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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.

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Factual summary

Tideworks Mainsail is listed by TechSelectAI in Terminal Operating Systems (TOS). TechSelectAI currently records 10 supported capabilities, 35 conditional capabilities, 43 unknown or not-yet-verified capabilities, and 0 not-supported capabilities. The profile also records 0 integrations and 1 deployment options. Average confidence across known capability facts is 97%. Latest recorded review or verification activity: Sep 20, 2026.

10 Supported35 Conditional43 Unknown / not yet verified0 Not supported97% known-fact confidenceUpdated 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.

Product data freshness: Current · Last reviewed Sep 20, 2026. Vendor-provided facts, reviewed evidence, community-derived insights, and TechSelectAI analysis are kept as separate evidence classes. Methodology.
Vendor
Tideworks Technology
Research coverage
51%
Known capability facts
45 / 88
Supported
10
Evidence confidence
97%
Last reviewed
Sep 20, 2026
Research status

Evidence depth

Research coverage is not a product score. It measures how much of TechSelectAI's current capability model has an evidenced status for this product. A research-pending fact may still be supported by the product; TechSelectAI has not yet established enough evidence to classify it.

45 of 88 facts known
10 supported35 conditional43 research pending0 explicitly unsupported15 verified sources
Known capability coverage13 / 25
45 / 88 known
Verified source depth15 / 15
15 verified sources
Source diversity3 / 10
1 source types · 1 publishers
Technical documentation5 / 15
1 technical source
Capability-to-source linkage10 / 10
43 known capability records linked to verified evidence
Integration evidence0 / 8
0 known integrations
Deployment evidence4 / 7
1 known deployment models
Commercial / edition coverage0 / 4
0 pricing rows · 0 editions
Evidence freshness6 / 6
15 / 15 verified sources checked in last 365 days

Research completeness: 56% — Developing research. This measures TechSelectAI's research record, not product quality, fit, market position or recommendation rank. It never controls indexability.

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Category

Terminal Operating Systems (TOS)

Evidence coverage

15 verified sources · 45 of 88 capability facts have an evidenced status · 43 remain research pending.

Deployment options

Public SaaS (Supported)

Buyer evaluation guide

Use the recorded evidence below to plan a product demo or RFP discussion. This section does not rank Tideworks Mainsail or infer unsupported capabilities; it turns verified facts, conditions and research gaps into questions a buyer can validate.

Documented areas to validate

Conditions and evidence gaps

  • Customer self-service portal: Forecast 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.
  • Shift / control-room dashboard: Mainsail 10 provides real-time visibility and highly configurable reporting, but a dedicated shift/control-room dashboard workflow is not separately established.
  • Equipment dispatch & control: Terminal equipment dispatch and control are documented through Tideworks Traffic Control, a companion product integrated with Mainsail.
  • Equipment position tracking: Traffic 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.
  • 43 capability facts remain research pending and should be confirmed during evaluation.

Questions to take to the vendor

  • Confirm which recorded deployment option apply to the edition and architecture you are evaluating: Public SaaS.
  • Request current written pricing and edition terms; TechSelectAI does not currently have verified public pricing for this product.
  • Resolve the 43 research-pending capability facts that could matter to your requirements.

Guidance is assembled from the same recorded TechSelectAI evidence shown on this page. Unknown means not yet verified, not unsupported. Buyer-specific Fit Score remains separate.

Tideworks Mainsail implementation & configuration guide

This implementation playbook turns the recorded product evidence into a practical project sequence. It is deliberately version-neutral: TechSelectAI does not invent vendor commands, ports, sizing values or hidden prerequisites. Use the vendor's current documentation for exact installation steps, and use this guide to structure architecture, configuration, testing, cut-over and operational acceptance.

Evidence boundary: This is a TechSelectAI implementation planning guide assembled from recorded product evidence. It is not a substitute for the vendor's version-specific installation manual, certified implementation method, sizing exercise or security hardening guide.

1. Scope and prerequisites

Define what will be implemented before touching production configuration.

  • Confirm business scope, sites, users, environments, ownership and success criteria for vessel, yard, gate, equipment, rail, billing, automation and terminal integrations.
  • Confirm the exact edition, modules and licensed functions in writing with the vendor.
  • Classify must-have, phase-two and optional requirements; do not treat research-pending items as supported until demonstrated.
  • Identify security, identity, data-retention, audit, availability, backup and recovery requirements.

2. Architecture and environments

Translate the selected commercial scope into a supportable technical design.

  • Validate the recorded deployment options against the target architecture: Public SaaS.
  • Define development/test/UAT/production environments and how configuration will be promoted between them.
  • Document identity and access design, privileged administration, service accounts, certificates/keys and network trust boundaries.
  • Confirm monitoring, logging, capacity, resilience, backup/restore and disaster-recovery ownership before go-live.

3. Baseline configuration

Configure the operating model before enabling integrations and bulk data.

  • Configure organizational structure, sites, roles, permissions, workflows, calendars, reference data and naming standards required for terminal layout, operational rules, work queues, service definitions, equipment, yard strategy and exception handling.
  • Prioritize validation of currently evidenced areas such as Billing / tariff / financial integration, Operational visibility, analytics & KPIs, Productivity & equipment KPIs, Storage, tariff & service billing, Gate & truck operations.
  • Treat conditional capabilities as explicit design decisions, especially Customer self-service portal, Shift / control-room dashboard, Equipment dispatch & control, Equipment position tracking.
  • Maintain a configuration workbook with setting, owner, rationale, environment, change ticket and validation evidence.

4. Integrations and data

Connect the product without creating hidden operational dependencies.

  • Create an interface inventory covering source, destination, protocol/API, frequency, ownership, credentials, retry handling and monitoring.
  • Define master-data ownership, migration mapping, cleansing rules, reconciliation totals and cut-over freeze windows.
  • Test authentication expiry, duplicate messages, late/out-of-order data, unavailable endpoints, retries and recovery after an outage.
  • Document manual fallback procedures for any integration that can block critical operations.

5. Validation and acceptance

Prove the configured solution using realistic business scenarios, not only happy-path screenshots.

  • Run representative vessel, yard, gate and equipment workflows from pre-arrival through completion, including exception and recovery paths.
  • Validate EDI/API/OCR/PCS/customs/equipment interfaces with realistic message volumes and outage recovery.
  • Test operational continuity for TOS, network and subsystem interruptions, including reconciliation after service restoration.
  • Resolve high-impact research-pending items before acceptance, including Operational audit history, Simulation / what-if analysis, Volume / workload forecasting, AGV / ASC automated-equipment integration, Equipment status & downtime awareness.
  • Run role/security, negative, exception, performance, recovery and audit-trail tests in addition to normal functional UAT.
  • Capture expected result, actual result, evidence, defect reference, retest result and business sign-off for each acceptance scenario.

6. Cut-over, go-live and operations

Make the transition reversible, observable and supportable.

  • Use a timed cut-over plan with owners, dependencies, decision checkpoints, communications, rollback criteria and business continuity steps.
  • Freeze uncontrolled configuration changes before final migration and retain an export/snapshot of approved production settings where the product supports it.
  • Define hypercare coverage, severity model, vendor escalation path, monitoring dashboard, daily reconciliation and known-issue register.
  • After stabilization, move configuration changes into normal change control and schedule periodic access, integration, backup/recovery and upgrade reviews.

Configuration validation worksheet

Use these evidence-backed capability records as configuration checkpoints during discovery, design workshops and UAT. “Recorded status” describes the current TechSelectAI evidence state; it is not an instruction to enable the function.

AreaRecorded statusConfiguration questionKnown condition / limitation
Billing / tariff / financial integrationSupportedWhat configuration, module, licensing, integration or operating assumption is required for this capability in the terminal operating model?Mainsail 10 records revenue-generating events, applies contract rates and generates customer billing while integrating with ERP and CRM systems.
Customer self-service portalPartially SupportedWhat configuration, module, licensing, integration or operating assumption is required for this capability in the terminal operating model?Forecast 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 visibility, analytics & KPIsSupportedWhat configuration, module, licensing, integration or operating assumption is required for this capability in the terminal operating model?Tideworks documents real-time operational visibility and data-driven planning across the Mainsail terminal platform.
Productivity & equipment KPIsSupportedWhat configuration, module, licensing, integration or operating assumption is required for this capability in the terminal operating model?Mainsail 10 supports historical reporting, real-time visibility, trending analysis, custom ad-hoc reports and dynamic recap for terminal operational data.
Shift / control-room dashboardPartially SupportedWhat configuration, module, licensing, integration or operating assumption is required for this capability in the terminal operating model?Mainsail 10 provides real-time visibility and highly configurable reporting, but a dedicated shift/control-room dashboard workflow is not separately established.
Storage, tariff & service billingSupportedWhat configuration, module, licensing, integration or operating assumption is required for this capability in the terminal operating model?Mainsail 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.
Equipment dispatch & controlPartially SupportedWhat configuration, module, licensing, integration or operating assumption is required for this capability in the terminal operating model?Terminal equipment dispatch and control are documented through Tideworks Traffic Control, a companion product integrated with Mainsail.
Equipment position trackingPartially SupportedWhat configuration, module, licensing, integration or operating assumption is required for this capability in the terminal operating model?Traffic 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.
Job pooling & dispatch optimizationPartially SupportedWhat configuration, module, licensing, integration or operating assumption is required for this capability in the terminal operating model?Traffic Control explicitly prioritizes moves and pools equipment against yard, rail, vessel and gate operations; it remains a separate equipment-control companion product.
RTG / RMG dispatch & work queuesPartially SupportedWhat configuration, module, licensing, integration or operating assumption is required for this capability in the terminal operating model?Traffic 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 tractor / straddle dispatchPartially SupportedWhat configuration, module, licensing, integration or operating assumption is required for this capability in the terminal operating model?Traffic 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 instructionsPartially SupportedWhat configuration, module, licensing, integration or operating assumption is required for this capability in the terminal operating model?Traffic 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.

Official installation, administration & technical sources

Where TechSelectAI has verified vendor documentation that appears relevant to deployment, setup, administration, integration, architecture, security or migration, it is surfaced here. Exact procedures can change by version and edition.

Go-live evidence pack

A useful implementation should leave auditable evidence, not only a configured system. At minimum, retain the following project artifacts.

  • Approved solution architecture and responsibility matrix
  • Licensed edition/module scope and environment inventory
  • Configuration workbook with owner and rationale
  • Identity, role and privileged-access design
  • Interface inventory and failure/retry ownership
  • Migration mapping and reconciliation evidence
  • UAT scenarios, defects, retests and business sign-off
  • Performance, resilience and recovery test evidence
  • Cut-over schedule, rollback criteria and BCP steps
  • Monitoring, backup, support and escalation runbook
  • Known limitations and accepted residual risks
  • Upgrade/patch ownership and post-go-live review cadence

Tideworks Mainsail implementation FAQ

Answers below are generated from this profile's recorded evidence and the implementation framework above. They distinguish documented facts from research gaps rather than filling gaps with assumptions.

What should be confirmed before implementing Tideworks Mainsail?

Confirm the contracted edition and modules, target environments, identity and security model, integrations, data migration scope, availability/recovery requirements, support ownership and measurable acceptance criteria before production configuration begins.

Which deployment options are recorded for Tideworks Mainsail?

TechSelectAI currently records these deployment options or models: Public SaaS. Confirm that the selected option applies to the exact edition and current vendor architecture.

Which integrations should be validated for Tideworks Mainsail?

No specific integration list is strong enough in the current profile to treat as complete. Build an interface inventory and validate APIs, identity, master-data and operational integrations with the vendor.

Which capabilities currently have the strongest positive evidence?

The current profile records supported capability evidence including Billing / tariff / financial integration, Operational visibility, analytics & KPIs, Productivity & equipment KPIs, Storage, tariff & service billing, Gate & truck operations, Gate / OCR subsystem integration. This is not a complete feature list and should be read with the linked source evidence and any limitations.

What product areas need extra confirmation during implementation?

Conditional or scope-dependent areas include Customer self-service portal, Shift / control-room dashboard, Equipment dispatch & control, Equipment position tracking, Job pooling & dispatch optimization. Research-pending areas include Operational audit history, Simulation / what-if analysis, Volume / workload forecasting, AGV / ASC automated-equipment integration, Equipment status & downtime awareness. These should be demonstrated and documented before acceptance.

Does TechSelectAI provide the official installation procedure for Tideworks Mainsail?

TechSelectAI surfaces verified vendor technical sources on this page where available, but exact installation commands, prerequisites, sizing and hardening remain vendor/version specific. Use the current official documentation as the procedural authority.

Capabilities

Capabilities are grouped by business area. “Not yet verified” is a research-pending state: evidence is incomplete, and it is not the same as “not supported”.

Billing, Analytics & Operational Control

Billing / tariff / financial integrationMainsail 10 records revenue-generating events, applies contract rates and generates customer billing while integrating with ERP and CRM systems.
Supported
99%confidenceLast verified Sep 19, 2026
Customer self-service portalForecast 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.
Partially Supported
99%confidenceLast verified Sep 19, 2026
Operational audit historyPreserve traceable history of operational transactions, changes, user actions and execution events.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded
Operational visibility, analytics & KPIsTideworks documents real-time operational visibility and data-driven planning across the Mainsail terminal platform.
Supported
97%confidenceLast verified Sep 18, 2026
Productivity & equipment KPIsMainsail 10 supports historical reporting, real-time visibility, trending analysis, custom ad-hoc reports and dynamic recap for terminal operational data.
Supported
98%confidenceLast verified Sep 19, 2026
Shift / control-room dashboardMainsail 10 provides real-time visibility and highly configurable reporting, but a dedicated shift/control-room dashboard workflow is not separately established.
Partially Supported
95%confidenceLast verified Sep 19, 2026
Simulation / what-if analysisModel operational scenarios or test planning alternatives before execution.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded
Storage, tariff & service billingMainsail 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.
Supported
99%confidenceLast verified Sep 19, 2026
Volume / workload forecastingForecast container volume, workload, resource demand, congestion or operational pressure from available planning data.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded

Equipment Dispatch & Automation

AGV / ASC automated-equipment integrationCoordinate jobs and status with automated guided vehicles, automated stacking cranes or comparable automated equipment.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded
Equipment dispatch & controlTerminal equipment dispatch and control are documented through Tideworks Traffic Control, a companion product integrated with Mainsail.
Partially Supported
95%confidenceLast verified Sep 18, 2026
Equipment position trackingTraffic 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.
Partially Supported
97%confidenceLast verified Sep 19, 2026
Equipment status & downtime awarenessUse equipment availability, status, downtime or maintenance-state information in operational execution.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded
Job pooling & dispatch optimizationTraffic Control explicitly prioritizes moves and pools equipment against yard, rail, vessel and gate operations; it remains a separate equipment-control companion product.
Partially Supported
99%confidenceLast verified Sep 19, 2026
Quay crane job executionDispatch and execute quay-crane jobs and related move instructions from vessel plans.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded
RTG / RMG dispatch & work queuesTraffic Control provides electronic equipment dispatch, move prioritization and crane optimization; equipment-dispatch functions are attributed to the companion Traffic Control system, not base Mainsail.
Partially Supported
97%confidenceLast verified Sep 19, 2026
Terminal automation / ECS integrationIntegrate terminal plans and work instructions with automated or semi-automated equipment control and execution systems.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded
Terminal tractor / straddle dispatchTraffic Control dispatches work instructions to handling equipment and pools equipment by operational zones; exact truck/straddle configuration depends on the companion execution system deployment.
Partially Supported
97%confidenceLast verified Sep 19, 2026
VMT mobile work instructionsTraffic 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.
Partially Supported
98%confidenceLast verified Sep 19, 2026

Gate, Truck & Landside Operations

Automated gate lane orchestrationGateVision 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.
Partially Supported
99%confidenceLast verified Sep 19, 2026
Driver identification & authorizationIdentify and authorize drivers using configured identity, credential or access-control methods.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded
Gate & truck operationsTideworks documents gate operations in Mainsail; advanced gate imaging/processing may use the companion Gate Vision product.
Supported
98%confidenceLast verified Sep 18, 2026
Gate customs / line / terminal holdsEnforce customs, shipping-line, terminal or regulatory holds during receipt and delivery decisions.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded
Gate OCR / ANPR integrationUse or integrate OCR, container recognition and ANPR data for automated or assisted gate processing.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded
Interchange / EIR processingCreate and manage equipment interchange, EIR or equivalent receipt/delivery transaction records.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded
Pre-gate & out-gate validationValidate transaction eligibility before gate entry and before final out-gate completion.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded
Truck appointment integrationIntegrate or coordinate truck appointment and time-slot information with terminal gate execution.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded
Truck pre-advice & booking validationValidate truck pre-advice, booking, release, container, visit and transaction data before gate processing.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded
Truck turn-time & queue monitoringGateVision 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.
Partially Supported
96%confidenceLast verified Sep 19, 2026
Weighbridge & VGM workflowsIntegrate weighing, gross-mass capture or VGM-related checks into applicable terminal transactions.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded

Integration, Data & Ecosystem

Carrier booking & release integrationIntegrate carrier bookings, releases, vessel data, container status or related shipping-line messages.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded
CODECO / COARRI EDI messagingExchange CODECO gate and COARRI vessel-operation messages or equivalent standardized carrier EDI.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded
COPARN / COPRAR EDI messagingExchange COPARN booking/order and COPRAR load/discharge instruction messages or equivalent carrier EDI.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded
EDI, APIs & external-system integrationMainsail 10 documents standardized API integration, while managed EDI is delivered through the companion EDI Porter service in current deployments.
Partially Supported
96%confidenceLast verified Sep 18, 2026
ERP / finance integrationTideworks documents Mainsail integration with third-party ERP systems, but universal finance/ERP connector coverage is not established.
Partially Supported
96%confidenceLast verified Sep 19, 2026
Event / webhook / streaming integrationMainsail 10 explicitly uses Real-Time Messaging for integration, establishing event/messaging integration; webhook semantics are not separately documented in the reviewed public material.
Partially Supported
99%confidenceLast verified Sep 20, 2026
Gate / OCR subsystem integrationMainsail 10 explicitly supports OCR and LPR third-party integrations; exact OCR/LPR vendors and project topology remain implementation-specific.
Supported
99%confidenceLast verified Sep 19, 2026
MOVINS / BAPLIE vessel messagingExchange MOVINS work instructions and BAPLIE vessel-plan messages in supported carrier workflows.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded
PCS / customs / authority integrationMainsail 10 explicitly supports Port Community System integrations, but customs integration is not separately established by the reviewed current public material.
Partially Supported
98%confidenceLast verified Sep 19, 2026
Reefer monitoring system integrationIntegrate external reefer-monitoring platforms, sensors or alarm systems with terminal operational records.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded
REST / web-service API integrationMainsail 10 explicitly uses RESTful API calls and real-time messaging for third-party integrations, and current cloud deployments document standardized APIs for data exchange.
Supported
99%confidenceLast verified Sep 19, 2026

Mobile Access

Android mobile applicationMobile availability has not yet been verified from first-party evidence.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded
iOS mobile applicationMobile availability has not yet been verified from first-party evidence.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded
Mobile web accessResponsive 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.
Supported
98%confidenceLast verified Sep 19, 2026

Platform Architecture, Resilience & Security

BCP / degraded or offline operationsProvide documented continuity, degraded-mode, offline or fallback operating patterns for critical terminal workflows.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded
Cloud / on-prem deployment flexibilityOffer documented deployment choices appropriate to enterprise terminal environments, such as cloud, on-premises or hybrid patterns.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded
Disaster recovery & RPO/RTO controlsSupport documented disaster-recovery patterns, recovery procedures or RPO/RTO targets for terminal operations.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded
High availability architectureSupport redundant or clustered application/database architecture designed to reduce service interruption.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded
Multi-terminal / multi-site operationTideworks 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.
Partially Supported
99%confidenceLast verified Sep 20, 2026
RBAC / SSO / enterprise identityMainsail 10 explicitly supports granular role-based permissions, but SSO and specific enterprise identity-provider standards are not established in the reviewed Mainsail evidence.
Partially Supported
98%confidenceLast verified Sep 19, 2026
Security & administrative audit loggingRecord security-relevant, administrative or privileged-user activity for operational governance and investigation.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded
Throughput & scale for large terminalsTideworks 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.
Partially Supported
97%confidenceLast verified Sep 19, 2026

Rail & Intermodal Operations

Rail / intermodal operationsTideworks documents rail planning through the companion Spinnaker component deployed with Mainsail; do not treat it as a universal core-Mainsail entitlement.
Partially Supported
94%confidenceLast verified Sep 18, 2026
Rail crane work queuesGenerate and execute work queues for rail-mounted or rail-service handling equipment.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded
Rail interchange eventsCapture rail interchange, handoff, arrival, departure and related intermodal operational events.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded
Rail load / discharge planningSpinnaker rail planning supports incoming/outgoing train planning, railcar movement and automated railcar stowage; this remains a companion-product boundary.
Partially Supported
98%confidenceLast verified Sep 19, 2026
Rail-yard inventory visibilitySpinnaker 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.
Partially Supported
97%confidenceLast verified Sep 20, 2026
Train schedule & service managementSpinnaker includes graphical rail planning and schedule visibility, but rail planning belongs to the companion Spinnaker product rather than universal base Mainsail entitlement.
Partially Supported
97%confidenceLast verified Sep 19, 2026
Wagon / consist planningSpinnaker 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.
Partially Supported
97%confidenceLast verified Sep 20, 2026

Reefer, DG & Special Cargo

Container weight / VGM controlStore, validate or use container gross weight and VGM data in operational planning and shipment handling.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded
Damage & inspection workflowRecord inspections, damage condition, exceptions, photos or related operational cargo/equipment findings.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded
Dangerous-goods segregation controlsApply dangerous-goods class, segregation, location or handling restrictions in terminal planning and execution.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded
OOG & special-equipment handlingMainsail explicitly manages over-dimensional cargo inventory, but dedicated OOG equipment selection, lift planning and special-handling execution are not separately established.
Partially Supported
98%confidenceLast verified Sep 20, 2026
Reefer plug / unplug workflowTrack reefer plug, unplug, connection location, service status or related terminal reefer actions.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded
Reefer temperature & alarm integrationReceive, display or act on reefer temperature, sensor or alarm information from supported systems.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded
Reefer, dangerous goods & special cargo controlsSupport terminal handling workflows for reefers, dangerous goods, out-of-gauge or other specialized container/cargo requirements where explicitly documented.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded

Vessel & Berth Planning

BAPLIE import / exportImport, validate, update or export BAPLIE bay-plan messages used for vessel planning and exchange.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded
Berth window & berth allocation schedulingGraphical berth planning is explicitly delivered through Spinnaker, a companion planning system integrated with Mainsail; it is not assumed as universal core-Mainsail entitlement.
Partially Supported
98%confidenceLast verified Sep 19, 2026
Carrier vessel-plan collaborationExchange vessel plans, updates, approvals or planning data with shipping lines and external planners.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded
Discharge / load sequencingSpinnaker automatically sequences discharge containers and calculates efficient load-back sequences; this capability is attributed to the companion planning system, not base Mainsail.
Partially Supported
99%confidenceLast verified Sep 19, 2026
Quay crane split planningAssign vessel work across quay cranes, crane ranges, bays or work areas and manage crane split plans.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded
Quay crane work queuesSpinnaker 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.
Partially Supported
96%confidenceLast verified Sep 19, 2026
Restow & vessel rehandle planningPlan and track restows, hatch-related moves and vessel rehandles required by the working sequence.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded
Stowage & bay planningSpinnaker provides graphical vessel planning and stowage tools, including automated stowage functions; these are companion-product capabilities rather than universal core Mainsail functionality.
Partially Supported
99%confidenceLast verified Sep 19, 2026
Twin / tandem lift planningPlan or validate twin, tandem or multi-lift quay operations where equipment and stowage rules allow.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded
Vessel & berth planning / executionMainsail manages vessel activity, while full graphical vessel and berth planning is documented through the companion Spinnaker Planning Management System.
Partially Supported
95%confidenceLast verified Sep 18, 2026
Vessel call lifecycle managementMainsail 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.
Supported
98%confidenceLast verified Sep 19, 2026

Yard Strategy & Inventory

Automated decking / grounding decisionsSpinnaker automates container location assignments for grounded or wheeled operations; this is not promoted as native base-Mainsail decking functionality.
Partially Supported
98%confidenceLast verified Sep 19, 2026
Block / stack allocation planningSpinnaker 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.
Partially Supported
98%confidenceLast verified Sep 19, 2026
Configurable yard strategy rulesSpinnaker provides yard planning tools and supports terminal-specific decking strategies; advanced graphical yard-strategy planning is a companion-product capability.
Partially Supported
98%confidenceLast verified Sep 19, 2026
Empty container inventory managementMainsail 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.
Partially Supported
96%confidenceLast verified Sep 20, 2026
Housekeeping & remarshalling planningPlan proactive yard housekeeping, remarshalling and reshuffles to prepare future work.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded
Import / export / prestack segregationSeparate and plan import, export, transshipment, prestack or service-specific yard inventories.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded
Rehandle minimizationSpinnaker explicitly helps avoid costly rehandles and set-asides through optimized yard positioning; it remains a companion-product capability.
Partially Supported
98%confidenceLast verified Sep 19, 2026
Yard density & capacity visibilityMonitor yard capacity, occupancy, density, block utilization and congestion by operational area.
Not Yet Verified
0%confidenceLast verified not recorded
Yard holds & exception managementSpinnaker 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.
Partially Supported
98%confidenceLast verified Sep 20, 2026
Yard inventory reconciliationMainsail 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.
Supported
98%confidenceLast verified Sep 19, 2026
Yard planning & container inventoryMainsail manages cargo and inventory, while advanced graphical yard planning is documented with the companion Spinnaker planning system.
Partially Supported
95%confidenceLast verified Sep 18, 2026

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Mainsail 10 Third-Party Integration

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Tideworks Spinnaker Yard and Rail Planning

Tideworks Technology · Vendor Documentation · Verified · High confidence · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Mainsail 10 Comprehensive Inventory Control

Tideworks Technology · Vendor Documentation · Verified · High confidence · checked Sep 19, 2026

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TOTE Multi-Terminal Mainsail 10 Deployment

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Mainsail 10 Advanced Reporting

Tideworks Technology · Vendor Documentation · Verified · High confidence · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Mainsail 10 Launch and MIT Go-Live

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Mainsail 10 Responsive Design

Tideworks Technology · Vendor Documentation · Verified · High confidence · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Tideworks Spinnaker Planning Management System

Tideworks Technology · Vendor Documentation · Verified · High confidence · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Tideworks GateVision

Tideworks Technology · Vendor Documentation · Verified · High confidence · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Forecast by Tideworks

Tideworks Technology · Vendor Documentation · Verified · High confidence · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Mainsail 10 Billing and Revenue Leakage

Tideworks Technology · Vendor Documentation · Verified · High confidence · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Tideworks Mainsail

Tideworks Technology · Vendor Documentation · Verified · High confidence · checked Sep 18, 2026

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POMTOC Modernizes with Mainsail 10

Tideworks Technology · Vendor Documentation · Verified · High confidence · checked Sep 18, 2026

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Oregon Container Terminal Relaunch

Tideworks Technology · Vendor Documentation · Verified · High confidence · checked Sep 18, 2026

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Tideworks Traffic Control

Tideworks Technology · Vendor Documentation · Verified · High confidence · checked Sep 18, 2026

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