Streamline your Shipments through Direct Integrations
Manage your MSC shipments easily from your existing system using our API and EDI solutions and enjoy a simpler shipping process.
Improve your business' efficiency by mitigating the risk of error while reducing the need for repetitive manual data entry and duplication of effort. With MSC Direct Integrations delivering digital exchange of shipping data, making a booking and managing ongoing shipments has never been easier, all directly from your existing supply chain management system*.
Discover MSC’s full range of services and solutions that can be integrated with your system via APIs and EDIs.
*Fees may apply
API or EDI: What’s the difference?
Both types of interfaces enable digitalisation and interoperability, the choice between them will depend on your goals and needs.
EDI
EDIs enable large amounts of information to be exchanged as data files via secure protocols, such as SFTP and AS2. It is a popular method for managing file transfers in the shipping industry. MSC EDIs are fully secure, supported and compliant with EDI standards.
API
APIs support data exchanges of live information in near real-time. They are faster, easier to implement and more flexible. As a result, they can be applied in many complex cases.
Designed to Make a Difference
All our direct integration solutions are designed to be compliant with industry standards, but that’s not all. We design and tailor our technology solutions so that whether EDI or API, each technology exists to meet your real-life needs.
We also partner with multi-carrier platforms allowing you to be connected and exchange information with MSC even easier. Learn more about our connection partners:
A Full Range of Solutions to
Cover your Every Need
Track and Trace
EDIFACT IFTSTA
X12 315
API DCSA T&T v2.2
Commercial Vessel Schedules
Booking Request
Booking Confirmation
Shipping Instructions
Compliant With Industry Best Practices
As a supporter of the main standardization groups within the shipping industry, our Digital Solutions are compliant with the most relevant data standards increasing interoperability, scalability, and cost-efficiency.
Find out more about the standards we follow at MSC:
Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA)
Founded in April 2019, the Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) has been created to simplify and leverage collaboration in the shipping industry by promoting the adoption of harmonized and understandable standards for data and processes. As a founding member of the DCSA, MSC plays an important role in creating and adopting DCSA standards and definitions, including our Track and Trace API.
UN / EDI
Maintained by UN/CEFACT (United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business) EDIFact is one of the most traditional standards in the shipping industry. EDIFact provides message layouts, codification lists, and general best practices followed by MSC for more than 20 years. EDIFact is used for the majority of MSC’s data exchange processes.
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) / X12
Chartered by ANSI (American National Standards Institute) the X12 standards are part of the most reliable and known EDI formats in the shipping industry. X12 has been broadly implemented at MSC in our data exchange processes.
SMDG
Formed by carriers, terminal operators, port authorities and IT companies, SMDG leverages standardization across the maritime industry. It promotes the adoption of existing EDI messages by harmonizing the information carried on these messages. MSC follows SMDG recommendations and codifications, including the TCL (Terminal Code List).
Bureau International des Containers (BIC)
BIC organization promotes safety, security, standardization, and efficiency within the container-shipping industry. MSC follows the consolidated standard for the identification of container owner prefixes and other key codifications besides supporting s the BFC (BIC Facility Codes) as the main set of codes for the identification of Depots in our data exchanges.
Onboarding is Easy!
Whichever direct integration solution you select, MSC will make the onboarding process as quick and simple as possible.
Find out More About our Direct Integration Solutions
Answers to frequently asked questions about the MSC direct integration process.
Can I customise the solutions?
Our solutions are designed to address your needs while complying with the standardisation best practices. As such, we do not recommend customised or non-standardised integrations.
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How customers are benefitting from MSC’s Track & Trace API
Today’s customers expect accurate and timely updates about every stage of their shipment in order to plan and, if necessary, respond to delays or issues. See how customers use MSC’s Track and Trace (T&T) API to improve shipment visibility.