# CargoWise Universal Shipment API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/cargowise/cargowise-universal-shipment-api/  
**Provider:** CargoWise — https://apis.io/providers/cargowise/  
**Documentation:** https://www.scribd.com/document/725844283/Universal-XML-Universal-Activity-Module-Mapping-Guide

CargoWise Universal Shipment API is one of 5 APIs that [CargoWise](https://apis.io/providers/cargowise/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Universal Shipment, XUS, Forwarding, and Customs.

The Universal Shipment (XUS) message is CargoWise's canonical XML model for a full logistics record - forwarding shipment, customs declaration, warehouse order, transport leg, and the associated organizations, packing lines, and charges. It is carried over eAdaptor inbound (to create or update) and outbound (to notify), wrapped in a UniversalInterchange envelope. The schema is documented in the Universal XML Mapping Guide; the runtime endpoints are the eAdaptor services and are gated per tenant.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **DeveloperGuide** — https://www.scribd.com/document/725844283/Universal-XML-Universal-Activity-Module-Mapping-Guide

## Other CargoWise APIs (4)

- [CargoWise eAdaptor Inbound API](https://apis.io/apis/cargowise/cargowise-eadaptor-inbound-api/)
- [CargoWise eAdaptor Outbound API](https://apis.io/apis/cargowise/cargowise-eadaptor-outbound-api/)
- [CargoWise Universal Event API](https://apis.io/apis/cargowise/cargowise-universal-event-api/)
- [CargoWise REST Integration API](https://apis.io/apis/cargowise/cargowise-rest-integration-api/)

## Tags

Universal Shipment, XUS, Forwarding, Customs

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