Berkshire Hathaway is a multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. The company's diversified subsidiaries span insurance (GEICO, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance, National Indemnity), freight rail transportation (BNSF Railway), utilities and energy (Berkshire Hathaway Energy), manufacturing (Precision Castparts, Iscar), wholesale distribution (McLane Company), and services and retailing. BNSF Railway, one of North America's largest freight rail networks, operates a public API Center providing customer APIs for shipment tracking, pricing, scheduling, and waybill management.
Berkshire Hathaway publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Conglomerate, Energy, Finance, Freight Rail, and Insurance.
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The BNSF API Center provides customer APIs for programmatic integration with BNSF Railway freight shipping operations. APIs enable real-time shipment tracing, intermodal hub ope...
BNSF Railway operates one of North America's largest freight rail networks, transporting consumer goods, agricultural products, industrial materials, coal, and intermodal contai...
Insurance Operations
Berkshire Hathaway's insurance operations include GEICO (auto insurance), Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance, National Indemnity, General Re, and MedPro Group, providing ins...
Energy and Utilities
Berkshire Hathaway Energy operates regulated electric and natural gas utilities, pipelines, and renewable energy facilities across the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and...
Manufacturing and Industrial
Manufacturing subsidiaries include Precision Castparts (aerospace components), Iscar (cutting tools), Marmon Group (industrial products), and Lubrizol (specialty chemicals).
Wholesale Distribution
McLane Company provides wholesale distribution of grocery and foodservice products to retail and restaurant customers across the United States.
Shippers and logistics providers integrate the BNSF API to display real-time freight tracking in their transportation management systems and customer-facing applications.
Freight Pricing and Scheduling
Customers use the BNSF pricing and schedules APIs to obtain freight rates, compare transit times, and automate rate shopping in procurement and logistics workflows.
Waybill Submission
Shippers submit bills of lading and retrieve waybill information programmatically through the BNSF Waybill Management API to reduce manual data entry and streamline freight docu...
Intermodal Hub Operations
Intermodal customers access container and trailer status, storage location, and driver pickup/delivery details at BNSF intermodal facilities through the Hub Operations API.
Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.
Transportation Management Systems
BNSF APIs integrate with TMS platforms used by shippers and third-party logistics providers to automate freight booking, tracking, and documentation within existing supply chain...
Enterprise Resource Planning
BNSF customer APIs enable direct integration with ERP and procurement systems to automate freight cost management, scheduling, and shipment visibility without manual portal access.
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description: Berkshire Hathaway is a multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. The company's
diversified subsidiaries span insurance (GEICO, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance, National Indemnity), freight rail
transportation (BNSF Railway), utilities and energy (Berkshire Hathaway Energy), manufacturing (Precision Castparts, Iscar),
wholesale distribution (McLane Company), and services and retailing. BNSF Railway, one of North America's largest freight
rail networks, operates a public API Center providing customer APIs for shipment tracking, pricing, scheduling, and waybill
management.
tags:
- Conglomerate
- Energy
- Finance
- Freight Rail
- Insurance
- Investment
- Manufacturing
- Retail
- Utilities
- Fortune 100
apis:
- aid: berkshire-hathaway:bnsf-api
name: BNSF Railway API
tags:
- Freight
- Logistics
- Rail
- Shipment Tracking
- Supply Chain
- Transportation
humanURL: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/
description: The BNSF API Center provides customer APIs for programmatic integration with BNSF Railway freight shipping
operations. APIs enable real-time shipment tracing, intermodal hub operations, pricing and rate retrieval, transit schedule
lookups, waybill management, and diagnostic testing. Authentication uses certificate-based mutual TLS (mTLS) for secure
identity validation between customers and BNSF systems.
properties:
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url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/
- type: GettingStarted
url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/getting-started/
- type: Console
url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/developers-console/
- type: APIReference
url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/catalog/
- type: Support
url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/support/
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url: security/berkshire-hathaway-domain-security.yml
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- type: Features
data:
- name: BNSF Freight Rail Network
description: BNSF Railway operates one of North America's largest freight rail networks, transporting consumer goods,
agricultural products, industrial materials, coal, and intermodal containers across 32,500 route miles in 28 states
and 3 Canadian provinces.
- name: Insurance Operations
description: Berkshire Hathaway's insurance operations include GEICO (auto insurance), Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance,
National Indemnity, General Re, and MedPro Group, providing insurance and reinsurance across personal and commercial
lines.
- name: Energy and Utilities
description: Berkshire Hathaway Energy operates regulated electric and natural gas utilities, pipelines, and renewable
energy facilities across the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia.
- name: Manufacturing and Industrial
description: Manufacturing subsidiaries include Precision Castparts (aerospace components), Iscar (cutting tools), Marmon
Group (industrial products), and Lubrizol (specialty chemicals).
- name: Wholesale Distribution
description: McLane Company provides wholesale distribution of grocery and foodservice products to retail and restaurant
customers across the United States.
- type: UseCases
data:
- name: Freight Shipment Tracking
description: Shippers and logistics providers integrate the BNSF API to display real-time freight tracking in their transportation
management systems and customer-facing applications.
- name: Freight Pricing and Scheduling
description: Customers use the BNSF pricing and schedules APIs to obtain freight rates, compare transit times, and automate
rate shopping in procurement and logistics workflows.
- name: Waybill Submission
description: Shippers submit bills of lading and retrieve waybill information programmatically through the BNSF Waybill
Management API to reduce manual data entry and streamline freight documentation.
- name: Intermodal Hub Operations
description: Intermodal customers access container and trailer status, storage location, and driver pickup/delivery details
at BNSF intermodal facilities through the Hub Operations API.
- type: Integrations
data:
- name: Transportation Management Systems
description: BNSF APIs integrate with TMS platforms used by shippers and third-party logistics providers to automate freight
booking, tracking, and documentation within existing supply chain workflows.
- name: Enterprise Resource Planning
description: BNSF customer APIs enable direct integration with ERP and procurement systems to automate freight cost management,
scheduling, and shipment visibility without manual portal access.
maintainers:
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email: kin@apievangelist.com
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