ShipTastic Ocean Container Tracking API
The ShipTastic REST API lets you track ocean shipping containers and Bills of Lading over a clean JSON API — live vessel position, predicted ETA, milestone events and delay/demurrage alerts — to drop straight into your TMS, ERP, portal or app. For freight forwarders, importers, exporters and 3PLs that need ocean freight visibility.
Endpoints
- GET /api/v1/track/{reference} — track a container (ISO 6346) or Bill of Lading / Sea‑Waybill: status, vessel, ETA, milestones.
- GET /api/v1/shipments — list the shipments you are tracking.
- GET /api/v1/shipments/{reference} — detail for a tracked shipment.
- GET /api/v1/account — your plan, allowance and usage.
- GET & POST /api/v1/alerts — delay, ETA‑change and arrival alerts.
- POST /api/v1/webhooks — signed shipment‑event webhooks (Enterprise).
Authenticate with a Bearer API key from Account → Developer (Max and Enterprise plans). Build for free with a sandbox test key. See the developer guides or the machine‑readable OpenAPI specification.
