G&W terminal in Manchester goes digital, efficiency gains next day, RailFreight.com

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G&W terminal in Manchester goes digital, efficiency gains next day
June 24, 2022

On Monday 13 June, the G&W terminal in Manchester went live with the Tideworks terminal operating systems. Within two days, trucking lead times had already been slashed with more than 60 per cent. This is only the beginning of the impact: eventually, the digital upgrade will lead to shorter and more efficient supply chain in the entire network of the operator.

By the end of this year, Genesee & Wyoming Inc (G&W) will have implemented terminal operating systems (TOS) at ten of its UK terminals. What is more, the systems will be integrated. In doing this, the US-based company is working with Tideworks Technology. Already up and running are the TOS systems in Cardiff, Birmingham, Liverpool, Doncaster, Leeds and Manchester. Still ahead are Cannock, London Gateway, Felixstowe, and Southampton terminals.

Studio interview

Chris Cavanagh, program lead with G&W UK and Kelsey Lions from Tideworks visited the RailFreight studio in Rotterdam to talk about the latest digitalisation move in the UK. They provided insights and recommendations about the digitalisation of an intermodal terminal in an exclusive interview.

Watch the interview here

Mark Traynor

Chief Product & Technology Officer

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.