CargoSmart

CargoSmart (now operating as IQAX) is a global shipment management software provider that gives shippers, consignees, freight forwarders, and logistics service providers ocean freight booking, container tracking, vessel scheduling, and shipping documentation tools across multiple ocean carriers. CargoSmart co-founded the Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN), a blockchain-based data exchange for carriers, terminals, banks, and customs authorities, and exposes its APIs so trading partners can embed booking, visibility, schedule, and documentation workflows directly into TMS, ERP, and supply-chain platforms.

CargoSmart publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Bookings API, Containers API, Documents API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Booking, Container, Documentation, GSBN, and IQAX.

The CargoSmart catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification, 1 JSON-LD context, and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

CargoSmart’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, documentation, and 13 more developer resources.

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34.0/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 21/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

AccessEnterpriseSelf serve

1 APIs

Booking Container DocumentationGSBNIQAXLogistics Maritime Ocean Freight Schedule Shipping Supply Chain Tracking Visibility Vessel

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

Composite quality — 34.0/100 · thin

Contract Quality 15.3 / 23

Developer Ergonomics 5.6 / 18

Access Clarity 2.4 / 18

Operational Transparency 0.6 / 12

Contract Governance 1.5 / 11

Discoverability 5.8 / 9

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 21/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 6 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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APIs 5

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

CargoSmart Bookings API

Container booking management

CargoSmart Containers API

Container tracking and event history

CargoSmart Documents API

Shipping documentation

CargoSmart Shipments API

Shipment visibility and status

CargoSmart Vessels API

Vessel position and schedule

Open Collections 7

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

CargoSmart Shipment Tracking Bookings API

OPEN COLLECTION

CargoSmart Shipment Tracking Bookings Containers API

OPEN COLLECTION

CargoSmart Shipment Tracking Bookings Documents API

OPEN COLLECTION

CargoSmart Shipment Tracking API

OPEN COLLECTION

CargoSmart Shipment Tracking Bookings Shipments API

OPEN COLLECTION

CargoSmart Shipment Tracking Bookings Vessels API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Cargosmart Plans Pricing

1 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Cargosmart Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Cargosmart Finops

FINOPS

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

CargoSmart Shipment Events API

The CargoSmart Shipment Events API delivers real-time event notifications for container movements, shipment milestones, and vessel arrivals/departures via webhooks or server-sen...

ASYNCAPI

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Cargosmart Context

0 classes · 6 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

CargoSmart API Rules

6 rules · 1 errors 5 warnings

SPECTRAL

CargoSmart API Rules

6 rules · 4 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

CargoSmart Container Booking

14 properties

JSON SCHEMA

CargoSmart Container Tracking

12 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Cargosmart Authentication

apiKey/oauth2 · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Cargosmart Domain Security

TLSv1.2 · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Cargosmart Scopes

4 scopes · clientCredentials

4 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Cargosmart Agentic Access

8 operations · 1 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

Documentation 5

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

OpenAPI

AsyncAPI

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLDContext

JSONLDContext

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

OAuthScopes

OAuthScopes

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

LinkedIn

Other 3

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

GSBN

GSBN

IQAX

IQAX

Source (apis.yml)

aid: cargosmart
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cargosmart/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: CargoSmart
description: CargoSmart (now operating as IQAX) is a global shipment management software provider that gives shippers, consignees,
  freight forwarders, and logistics service providers ocean freight booking, container tracking, vessel scheduling, and shipping
  documentation tools across multiple ocean carriers. CargoSmart co-founded the Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN), a
  blockchain-based data exchange for carriers, terminals, banks, and customs authorities, and exposes its APIs so trading
  partners can embed booking, visibility, schedule, and documentation workflows directly into TMS, ERP, and supply-chain platforms.
type: Index
kind: company
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: true
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - openapi
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: enterprise
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Enterprise · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consuming
access: 3rd-Party
tags:
- Booking
- Container
- Documentation
- GSBN
- IQAX
- Logistics
- Maritime
- Ocean Freight
- Schedule
- Shipping
- Supply Chain
- Tracking
- Visibility
- Vessel
created: '2025-01-15'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: cargosmart:cargosmart-bookings-api
  name: CargoSmart Bookings API
  description: Container booking management
  humanURL: https://www.cargosmart.com/
  baseURL: https://api.cargosmart.com
  tags:
  - Bookings
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cargosmart-bookings-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.cargosmart.com/
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cargosmart/refs/heads/main/asyncapi/cargosmart-events-asyncapi.yml
- aid: cargosmart:cargosmart-containers-api
  name: CargoSmart Containers API
  description: Container tracking and event history
  humanURL: https://www.cargosmart.com/
  baseURL: https://api.cargosmart.com
  tags:
  - Containers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cargosmart-containers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.cargosmart.com/
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cargosmart/refs/heads/main/asyncapi/cargosmart-events-asyncapi.yml
- aid: cargosmart:cargosmart-documents-api
  name: CargoSmart Documents API
  description: Shipping documentation
  humanURL: https://www.cargosmart.com/
  baseURL: https://api.cargosmart.com
  tags:
  - Documents
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cargosmart-documents-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.cargosmart.com/
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cargosmart/refs/heads/main/asyncapi/cargosmart-events-asyncapi.yml
- aid: cargosmart:cargosmart-shipments-api
  name: CargoSmart Shipments API
  description: Shipment visibility and status
  humanURL: https://www.cargosmart.com/
  baseURL: https://api.cargosmart.com
  tags:
  - Shipments
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cargosmart-shipments-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.cargosmart.com/
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cargosmart/refs/heads/main/asyncapi/cargosmart-events-asyncapi.yml
- aid: cargosmart:cargosmart-vessels-api
  name: CargoSmart Vessels API
  description: Vessel position and schedule
  humanURL: https://www.cargosmart.com/
  baseURL: https://api.cargosmart.com
  tags:
  - Vessels
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cargosmart-vessels-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.cargosmart.com/
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cargosmart/refs/heads/main/asyncapi/cargosmart-events-asyncapi.yml
common:
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/cargosmart-capability-edges.yml
  name: CargoSmart Business Capability Map
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/cargosmart-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/cargosmart-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/cargosmart-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/cargosmart-scopes.yml
- url: https://www.cargosmart.com
  type: Website
- url: https://www.cargosmart.com/
  type: Portal
- url: https://www.cargosmart.com/
  type: Documentation
- url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cargosmart/refs/heads/main/openapi/cargosmart-shipment-tracking-openapi.yml
  type: OpenAPI
- url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cargosmart/refs/heads/main/asyncapi/cargosmart-events-asyncapi.yml
  type: AsyncAPI
- url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cargosmart/refs/heads/main/json-schema/cargosmart-container-schema.json
  type: JSONSchema
- url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cargosmart/refs/heads/main/json-schema/cargosmart-booking-schema.json
  type: JSONSchema
- url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cargosmart/refs/heads/main/json-ld/cargosmart-context.jsonld
  type: JSONLDContext
- type: GSBN
  url: https://www.gsbn.trade/
- type: IQAX
  url: https://www.iqax.com/
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cargosmart-limited/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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