% confidenceRBS explicitly lists Rail Planning & Scheduling and Rail Operation & Management in its TOPS Expert rail-terminal scope. |
| Rail-yard inventory visibilityRail & Intermodal Operations | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported95% confidenceThe rail solution combines rail operations with yard management and container data management, but a distinct rail-inventory reconciliation workflow is not separately documented. |
| Train schedule & service managementRail & Intermodal Operations | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Supported98% confidenceThe RBS rail-terminal solution explicitly includes Rail Planning & Scheduling within TOPS Expert. |
| Wagon / consist planningRail & Intermodal Operations | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Supported99% confidenceTOPX Expert explicitly supports building wagon classes and rail wagons, creating train geometry, viewing train lists/layouts and planning departing trains. |
| Container weight / VGM controlReefer, DG & Special Cargo | Partially Supported97% confidenceN4 has documented SOLAS VGM compliance through integration with container weighing systems in a live terminal; exact VGM workflow depth can vary by implementation. | Partially Supported98% confidenceTOPO Expert is explicitly described as VGM ready, but the reviewed public material does not establish full weighing-device integration, verification workflow or every SOLAS VGM process step. |
| Damage & inspection workflowReefer, DG & Special Cargo | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Dangerous-goods segregation controlsReefer, DG & Special Cargo | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported98% confidenceTOPX Expert rail/stowage planning explicitly includes hazardous-container stowage rules, but the reviewed material does not establish a complete dangerous-goods segregation engine across all yard and vessel workflows. |
| OOG & special-equipment handlingReefer, DG & Special Cargo | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported97% confidenceTOPX Expert planning explicitly handles over-dimension and deck-height/deck-weight stowage constraints, but dedicated OOG equipment workflows and special-lift execution are not separately documented. |
| Reefer plug / unplug workflowReefer, DG & Special Cargo | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Reefer temperature & alarm integrationReefer, DG & Special Cargo | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported97% confidenceReefer Monitoring System/Integration is a named TOPS Expert additional module, so reefer monitoring is evidenced without assuming universal base entitlement. |
| Reefer, dangerous goods & special cargo controlsReefer, DG & Special Cargo | Partially Supported94% confidenceExpert Decking explicitly applies yard-planning logic to reefer containers, but the reviewed N4 evidence does not yet establish full dangerous-goods, OOG and reefer-service control as one universal capability. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| BAPLIE import / exportVessel & Berth Planning | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Berth window & berth allocation schedulingVessel & Berth Planning | Partially Supported99% confidenceKaleris documents Berth Window Manager deployed within the N4 optimization stack. Treat it as an optional/advanced planning module rather than universal base-N4 entitlement. | Partially Supported98% confidenceTOPX Expert explicitly provides integrated smart automated berth planning and optimization, but public material does not separately establish berth-window conflict rules and arrival/departure window management depth. |
| Carrier vessel-plan collaborationVessel & Berth Planning | Partially Supported95% confidenceA Kaleris N4 implementation documents stronger collaboration with shipping-line stowage coordinators around vessel and crane workplans; universal collaboration tooling is not inferred. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Discharge / load sequencingVessel & Berth Planning | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported95% confidenceAutomated vessel planning and crane scheduling support ship-work sequencing, but explicit discharge/load sequence controls are not separately documented publicly. |
| Quay crane split planningVessel & Berth Planning | Partially Supported95% confidenceKSSP deployed Quay Commander with N4 and reports optimized vessel and crane workplans; exact crane-split depth and entitlement should be confirmed for the selected package. | Partially Supported96% confidenceRBS documents automatic crane scheduling and vessel planning, but explicit quay-crane split/range planning is not separately established. |
| Quay crane work queuesVessel & Berth Planning | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported95% confidenceTOPX combines vessel operations, equipment control and real-time operational resource allocation, but explicit quay-crane work-queue semantics are not separately documented. |
| Restow & vessel rehandle planningVessel & Berth Planning | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Stowage & bay planningVessel & Berth Planning | Partially Supported99% confidenceN4 Vessel Autostow generates vessel stowage plans, but Autostow is an advanced optimization module and is not assumed in every N4 license. | Partially Supported97% confidenceTOPX Expert documents advanced automated vessel planning and crane scheduling, but detailed bay-position, hatch, deck and stowage-constraint functions are not separately enumerated in the reviewed public material. |
| Twin / tandem lift planningVessel & Berth Planning | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Vessel & berth planning / executionVessel & Berth Planning | Supported99% confidenceKaleris documents vessel planning support including N4 Vessel Autostow and terminal planning across berth, yard and quay workflows. | Supported99% confidenceTOPS Expert documents vessel planning/management, automated berth planning and real-time execution. |
| Vessel call lifecycle managementVessel & Berth Planning | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Supported98% confidenceTOPX Expert manages vessel and berth operations from berthing through operational completion within its real-time planning and control scope. |
| Automated decking / grounding decisionsYard Strategy & Inventory | Partially Supported99% confidenceExpert Decking automatically distributes containers according to terminal-specific business rules, but Expert Decking is an optional N4 optimization module. | Partially Supported96% confidenceTOPX automatically manages container storage positions to support retrieval and reduce rehandles, but the reviewed public material does not use explicit decking/grounding terminology. |
| Block / stack allocation planningYard Strategy & Inventory | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported96% confidenceTOPX automatically manages container storage toward final positions and provides Expert Yard Management, but public material does not enumerate every block/row/bay/stack allocation rule. |
| Configurable yard strategy rulesYard Strategy & Inventory | Partially Supported99% confidenceExpert Decking uses terminal business rules and Yard Intelligence adds strategy-oriented optimization; these capabilities are advanced/optional modules rather than assumed base-N4 entitlement. | Supported99% confidenceTOPX Expert explicitly uses reverse engineering to manage yard strategy and includes Expert Yard Management within the operational system. |
| Empty container inventory managementYard Strategy & Inventory | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Housekeeping & remarshalling planningYard Strategy & Inventory | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported95% confidenceExpert Yard Management and automated storage optimization support yard strategy, but proactive housekeeping/remarshalling planning is not separately described publicly. |
| Import / export / prestack segregationYard Strategy & Inventory | Partially Supported97% confidenceExpert Decking explicitly automates decking decisions for import, export, reefer and empty containers; a distinct universal prestack workflow is not inferred. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Rehandle minimizationYard Strategy & Inventory | Partially Supported99% confidenceExpert Decking and Yard Intelligence explicitly target rehandle reduction, but the optimization capability depends on optional advanced modules. | Supported99% confidenceRBS explicitly states TOPX automatically manages container storage while minimizing re-handling moves. |
| Yard density & capacity visibilityYard Strategy & Inventory | Partially Supported97% confidenceYard Intelligence forecasts emerging congestion and yard imbalance and supports capacity-oriented decisions, but it is a separate advanced optimization suite for N4 users. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Yard holds & exception managementYard Strategy & Inventory | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Yard inventory reconciliationYard Strategy & Inventory | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Yard planning & container inventoryYard Strategy & Inventory | Supported99% confidenceKaleris documents N4 yard planning, Expert Decking, yard utilization and real-time container/equipment visibility. | Supported99% confidenceTOPS Expert documents advanced yard strategy, yard/truck management and container movement optimization. |
| Deployment model | Navis N4 TOS | RBS TOPS Expert |
|---|---|---|
| On-premise | Supported99% confidence | Supported98% confidence |
| Public SaaS | Not recorded | Supported98% confidence |
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