Container Tracking API

Optimize your supply chain with real-time container tracking and predictive ETA.
Access comprehensive data on your maritime containers, including real-time position, ETA, and detailed shipment information.

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"containers": [
    {
      "number": "MSKU0496560",
      "isoCode": "45G1",
      "status": "IN_TRANSIT",
      "events": [
        {
          "location": {
            "name": "Houston",
            "state": "Texas",

How it works

Powerful Features for Container Tracking

Everything you need to track and manage your container shipments in real-time, all through a single API.

Real-Time Tracking

Monitor your containers in real-time with accurate GPS data and vessel information.

Predictive ETA

Anticipate container arrival times with our AI-powered ETA predictions. Receive real-time updates and reduce costs associated with logistical delays.

Detailed Shipment Info

Retrieve vessel IMO/MMSI or port UN/locode. Search for a Port or a Vessel using its name or partial identifier, and retrieve its correct name, IMO, MMSI and UNLOCODE.

Secure API

Rest easy with our secure and reliable API infrastructure, ensuring data protection

Port Information

Get up-to-date information on port congestion, delays, and operational status.

Analytics & Reporting

Monitor CO2 and noise Emissions. Monitor carbon emissions of any sea voyage per TEU. Get an estimation for a voyage ahead of time or calculate emissions post voyage.

APIs

Easy Integration

Integrate in Minutes

Our RESTful API is designed for quick and easy integration into your existing systems. Follow these simple steps:

Sign up for an API key
Review our comprehensive documentation
Make your first API call
Implement error handling and pagination

API Capabilities

All carrier data centralized in one single endpoint
Regularly refreshed data
Automated container alerts on any delay or status
Real time shipment location, status and event

Example API Call

Response Format

Our API returns data in JSON format, including:

Container details (ID, type, size)
Current location (latitude, longitude)
Vessel information
ETA and updated timestamp
Port of loading and discharge
Shipment status and events

API Input

Required Input :

MANDATORY : Shipment ID (one from the 3 possibilities)

Container number (seven numbers and four letters used for identifying containers internationally)
Booking number (usually consist of two letters and six digits)
Bill of Lading number (ten-digit number that's assigned by the carrier to identify the bill of lading)

Optional Input :

RECOMMENDED : Sealine SCAC code (4 digits alphanumeric character string, uniquely identifying the sealine)
RECOMMENDED : Shipment type (CT, BL or BK)
OPTIONAL : route (if set to true, the response will contain the route data)
OPTIONAL : ais (if set to true, the response will contain the ais data)

API Output

Metadata : sealine, status...
Events : description, location, vessel, facility, date...
Locations : name, UNLOcode, Coordinates
Containers : array of container data and events
Vessels : name, imo, mmsi...
Facilities
Route (short summary of the shipment route) : prepol, pol, pod, post pod and associated dates
routeData (only if requested) : succession of geographical points that can be ised to map the shipment route

Dynamic Container Tracking Alerts

Use advanced views and filters to gather your containers from Sinay’s database of 180 shipping line and 80+ million containers.

Set up alerts on any shipment via our webhooks feature

Configure alerts on any delay or status update

Integrate data into email workflows or automatically update user dashboard

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Instant API Integration to Elevate Your Container Tracking

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