# CargoDocs

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/cargodocs/  
**Website:** https://www.essdocs.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 7

CargoDocs, operated by EssDocs, is a digital trade documentation platform that eliminates paper-based shipping documents by letting carriers, shippers, banks, and partner platforms issue, sign, transfer, and surrender original electronic bills of lading (eBoL), sea waybills (SWB), warehouse warrants (eWW), and supporting trade documents. CargoDocs DocEx is used by container lines, NVOCCs, bulk/tanker carriers, commodity shippers, and trade finance banks to move documents in minutes rather than days while retaining negotiability and legal effect. Developers interact with CargoDocs through three OpenAPI-described REST APIs hosted on ReadMe - the Partner API (embed DocEx in third-party platforms), the Issuer API (carrier/NVOCC issuance and amendments), and the Customer Data/Docs API (exporter drafting and back-office integration).

## Kin Score — 32.2 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 32.2).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 69.5 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 5.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 14.3 |
| Commercial Clarity | 13.2 |
| Access Clarity | 13.2 |

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Enterprise · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: enterprise, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (7)

- **CargoDocs Common API** — Common API endpoints shared across partner operations
- **CargoDocs Documents API** — Endpoints for retrieving and downloading documents
- **CargoDocs Exchange API** — Partner Exchange API endpoints for customer and employee data
- **CargoDocs Import API** — Endpoints for importing shipment data to create documents
- **CargoDocs Issuance API** — Endpoints for drafting, issuing, and re-issuing electronic bills of lading
- **CargoDocs Surrender API** — Endpoints for receiving surrendered electronic bills of lading
- **CargoDocs Transactions API** — Endpoints for finding and managing transactions

## Agentic access (1)

- **Cargodocs Agentic Access** — 12 operations · 5 acting

## Security (2)

- **Cargodocs Authentication** — http · 1 scheme
- **Cargodocs Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Cargodocs Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Bills of Lading, Documentation, eBOL, EssDocs, MLETR, Shipping, Supply Chain, Trade, Trade Finance, Warehouse Warrants

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/cargodocs/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.