Compare RBS TOPS Expert vs Total Soft Bank CATOS for terminal operations across vessel, yard, gate, equipment, automation/integration, deployment, evidence coverage and known research gaps.
TechSelectAI compares RBS TOPS Expert and Total Soft Bank CATOS 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. Total Soft Bank CATOS currently has 24 supported, 21 conditional, 43 unknown/not-yet-verified, and 0 not-supported capabilities. Known-fact confidence is 97% for RBS TOPS Expert 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.
Terminal operating system family for real-time container-terminal planning and execution across vessel, berth, yard, gate, rail, equipment, automation and operational analytics.
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 | RBS TOPS Expert | Total Soft Bank CATOS |
|---|---|---|
| Billing, Analytics & Operational Control | 7 / 9 known6 conditional · 2 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 | 6 / 11 known5 conditional · 5 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported | 4 / 11 known0 conditional · 7 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported |
| Platform Architecture, Resilience & Security | 5 / 8 known3 conditional · 3 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported | 3 / 8 known2 conditional · 5 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported |
| Rail & Intermodal Operations | 6 / 7 known2 conditional · 1 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported | 4 / 7 known3 conditional · 3 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 | 7 / 11 known4 conditional · 4 research pending · 0 explicitly unsupported |
| Yard Strategy & Inventory | 6 / 11 known3 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 | RBS TOPS Expert | Total Soft Bank CATOS |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Customer self-service portalBilling, Analytics & Operational Control | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | 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 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. | Supported98% confidenceCATOS documents digital-twin visualization and an automated real-time analytics dashboard for terminal performance evaluation. |
| 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. | Supported99% confidenceCATOS explicitly provides an automated real-time analytic dashboard for performance evaluation and key performance metrics. |
| 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 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 | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | 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% confidenceBilling is a named TOPS/TOPO special module, so billing capability is evidenced without inferring every storage/tariff/rating rule as universal base functionality. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| 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. | 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% confidenceRBS documents container-handling equipment management, equipment-control optimization and real-time operational planning. | Supported99% confidenceCATOS documents quay, RTG/RMG, rail and container-handling-equipment supervisor systems for optimized scheduling and work instructions. |
| 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% 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 | Supported99% confidenceTOPS Expert documents holistic optimization of equipment usage, real-time resource allocation, CHE strategy optimization and resource/process optimization. | 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 | 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. | 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 | Supported97% confidenceRBS documents terminal automation, IoT-capable equipment connectivity and optimization; exact ECS adapters and automation scope require project validation. | 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 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. | 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 | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| 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 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 | 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. | 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 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. | 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 | 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 | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| 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. | 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 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. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Event / webhook / streaming integrationIntegration, Data & Ecosystem | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| 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% 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 | 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 | Supported99% confidenceCATOS explicitly documents integration references with customs and Port Community Systems across multiple countries. |
| 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. | Supported99% confidenceCATOS explicitly lists reefer monitoring systems among its established IoT and infrastructure integration references. |
| 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. | 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 | 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 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 | Partially Supported94% confidenceTOPX Expert explicitly includes Security & Administration, but the reviewed public material does not establish SSO or the full role/identity model. | 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 | 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. | 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 | Supported98% confidenceTOPS Expert Cloud explicitly documents rail management within the TOPX operational package. | Supported99% confidenceCATOS explicitly documents rail planning and rail-supervisor workflows. |
| 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. | 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 | Supported98% confidenceRBS explicitly lists Rail Planning & Scheduling and Rail Operation & Management in its TOPS Expert rail-terminal scope. | 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 | 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. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Train schedule & service managementRail & Intermodal Operations | Supported98% confidenceThe RBS rail-terminal solution explicitly includes Rail Planning & Scheduling within TOPS Expert. | 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 | Supported99% confidenceTOPX Expert explicitly supports building wagon classes and rail wagons, creating train geometry, viewing train lists/layouts and planning departing trains. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| 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. | 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 | Partially Supported97% confidenceReefer Monitoring System/Integration is a named TOPS Expert additional module, so reefer monitoring is evidenced without assuming universal base entitlement. | 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 | 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 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 | 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. | 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 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 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 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 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% confidenceTOPS Expert documents vessel planning/management, automated berth planning and real-time execution. | Supported99% confidenceCATOS explicitly documents berth, ship and planning workflows including automated ship planning. |
| 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. | 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 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 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 | 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. | Supported98% confidenceCATOS container-position optimization controls grouping, boundaries, pile quality and container placement, directly supporting yard allocation decisions. |
| 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. | 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 | Partially Supported95% confidenceExpert Yard Management and automated storage optimization support yard strategy, but proactive housekeeping/remarshalling planning is not separately described publicly. | Supported99% confidenceCATOS explicitly includes Remarshalling Planning plus Auto Shifting and Auto Remarshalling for yard preparation and reorganization. |
| 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. | 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 | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | 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% confidenceTOPS Expert documents advanced yard strategy, yard/truck management and container movement optimization. | Supported99% confidenceCATOS documents yard planning, remarshalling and container-position optimization. |
| Deployment model | RBS TOPS Expert | Total Soft Bank CATOS |
|---|---|---|
| On-premise | Supported98% confidence | Not recorded |
| Public SaaS | Supported98% confidence | Not recorded |
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