Rail
Terminals that require the arrival and departure of cargo on trains such as container trains or bulk
cargo.
Road
Handle the receival and release of Cargo for transshipment from other modes of transport or
storage.
Yard management
Creating Shipping list or keeping track of Warehouse levels. Tracking machine moves around the
terminal.
Invoicing/Reporting
Invoicing and providing reports for internal and external use.
Inventory
Keeping track of Inventory and storing its movements.
Cargo Type
Various types of cargo can be managed dependent of terminal type. This includes containers, dry
bulk, liquid bulk, break bulk and vehicles (roll-on/roll-off).
External Clients
Terminals may wish to communicate with the following through their Terminal Operating System:
Terminal operators
Freight forwarder
Shipping line or shipping agent
Container operators
Port authority
Pilots, tugs and mooring gang
Cargo owner (e.g. oil companies)
Customs office
Vendors/Suppliers
There are several suppliers of Terminal Operating Systems available.
Autostore TOS, TBA Group [1]
Cofano
CommTrac[2][3][1]
ContPark[2][4][1]
DynaPORT[5]
GullsEye[4][6][1]
Hogia[4][1]
INFORM[7]
Infyz[4]
iPortman[4][1]
LynkGrid[8]
Mainsail[2][4][1]
MarineBerth[2][1]
Master Terminal[4][1]
Navis[4][1]
Octopi (by Navis)[4][1]
OPUS Terminal[4][1]
OSCAR[4][1]
Realtime Business Solutions (RBS)[4][1]
Solvo.TOS[2][4][1]
Softpak
Tidewords[9]
See also
Electronic data interchange
References
1. "Best Terminal Operating Systems (TOS) of 2023" (https://slashdot.org/software/terminal-oper
ating-systems-tos/) . Retrieved 24 January 2023.
2. "Best Terminal Operating Systems (TOS) - 2021 Reviews & Comparison" (https://sourceforge.n
et/software/terminal-operating-systems-tos/) . sourceforge.net.
3. "Home | TBA Group" (https://tba.group/en) . tba.group.
4. "Best Terminal Operating Systems (TOS) in 2021 | G2" (https://web.archive.org/web/20210813
182948/https://www.g2.com/categories/terminal-operating-systems-tos) . 2021-08-13.
Archived from the original (https://www.g2.com/categories/terminal-operating-systems-tos)
on 2021-08-13.
5. "TCS DynaPORT" (https://www.tcs.com/what-we-do/industries/travel-and-logistics/solution/tc
s-dynaport-tos-port-terminal-operating-system) .
6. "Best Terminal Operating Systems (TOS)" (https://www.g2.com/categories/terminal-operating-
systems-tos) . Retrieved 24 January 2023.
7. "Intermodal Terminals" (https://www.inform-software.com/logistics/intermodal-terminals) .
www.inform-software.com. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
8. "Find top products in Terminal Operating Systems (TOS) category" (https://www.linkedin.com/
products/categories/terminal-operating-systems) . Retrieved 24 January 2023.
9. "Tideworks Technology | Terminal Operating Systems" (https://tideworks.com/) . Tideworks.
Retrieved 2023-04-27.
External links
How to Choose a Terminal Operating System (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-choose-termi
nal-operating-system-tos-richard-willis)
