Terminal Operating System | Products

Overview

Terminal Operating System (TOS) is a real-time operations platform for container terminals — one console for berth planning, yard allocation, vessel stowage, gang scheduling, equipment dispatch and KPI reporting. The same data feeds the gate, the QC operator's HUD, the stevedore's tablet and the customer-facing track-and-trace portal.

Built for small-to-mid terminals (200,000-1,500,000 TEU/yr) that want a modern, cloud-native alternative to legacy mainframe TOS — with native AIS, EDI, VBS, gate-OCR and reefer-monitoring connectors out of the box.

Single pane of glass — yard map, berth schedule, gang plan, KPIs in one dashboard
Optimisation engine — OR-tools solver for yard allocation, stowage and gang plan
Role-based UIs — planner, QC op, stevedore, gate clerk, customer all see what they need
Open by design — REST, MQTT, EDI 315 / 322, AIS, GPS, EDIFACT BAPLIE / COPRAR

How It Works

TOS dashboard — a live yard map (blocks A-F with reefer rows highlighted), 72-hour berth timeline with vessel names and lay-times, KPI tiles (vessels, gangs, moves/hr, yard utilisation) and an equipment-status grid (QC / RTG / yard tractor / reach-stacker).
Planning engine — vessel stow plan with destination-port colour coding, gang assignment for the next 4 hours, an OR-tools solver running yard allocation + stowage + gang plan, and live AIS for inbound vessels.
Real-time cloud — aggregates KPIs across multiple terminals, tracks the daily move count, exposes the data to BI tools, and runs AI anomaly detection (berth conflict, gang imbalance, dwell drift).
Field roles — QC operator HUD with voice prompt for PICK / PLACE, stevedore tablet, gate clerk console, and planner workstation — all synced live via EDI and VBS.

The purple feedback loop carries field updates, replans and KPI fine-tuning back into the planning engine.

Features

Yard map — live block / row / tier view with destination, reefer-power and damage overlays
Berth allocation — drag-and-drop with conflict detection and what-if scenarios
Vessel stow plan — BAPLIE import / export, restow optimisation, IMDG segregation rules
Gang & equipment dispatch — auto-balance QC, RTG, yard tractor across active vessels
Gate integration — native automated-gate hook for instant dispatch on truck arrival
Reefer integration — cold-chain layer surfaces in the yard map and KPI tiles
Vessel Berth Service (VBS) — customer-facing slot booking with confirmation EDI
Compliance reports — throughput, dwell, productivity (QC moves/hr), CO₂ per move

Use Cases

Container terminals — primary TOS for small / mid terminals, complementary to N4 at large
Multi-purpose terminals — container + bulk + RoRo unified operations view
Inland container depots (ICD) — full yard + gate + rail handover workflow
Rail freight terminals — wagon planning, intermodal handover, last-mile dispatch
Empty-container depots — PTI integration, lease-pool tracking, hand-back workflow
Bonded warehouses — customs-grade audit trail for every container movement

Specifications

Deployment: Cloud-native (Kubernetes), single-tenant or on-prem appliance
Scale: 200,000-1,500,000 TEU/yr per terminal, multi-terminal aggregation
Latency: <500 ms field-to-dashboard, <3 s solver re-plan
Standards: EDIFACT BAPLIE / COPRAR / COREOR / IFTSAI, AIS-NMEA, ISO 6346
Integrations: SAP S/4 HANA, Oracle ERP, customs (ASYCUDA, CW1), banks (e-payment)
Connectors: Automated Gate, Reefer Monitoring, Cargo Scanner, Drones, Worker Safety
Security: TLS 1.3, OAuth2, SAML SSO, IEC 62443 SL-2, audit logs immutable 7 yr
SLA: 99.95% uptime, 24/7 NOC, 15-minute P1 response