MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company

aid: msc-cargo
name: MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company
description: 'MSC (Mediterranean Shipping Company) is a privately-held, family-owned global container shipping and logistics
  group headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, founded in 1970 by Gianluigi Aponte and now led by CEO Soren Toft under the
  Aponte-Diamant family. MSC is the world''s largest container shipping line by fleet size and capacity, operating roughly
  900 cargo vessels with a combined intake of about 7 million TEU and controlling more than a fifth of global container capacity
  as of late 2025. The carrier offers a portfolio of digital shipment-management products through its myMSC e-business platform
  — including Instant Quote for online rate generation, online booking, electronic Bill of Lading and Sea Waybill issuance
  via eDocs, container Track & Trace, and the myMSC mobile app — and exposes a Direct Integrations program for shippers, freight
  forwarders, and NVOCCs that combines REST APIs and EDI message exchange. The MSC Developer Portal (developerportal.msc.com),
  hosted on Microsoft Azure API Management, publishes documentation and EDI message implementation guides for products such
  as the DCSA-aligned Track & Trace API (v1.2 and v2.2), Booking, Booking Confirmation (X12 301 / EDIFACT IFTMIN), and Shipping
  Instructions, alongside ANSI X12 and EDIFACT IFTMIN / IFTMBC / COPRAR reference documents. MSC also runs direct-integration
  partnerships with INTTRA, Infor Nexus, and CargoSmart. API and EDI access is not self-service: prospective integrators must
  submit a Direct Integration request, and fees may apply.'
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Provider
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/msc-cargo.png
tags:
- Shipping
- Container Shipping
- Ocean Freight
- Logistics
- Supply Chain
- Maritime
- Cargo
- Bill of Lading
- Track and Trace
- Booking
- Instant Quote
- EDI
- EDIFACT
- IFTMIN
- DCSA
- Direct Integrations
- myMSC
- eDocs
- Geneva
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/msc-cargo/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-25'
modified: '2026-05-25'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
apis: []
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/msc-cargo-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.msc.com
- type: About
  url: https://www.msc.com/en/about-us
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developerportal.msc.com/
- type: APICatalogue
  url: https://developerportal.msc.com/api-catalogue
- type: APIDetails
  url: https://developerportal.msc.com/api-details/
- type: EDIGuidelines
  url: https://developerportal.msc.com/edi-guideline
- type: FAQ
  url: https://developerportal.msc.com/faq
- type: Subscription
  url: https://developerportal.msc.com/subscription
- type: DirectIntegrations
  url: https://www.msc.com/en/solutions/digital-solutions/direct-integrations
- type: eBusiness
  url: https://www.msc.com/en/ebusiness
- type: eDocs
  url: https://www.msc.com/en/about-us/edocs
- type: TrackAndTrace
  url: https://www.msc.com/en/track-a-shipment
- type: InstantQuote
  url: https://www.msc.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2020/july/msc-introduces-instant-quote-function-for-online-cargo-bookings
- type: TrackAndTraceOnboarding
  url: https://developerportal.msc.com/content/TnT_Subscription_Customer_Onboarding.pdf
- type: BookingConfirmationX12301
  url: https://developerportal.msc.com/content/MSC_MIG_X12_301_Booking_Confirmation.pdf
- type: ShippingInstructionsIFTMIN
  url: https://developerportal.msc.com/content/MSC_MIG_EDIFACT_IFTMIN_Shipping_Instructions.pdf
- type: BlogAdoptsDCSACommercialScheduleAPI
  url: https://www.msc.com/en/lp/blog/technology/msc-adopts-dcsa-commercial-schedule-api
- type: Newsroom
  url: https://www.msc.com/en/newsroom
- type: Solutions
  url: https://www.msc.com/en/solutions
- type: DigitalSolutions
  url: https://www.msc.com/en/solutions/digital-solutions
- type: Sustainability
  url: https://www.msc.com/en/sustainability
- type: Careers
  url: https://www.msc.com/en/careers
- type: ContactUs
  url: https://www.msc.com/en/contact-us
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mediterranean-shipping-company
- type: Twitter
  url: https://twitter.com/MSCCargo
  x-name: MSCCargo
- type: YouTube
  url: https://www.youtube.com/@MSCCargo
- type: Wikipedia
  url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_Shipping_Company
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com