As AI and automation continue to dominate industry and IT conversations, new survey findings reveal a significant disconnect between the industry’s appetite for innovation and the foundational technology currently in place at many terminals.
The findings reveal a gap between strategic priorities and actual adoption, reflecting persistent operational, infrastructure and integration challenges.
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New survey findings from Tideworks and PTI show AI and automation continue to dominate industry and IT conversations, but there are significant gaps in technology integration and adoption, highlighting the need for stronger foundational technology,
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Tideworks Technology, a known name in the terminal operating system (TOS) market, recently marked its 25th anniversary in September 2024. While starting in the maritime sector, the company moved into the intermodal sector 15 years ago with its Intermodal Pro (IPro) solution.
One of the topics discussed at the RailFreight Summit 2025, which took place in Gdańsk on 8 and 9 April, was technology in the rail freight industry.
For 15 years, Tideworks has helped rail terminals streamline operations, enhance visibility, and optimize intermodal logistics with its intermodal terminal operating system solutions.
Mark Traynor joined Tideworks in 2026 as Chief Product & Technology Officer, bringing more than two decades of hands-on experience in building and deploying terminal technology and automation systems. In this role Mark will lead the company’s product management and engineering organizations and is responsible for the product roadmap and the modernization of the Tideworks platform.
Before Tideworks, Mark was Chief Technology Officer at Lynxis, whose Nascent gate automation systems deployed in nearly 100 marine and rail terminals across North and South America. For Lynxis, Mark led a globally distributed 70+ person engineering team that built a modern, configuration-driven platform on a single codebase while introducing a visual workflow configuration designed to streamline customer implementations. He also introduced cutting-edge computer vision and agentic AI solutions as well as the re-engineering of the hardware to run on readily available commercial components rather than bespoke systems sourced from specialist manufacturers.
For the 13 years before that, Mark was an independent technology partner to major North American automated marine terminal projects, including Virginia International Terminals and Long Beach Container Terminal. These operators relied on him to help lead their most complex terminal operating system implementations driving efficiency and reliability through their gate, rail, yard and vessel operations.
Mark began his career at Navis in 2004, delivering terminal operating system implementations across North America and Europe.
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