Compare RBS TOPS Expert vs Tideworks Mainsail for terminal operations across vessel, yard, gate, equipment, automation/integration, deployment, evidence coverage and known research gaps.
TechSelectAI compares RBS TOPS Expert and Tideworks Mainsail using recorded product evidence rather than user-specific recommendation scoring. RBS TOPS Expert currently has 18 supported, 37 conditional, 33 unknown/not-yet-verified, and 0 not-supported capabilities. Tideworks Mainsail currently has 10 supported, 35 conditional, 43 unknown/not-yet-verified, and 0 not-supported capabilities. Known-fact confidence is 97% for RBS TOPS Expert and 97% for Tideworks Mainsail. 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.
Terminal operating system family for real-time container-terminal planning and execution across vessel, berth, yard, gate, rail, equipment, automation and operational analytics.
Marine terminal operating system for cargo, inventory, vessel activity and gate operations, supported by Tideworks planning, equipment-control, customer-visibility and EDI companion products where selected.
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 | RBS TOPS Expert | Tideworks Mainsail |
|---|---|---|
| Billing, Analytics & Operational Control | 7 / 9 known6 conditional · 2 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported | 6 / 9 known2 conditional · 3 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported |
| Equipment Dispatch & Automation | 8 / 10 known4 conditional · 2 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported | 6 / 10 known6 conditional · 4 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 | 6 / 11 known5 conditional · 5 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported | 6 / 11 known4 conditional · 5 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported |
| Platform Architecture, Resilience & Security | 5 / 8 known3 conditional · 3 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported | 3 / 8 known3 conditional · 5 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported |
| Rail & Intermodal Operations | 6 / 7 known2 conditional · 1 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported | 5 / 7 known5 conditional · 2 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported |
| Reefer, DG & Special Cargo | 4 / 7 known4 conditional · 3 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported | 1 / 7 known1 conditional · 6 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported |
| Vessel & Berth Planning | 7 / 11 known5 conditional · 4 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported | 6 / 11 known5 conditional · 5 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported |
| Yard Strategy & Inventory | 6 / 11 known3 conditional · 5 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported | 8 / 11 known7 conditional · 3 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 | RBS TOPS Expert | Tideworks Mainsail |
|---|---|---|
| Billing / tariff / financial integrationBilling, Analytics & Operational Control | 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. | Supported99% confidenceMainsail 10 records revenue-generating events, applies contract rates and generates customer billing while integrating with ERP and CRM systems. |
| Customer self-service portalBilling, Analytics & Operational Control | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported99% confidenceForecast provides terminal customers with container information, clearance/demurrage status, notifications and online payments, but Forecast is a separate companion customer-service portal rather than base Mainsail functionality. |
| Operational audit historyBilling, Analytics & Operational Control | 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. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Operational visibility, analytics & KPIsBilling, Analytics & Operational Control | Supported99% confidenceRBS documents TOPS KPI dashboards, real-time monitoring, forecasting and operational reporting. | Supported97% confidenceTideworks documents real-time operational visibility and data-driven planning across the Mainsail terminal platform. |
| Productivity & equipment KPIsBilling, Analytics & Operational Control | 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. | Supported98% confidenceMainsail 10 supports historical reporting, real-time visibility, trending analysis, custom ad-hoc reports and dynamic recap for terminal operational data. |
| Shift / control-room dashboardBilling, Analytics & Operational Control | 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. | Partially Supported95% confidenceMainsail 10 provides real-time visibility and highly configurable reporting, but a dedicated shift/control-room dashboard workflow is not separately established. |
| Simulation / what-if analysisBilling, Analytics & Operational Control | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Storage, tariff & service billingBilling, Analytics & Operational Control | 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. | Supported99% confidenceMainsail 10 billing explicitly applies rates and service agreements, creates charges from revenue-generating events, supports configurable invoicing, and Tideworks documents centralized management of billing contracts, rates and tariffs. |
| Volume / workload forecastingBilling, Analytics & Operational Control | 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. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| AGV / ASC automated-equipment integrationEquipment Dispatch & Automation | 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. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Equipment dispatch & controlEquipment Dispatch & Automation | Supported99% confidenceRBS documents container-handling equipment management, equipment-control optimization and real-time operational planning. | Partially Supported95% confidenceTerminal equipment dispatch and control are documented through Tideworks Traffic Control, a companion product integrated with Mainsail. |
| Equipment position trackingEquipment Dispatch & Automation | 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. | Partially Supported97% confidenceTraffic Control supports optional DGPS and standardized position-detection integrations, but equipment-position tracking belongs to the companion execution stack and may require external positioning technology. |
| Equipment status & downtime awarenessEquipment Dispatch & Automation | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Job pooling & dispatch optimizationEquipment Dispatch & Automation | Supported99% confidenceTOPS Expert documents holistic optimization of equipment usage, real-time resource allocation, CHE strategy optimization and resource/process optimization. | Partially Supported99% confidenceTraffic Control explicitly prioritizes moves and pools equipment against yard, rail, vessel and gate operations; it remains a separate equipment-control companion product. |
| Quay crane job executionEquipment Dispatch & Automation | Partially Supported95% confidenceTOPX Expert integrates crane scheduling, equipment control and resource allocation; explicit quay-crane job-queue detail is not separately established. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| RTG / RMG dispatch & work queuesEquipment Dispatch & Automation | 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. | Partially Supported97% confidenceTraffic Control provides electronic equipment dispatch, move prioritization and crane optimization; equipment-dispatch functions are attributed to the companion Traffic Control system, not base Mainsail. |
| Terminal automation / ECS integrationEquipment Dispatch & Automation | Supported97% confidenceRBS documents terminal automation, IoT-capable equipment connectivity and optimization; exact ECS adapters and automation scope require project validation. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Terminal tractor / straddle dispatchEquipment Dispatch & Automation | 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. | Partially Supported97% confidenceTraffic Control dispatches work instructions to handling equipment and pools equipment by operational zones; exact truck/straddle configuration depends on the companion execution system deployment. |
| VMT mobile work instructionsEquipment Dispatch & Automation | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported98% confidenceTraffic Control provides web-deployable mobile clients and touch-screen handling-equipment interfaces for electronic work instructions; this is a Traffic Control companion capability, not native Mainsail mobile execution. |
| Automated gate lane orchestrationGate, Truck & Landside Operations | 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. | Partially Supported99% confidenceGateVision integrates gate video, voice communication and the TOS and centralizes lane processing, but GateVision is a separate companion gate-operations system rather than base Mainsail functionality. |
| Driver identification & authorizationGate, Truck & Landside Operations | Partially Supported94% confidenceRBS documents gate automation with access control and traffic identification, but driver-identity credential methods are not enumerated. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Gate & truck operationsGate, Truck & Landside Operations | Supported99% confidenceTOPO Expert documents gate management/GOS connectivity, while TOPS Expert Cloud documents integrated gate management. | Supported98% confidenceTideworks documents gate operations in Mainsail; advanced gate imaging/processing may use the companion Gate Vision product. |
| Gate customs / line / terminal holdsGate, Truck & Landside Operations | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Gate OCR / ANPR integrationGate, Truck & Landside Operations | 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. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| 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 | Partially Supported99% confidenceTruck Appointment is a named TOPS Expert additional module; it is not assumed as universal base TOPX/TOPO entitlement. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Truck pre-advice & booking validationGate, Truck & Landside Operations | 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. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Truck turn-time & queue monitoringGate, Truck & Landside Operations | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported96% confidenceGateVision is designed to process trucks faster and distributes lane calls efficiently, but detailed turn-time measurement and queue analytics are not established as universal Mainsail-native functions. |
| Weighbridge & VGM workflowsGate, Truck & Landside Operations | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | 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% confidenceTOPO/TOPS documentation includes EDI processing, open interfaces/web services and connectivity to gate, reefer-monitoring and financial systems. | Partially Supported96% confidenceMainsail 10 documents standardized API integration, while managed EDI is delivered through the companion EDI Porter service in current deployments. |
| ERP / finance integrationIntegration, Data & Ecosystem | 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. | Partially Supported96% confidenceTideworks documents Mainsail integration with third-party ERP systems, but universal finance/ERP connector coverage is not established. |
| Event / webhook / streaming integrationIntegration, Data & Ecosystem | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported99% confidenceMainsail 10 explicitly uses Real-Time Messaging for integration, establishing event/messaging integration; webhook semantics are not separately documented in the reviewed public material. |
| Gate / OCR subsystem integrationIntegration, Data & Ecosystem | 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. | Supported99% confidenceMainsail 10 explicitly supports OCR and LPR third-party integrations; exact OCR/LPR vendors and project topology remain implementation-specific. |
| MOVINS / BAPLIE vessel messagingIntegration, Data & Ecosystem | Partially Supported99% confidenceTOPO Expert explicitly documents BAPLIE received by EDI, while MOVINS support is not separately established in the reviewed first-party material. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| PCS / customs / authority integrationIntegration, Data & Ecosystem | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported98% confidenceMainsail 10 explicitly supports Port Community System integrations, but customs integration is not separately established by the reviewed current public material. |
| Reefer monitoring system integrationIntegration, Data & Ecosystem | Partially Supported98% confidenceRBS explicitly lists Reefer Monitoring Integration/System as an additional TOPS module; deployment depends on the selected package and external monitoring environment. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| REST / web-service API integrationIntegration, Data & Ecosystem | 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. | Supported99% confidenceMainsail 10 explicitly uses RESTful API calls and real-time messaging for third-party integrations, and current cloud deployments document standardized APIs for data exchange. |
| 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. | Supported98% confidence · mobile_webResponsive browser access is verified for Mainsail 10 across a variety of devices; exact small-screen feature parity is not separately documented. Native Android and iOS applications are not inferred. |
| BCP / degraded or offline operationsPlatform Architecture, Resilience & Security | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Cloud / on-prem deployment flexibilityPlatform Architecture, Resilience & Security | 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. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Disaster recovery & RPO/RTO controlsPlatform Architecture, Resilience & Security | 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. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| High availability architecturePlatform Architecture, Resilience & Security | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Multi-terminal / multi-site operationPlatform Architecture, Resilience & Security | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported99% confidenceTideworks states Mainsail can scale across multiple terminals, and TOTE operates Mainsail 10 across its Alaska and U.S. mainland terminal network with a unified operational view; the public evidence does not establish a single shared instance or every cross-site administration boundary. |
| RBAC / SSO / enterprise identityPlatform Architecture, Resilience & Security | Partially Supported94% confidenceTOPX Expert explicitly includes Security & Administration, but the reviewed public material does not establish SSO or the full role/identity model. | Partially Supported98% confidenceMainsail 10 explicitly supports granular role-based permissions, but SSO and specific enterprise identity-provider standards are not established in the reviewed Mainsail evidence. |
| Security & administrative audit loggingPlatform Architecture, Resilience & Security | 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. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Throughput & scale for large terminalsPlatform Architecture, Resilience & Security | 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. | Partially Supported97% confidenceTideworks positions Mainsail as scalable as terminal requirements and throughput grow and as suitable across terminal sizes, but the reviewed public material does not publish a universal Mainsail TEU ceiling. |
| Rail / intermodal operationsRail & Intermodal Operations | Supported98% confidenceTOPS Expert Cloud explicitly documents rail management within the TOPX operational package. | Partially Supported94% confidenceTideworks documents rail planning through the companion Spinnaker component deployed with Mainsail; do not treat it as a universal core-Mainsail entitlement. |
| Rail crane work queuesRail & Intermodal Operations | Partially Supported94% confidenceRail operations are combined with equipment control and CHE optimization, but explicit rail-crane work-queue semantics are not separately documented. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Rail interchange eventsRail & Intermodal Operations | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Rail load / discharge planningRail & Intermodal Operations | Supported98% confidenceRBS explicitly lists Rail Planning & Scheduling and Rail Operation & Management in its TOPS Expert rail-terminal scope. | Partially Supported98% confidenceSpinnaker rail planning supports incoming/outgoing train planning, railcar movement and automated railcar stowage; this remains a companion-product boundary. |
| Rail-yard inventory visibilityRail & Intermodal Operations | 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. | Partially Supported97% confidenceSpinnaker provides real-time terminal inventory visibility together with rail-yard/track planning and railcar movement tools, but a distinct rail-inventory reconciliation workflow is not separately established. |
| Train schedule & service managementRail & Intermodal Operations | Supported98% confidenceThe RBS rail-terminal solution explicitly includes Rail Planning & Scheduling within TOPS Expert. | Partially Supported97% confidenceSpinnaker includes graphical rail planning and schedule visibility, but rail planning belongs to the companion Spinnaker product rather than universal base Mainsail entitlement. |
| Wagon / consist planningRail & Intermodal Operations | Supported99% confidenceTOPX Expert explicitly supports building wagon classes and rail wagons, creating train geometry, viewing train lists/layouts and planning departing trains. | Partially Supported97% confidenceSpinnaker rail planning can split trains, plan incoming and outgoing trains, move railcars between tracks and automate railcar stowage; this establishes consist/railcar planning at the companion-product level without making it native base Mainsail. |
| Container weight / VGM controlReefer, DG & Special Cargo | 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. | 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 | 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. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| OOG & special-equipment handlingReefer, DG & Special Cargo | 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. | Partially Supported98% confidenceMainsail explicitly manages over-dimensional cargo inventory, but dedicated OOG equipment selection, lift planning and special-handling execution are not separately established. |
| Reefer plug / unplug workflowReefer, DG & Special Cargo | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Reefer temperature & alarm integrationReefer, DG & Special Cargo | Partially Supported97% confidenceReefer Monitoring System/Integration is a named TOPS Expert additional module, so reefer monitoring is evidenced without assuming universal base entitlement. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Reefer, dangerous goods & special cargo controlsReefer, DG & Special Cargo | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | 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 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. | Partially Supported98% confidenceGraphical berth planning is explicitly delivered through Spinnaker, a companion planning system integrated with Mainsail; it is not assumed as universal core-Mainsail entitlement. |
| Carrier vessel-plan collaborationVessel & Berth Planning | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Discharge / load sequencingVessel & Berth Planning | Partially Supported95% confidenceAutomated vessel planning and crane scheduling support ship-work sequencing, but explicit discharge/load sequence controls are not separately documented publicly. | Partially Supported99% confidenceSpinnaker automatically sequences discharge containers and calculates efficient load-back sequences; this capability is attributed to the companion planning system, not base Mainsail. |
| Quay crane split planningVessel & Berth Planning | Partially Supported96% confidenceRBS documents automatic crane scheduling and vessel planning, but explicit quay-crane split/range planning is not separately established. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Quay crane work queuesVessel & Berth Planning | 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. | Partially Supported96% confidenceSpinnaker can create bay-by-bay worklists and electronic work orders for real-time dispatch, but work-order execution depends on the integrated planning/dispatch stack rather than base Mainsail alone. |
| Restow & vessel rehandle planningVessel & Berth Planning | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Stowage & bay planningVessel & Berth Planning | 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. | Partially Supported99% confidenceSpinnaker provides graphical vessel planning and stowage tools, including automated stowage functions; these are companion-product capabilities rather than universal core Mainsail functionality. |
| Twin / tandem lift planningVessel & Berth Planning | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Vessel & berth planning / executionVessel & Berth Planning | Supported99% confidenceTOPS Expert documents vessel planning/management, automated berth planning and real-time execution. | Partially Supported95% confidenceMainsail manages vessel activity, while full graphical vessel and berth planning is documented through the companion Spinnaker Planning Management System. |
| Vessel call lifecycle managementVessel & Berth Planning | Supported98% confidenceTOPX Expert manages vessel and berth operations from berthing through operational completion within its real-time planning and control scope. | Supported98% confidenceMainsail explicitly manages vessel activity as part of its core marine terminal operating system; detailed graphical vessel and berth planning remains a Spinnaker companion-product boundary. |
| Automated decking / grounding decisionsYard Strategy & Inventory | 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. | Partially Supported98% confidenceSpinnaker automates container location assignments for grounded or wheeled operations; this is not promoted as native base-Mainsail decking functionality. |
| Block / stack allocation planningYard Strategy & Inventory | 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. | Partially Supported98% confidenceSpinnaker automates container location assignments for grounded or wheeled operations and optimizes container positions, but this is a companion planning capability rather than universal core Mainsail entitlement. |
| Configurable yard strategy rulesYard Strategy & Inventory | Supported99% confidenceTOPX Expert explicitly uses reverse engineering to manage yard strategy and includes Expert Yard Management within the operational system. | Partially Supported98% confidenceSpinnaker provides yard planning tools and supports terminal-specific decking strategies; advanced graphical yard-strategy planning is a companion-product capability. |
| Empty container inventory managementYard Strategy & Inventory | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported96% confidenceMainsail provides complete container inventory management and explicitly discusses steamship-line empty allotments and excess empty inventory, but release/order and full empty-depot workflow depth are not separately documented. |
| Housekeeping & remarshalling planningYard Strategy & Inventory | Partially Supported95% confidenceExpert Yard Management and automated storage optimization support yard strategy, but proactive housekeeping/remarshalling planning is not separately described publicly. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Import / export / prestack segregationYard Strategy & Inventory | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Rehandle minimizationYard Strategy & Inventory | Supported99% confidenceRBS explicitly states TOPX automatically manages container storage while minimizing re-handling moves. | Partially Supported98% confidenceSpinnaker explicitly helps avoid costly rehandles and set-asides through optimized yard positioning; it remains a companion-product capability. |
| Yard density & capacity visibilityYard Strategy & Inventory | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Yard holds & exception managementYard Strategy & Inventory | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported98% confidenceSpinnaker explicitly lets operators control container-placement exceptions and uses automatic set-aside logic, but formal regulatory/customs hold-release workflows remain unverified and the function is a companion planning capability. |
| Yard inventory reconciliationYard Strategy & Inventory | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Supported98% confidenceMainsail manages cargo and inventory with real-time operational visibility; Tideworks describes active inventory control as tightly coupled with Mainsail, while advanced graphical yard planning remains in Spinnaker. |
| Yard planning & container inventoryYard Strategy & Inventory | Supported99% confidenceTOPS Expert documents advanced yard strategy, yard/truck management and container movement optimization. | Partially Supported95% confidenceMainsail manages cargo and inventory, while advanced graphical yard planning is documented with the companion Spinnaker planning system. |
| Deployment model | RBS TOPS Expert | Tideworks Mainsail |
|---|---|---|
| On-premise | Supported98% confidence | Not recorded |
| Public SaaS | Supported98% confidence | Supported99% confidence |
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