Compare Navis N4 TOS vs Total Soft Bank CATOS for terminal operations across vessel, yard, gate, equipment, automation/integration, deployment, evidence coverage and known research gaps.
TechSelectAI compares Navis N4 TOS and Total Soft Bank CATOS 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. Total Soft Bank CATOS currently has 24 supported, 21 conditional, 43 unknown/not-yet-verified, and 0 not-supported capabilities. Known-fact confidence is 98% for Navis N4 TOS and 97% for Total Soft Bank CATOS. 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.
Container terminal operating system for berth, ship, rail, gate and yard planning with equipment supervision, optimization, EDI connectivity 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 | Total Soft Bank CATOS |
|---|---|---|
| Billing, Analytics & Operational Control | 9 / 9 known5 conditional · 0 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported | 5 / 9 known3 conditional · 4 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported |
| Equipment Dispatch & Automation | 8 / 10 known4 conditional · 2 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported | 8 / 10 known2 conditional · 2 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported |
| Gate, Truck & Landside Operations | 6 / 11 known5 conditional · 5 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported | 3 / 11 known2 conditional · 8 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported |
| Integration, Data & Ecosystem | 5 / 11 known2 conditional · 6 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported | 4 / 11 known0 conditional · 7 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported |
| Platform Architecture, Resilience & Security | 5 / 8 known2 conditional · 3 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported | 3 / 8 known2 conditional · 5 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported |
| Rail & Intermodal Operations | 0 / 7 known0 conditional · 7 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported | 4 / 7 known3 conditional · 3 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported |
| Reefer, DG & Special Cargo | 2 / 7 known2 conditional · 5 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported | 1 / 7 known1 conditional · 6 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported |
| Vessel & Berth Planning | 5 / 11 known4 conditional · 6 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported | 7 / 11 known4 conditional · 4 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported |
| Yard Strategy & Inventory | 6 / 11 known5 conditional · 5 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported | 10 / 11 known4 conditional · 1 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 | Total Soft Bank CATOS |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| 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. | Partially Supported93% confidenceCATOS supports ordering through CATOS Web-IP and integrated platforms, but the reviewed public material does not establish the full breadth of customer self-service status, document, invoice or service-request functions. |
| 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. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Operational visibility, analytics & KPIsBilling, Analytics & Operational Control | Supported98% confidenceKaleris documents real-time operational data, productivity KPIs, control-room visibility and decision-support optimization. | Supported98% confidenceCATOS documents digital-twin visualization and an automated real-time analytics dashboard for terminal performance evaluation. |
| Productivity & equipment KPIsBilling, Analytics & Operational Control | Supported97% confidenceKaleris documents N4 real-time operational visibility and performance/productivity insights used to improve terminal execution. | Supported99% confidenceCATOS explicitly provides an automated real-time analytic dashboard for performance evaluation and key performance metrics. |
| Shift / control-room dashboardBilling, Analytics & Operational Control | Supported98% confidenceN4 Control Room centralizes operational views and functions used to monitor and maintain terminal operations. | Partially Supported97% confidenceCATOS provides an automated real-time analytic dashboard for facility performance, but a dedicated shift/control-room workflow is not separately established in the reviewed material. |
| 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. | Partially Supported96% confidenceRTGSS uses scheduling simulation, while richer terminal-wide 3D simulation and digital-twin capabilities are separately presented as CATOS Digital Twin; those CATOS DT functions are not assumed as universal base CATOS entitlement. |
| 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. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| 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. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| 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% confidenceATCSS supervises unmanned transfer cranes and CATOS documents integration with ASC/ARMG, autonomous trucks, STS and ATC infrastructure; exact project equipment mix remains implementation-specific. |
| Equipment dispatch & controlEquipment Dispatch & Automation | Supported99% confidenceKaleris documents PrimeRoute, RTG/RMG optimization and VMT workflows for terminal handling equipment dispatch and execution. | Supported99% confidenceCATOS documents quay, RTG/RMG, rail and container-handling-equipment supervisor systems for optimized scheduling and work instructions. |
| 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 Supported97% confidenceCATOS documents GPS and autonomous-infrastructure integrations and equipment supervisor functions, but exact positioning technology and entitlement depend on the implementation. |
| Equipment status & downtime awarenessEquipment Dispatch & Automation | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported96% confidenceATCSS, RTGSS and CHESS explicitly monitor and supervise unmanned cranes, RTG/RMG and yard trucks/straddle carriers, establishing live equipment-status awareness; maintenance-state and downtime-management depth are not separately documented. |
| 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% confidenceATCSS, RTGSS and CHESS explicitly perform optimal job scheduling, routing or work-instruction optimization across cranes and horizontal transport. |
| Quay crane job executionEquipment Dispatch & Automation | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| 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. | Supported99% confidenceRTGSS explicitly monitors and supervises manned RTG/RMG transfer cranes for optimal job scheduling and work instructions using scheduling simulation. |
| 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. | Supported98% confidenceCATOS documents automated transfer-crane supervision and equipment optimization; exact third-party ECS integration scope should be validated per terminal implementation. |
| 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. | Supported99% confidenceCHESS explicitly monitors and supervises yard trucks and straddle carriers, calculating routing and shortest paths for optimal job scheduling and work instructions. |
| 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 Supported96% confidenceCATOS includes Gate Planning and has integration experience with GOS and autonomous infrastructure, but kiosk/barrier/scale lane orchestration is not enumerated as universal native functionality. |
| Driver identification & authorizationGate, Truck & Landside Operations | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| 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% confidenceCATOS explicitly documents gate planning and container entry/exit ordering within its integrated operating platform. |
| 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% confidenceCATOS documents integration references with GOS, QC OCR and rail OCR, but ANPR is not separately stated and recognition may be provided by external subsystems. |
| 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 | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| 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. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| 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. | Supported97% confidenceCATOS documents EDI, web ordering and integrated-platform connectivity; exact API/interface catalogue should be validated for the selected release. |
| 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. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| 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. | Supported99% confidenceCATOS explicitly documents integration references with GOS, QC OCR and rail OCR systems, establishing operational subsystem integration without assuming CATOS is the recognition engine. |
| MOVINS / BAPLIE vessel messagingIntegration, Data & Ecosystem | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| PCS / customs / authority integrationIntegration, Data & Ecosystem | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Supported99% confidenceCATOS explicitly documents integration references with customs and Port Community Systems across multiple countries. |
| Reefer monitoring system integrationIntegration, Data & Ecosystem | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Supported99% confidenceCATOS explicitly lists reefer monitoring systems among its established IoT and infrastructure integration references. |
| REST / web-service API integrationIntegration, Data & Ecosystem | Supported99% confidenceKaleris explicitly documents robust API integration for N4 with external systems and data streams. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| 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. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| 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. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| 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. | Partially Supported94% confidenceCATOS container-position optimization includes inter-terminal movement control, but the reviewed public material does not establish centralized multi-terminal administration or shared-instance operating scope. |
| RBAC / SSO / enterprise identityPlatform Architecture, Resilience & Security | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported99% confidenceCATOS explicitly supports single sign-on across multiple applications, but the reviewed public material does not separately establish the full RBAC model or identity-provider standards. |
| Security & administrative audit loggingPlatform Architecture, Resilience & Security | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| 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. | Supported99% confidenceTSB states CATOS serves terminals from below 100,000 TEU to over 5,000,000 TEU and is used by more than 100 terminals across more than 20 countries. |
| Rail / intermodal operationsRail & Intermodal Operations | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Supported99% confidenceCATOS explicitly documents rail planning and rail-supervisor workflows. |
| Rail crane work queuesRail & Intermodal Operations | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported95% confidenceCATOS documents Rail Supervisor SRT estimation and rail planning, but explicit rail-crane work-queue generation and execution are not separately described. |
| Rail interchange eventsRail & Intermodal Operations | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Rail load / discharge planningRail & Intermodal Operations | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported97% confidenceCATOS Rail Planning and Rail Supervisor functions support rail operation planning, but detailed wagon-level load/discharge sequencing is not separately established. |
| Rail-yard inventory visibilityRail & Intermodal Operations | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Train schedule & service managementRail & Intermodal Operations | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported96% confidenceCATOS explicitly includes Rail Planning, but train-service schedules, cutoffs and consist-management depth are not separately documented. |
| Wagon / consist planningRail & Intermodal Operations | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| 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. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| 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 | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| OOG & special-equipment handlingReefer, DG & Special Cargo | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| 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 Supported96% confidenceCATOS documents successful reefer-monitoring-system integrations, but the reviewed material does not establish that CATOS itself provides native temperature sensing or every alarm workflow. |
| 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 Supported96% confidenceCATOS explicitly includes Berth Planning, but the reviewed public material does not separately establish berth-window conflict handling, arrival/departure window rules or dedicated slot-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 | Supported99% confidenceCATOS Auto Ship Planning explicitly generates ship loading, discharging and re-stow planning and is designed to reduce unnecessary crane movement. |
| 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. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Quay crane work queuesVessel & Berth Planning | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported95% confidenceCATOS provides Quay Supervisor SRT estimation and terminal-wide work supervision, but explicit quay-crane work-queue semantics and prioritization are not separately documented. |
| Restow & vessel rehandle planningVessel & Berth Planning | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Supported99% confidenceCATOS Auto Ship Planning explicitly includes re-stow planning and aims to minimize restow and unnecessary crane movement. |
| 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 Supported98% confidenceCATOS Auto Ship Planning generates loading, discharging and re-stow plans using configurable planning patterns and constraints, but the public material does not separately enumerate all bay/deck/hatch stowage controls. |
| 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% confidenceCATOS explicitly documents berth, ship and planning workflows including automated ship planning. |
| Vessel call lifecycle managementVessel & Berth Planning | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported96% confidenceCATOS explicitly provides Berth Planning and Ship Planning and supports vessel-related container moves, establishing vessel-operation scope without proving the full vessel-call lifecycle from pre-arrival through completion and departure. |
| 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 Supported97% confidenceCATOS provides Auto Positioning and automated shifting/remarshalling, but the reviewed material does not use explicit decking/grounding terminology for all workflows. |
| Block / stack allocation planningYard Strategy & Inventory | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Supported98% confidenceCATOS container-position optimization controls grouping, boundaries, pile quality and container placement, directly supporting yard allocation decisions. |
| 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% confidenceCATOS container-position optimization supports grouping, boundary, pile-quality, scattering and inter-terminal movement controls, providing configurable yard strategy logic. |
| Empty container inventory managementYard Strategy & Inventory | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported94% confidenceCATOS auto-swapping covers unexpected empty-container pickup changes, but the reviewed public material does not establish full empty-container inventory, release and stock-control depth. |
| Housekeeping & remarshalling planningYard Strategy & Inventory | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Supported99% confidenceCATOS explicitly includes Remarshalling Planning plus Auto Shifting and Auto Remarshalling for yard preparation and reorganization. |
| 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% confidenceCATOS optimization explicitly targets container positioning, shifting/rehandling efficiency, and Auto Ship Planning minimizes re-stow and unnecessary crane movement. |
| 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. | Partially Supported96% confidenceCATOS positions its optimization around maximizing yard utilization and container-position efficiency, but explicit occupancy thresholds and congestion-control functions are not separately documented. |
| Yard holds & exception managementYard Strategy & Inventory | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported95% confidenceCATOS explicitly supports exceptional-case handling through auto-swapping for unexpected changes in stacking position, loading sequence, empty pickup and yard-truck assignments, but formal hold/release and regulatory restriction workflows are not separately established. |
| Yard inventory reconciliationYard Strategy & Inventory | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Supported99% confidenceCATOS explicitly provides an automated reconciliation system for data accuracy, consistency, integrity, reliability and process-wide validation. |
| Yard planning & container inventoryYard Strategy & Inventory | Supported99% confidenceKaleris documents N4 yard planning, Expert Decking, yard utilization and real-time container/equipment visibility. | Supported99% confidenceCATOS documents yard planning, remarshalling and container-position optimization. |
| Deployment model | Navis N4 TOS | Total Soft Bank CATOS |
|---|---|---|
| On-premise | Supported99% confidence | Not recorded |
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