Port Community Systems

Port Community Systems (PCS) are neutral and open electronic platforms enabling intelligent and secure exchange of information between public and private stakeholders to optimise, manage, and automate efficient port and logistics processes through a single submission of data.

Port Community Systems publishes 6 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including CargoManifests API, Containers API, CustomsDeclarations API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Maritime, Ports, Logistics, Customs, and Cargo.

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

Port Community Systems’ developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, documentation, engineering blog, and 8 more developer resources.

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34.6/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 24/100 agent aware Front door AI 2/6 trace Full breakdown ↓
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1 published contract

Maritime Ports Logistics Customs Cargo Shipping

What this lets a business do 4

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Customs & Trade Compliance Management

BC-2480

CustomsDeclarations

POST /customs/import-declarations

Cargo Documentation Management

BC-2500

CargoManifests

POST /cargo-manifests

Dangerous Goods Management

BC-2490

HazardousCargo

POST /hazardous-cargo

Terminal & Yard Operations Management

BC-2470

VesselCalls

POST /vessel-calls

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 34.6/100 · thin

Contract Quality 12.8 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 5.0 / 15

Access Clarity 1.2 / 15

Operational Transparency 0.8 / 10

Contract Governance 1.2 / 9

Discoverability 4.3 / 8

Regulatory Posture 4.0 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 24/100 · 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

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document

8 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Access Clarity scores 7.9 — up to +18.4 composite points
Developer Ergonomics scores 33.3 — up to +13.3 composite points
Operational Transparency scores 7.9 — up to +12.0 composite points

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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Maritime Logistics (ocean shipping, eBL, ports)	undeclared	-	-	-

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

Standards implemented 2

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

OAuth 2.0

measured — observed by APIs.io (declared)

APIs 6

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

IPCSA Port Community Systems API

The International Port Community Systems Association (IPCSA) represents Port Community System operators and Maritime Single Window operators worldwide. Member PCS platforms prov...

Port Community Systems CargoManifests API

Cargo manifest declarations

Port Community Systems Containers API

Container tracking and inspection

Port Community Systems CustomsDeclarations API

Import and export customs filings

Port Community Systems HazardousCargo API

Dangerous goods declarations

Port Community Systems VesselCalls API

Vessel arrival and departure notifications

Open Collections 6

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

Portbase Port Community System CargoManifests API

OPEN COLLECTION

Portbase Port Community System CargoManifests Containers API

OPEN COLLECTION

Portbase Port Community System CargoManifests CustomsDeclarations API

OPEN COLLECTION

Portbase Port Community System CargoManifests HazardousCargo API

OPEN COLLECTION

Portbase Port Community System CargoManifests VesselCalls API

OPEN COLLECTION

Portbase Port Community System API

OPEN COLLECTION

Port Community Systems API pricing

Not yet checked against Port Community Systems's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-05-04; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.

Plan	Price
Free freemium	Free
Professional paid	Free
Enterprise enterprise	—

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

Free Tier Default: 10 requests per minute
Free Tier Monthly Quota: 1000 requests per month
Professional Tier Default: 100 requests per minute

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Port Community Systems's documentation. All 5 limits →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Port Community Systems Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Port Community Systems Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

Port Community Systems

SLA

FinOps 1

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

Port Community Systems Finops

FINOPS

Event Specifications 1

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

Portbase Vessel Events API

Portbase publishes real-time vessel call and cargo events via webhooks to connected port community members. Events notify subscribers of vessel status changes, customs release n...

ASYNCAPI

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

Portbase Context

0 classes · 30 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Port Community Systems — asyncapi rules

7 rules · 1 errors 6 warnings

SPECTRAL

Port Community Systems — jsonschema rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 1

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

Portbase Vessel Call

20 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 2

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

Port Community Systems Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Port Community Systems Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Port Community Systems Scopes

4 scopes · clientCredentials

4 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

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

Port Community Systems Agentic Access

9 operations · 5 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

OAuthScopes

OAuthScopes

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Source (apis.yml)

aid: port-community-systems
name: Port Community Systems
description: Port Community Systems (PCS) are neutral and open electronic platforms enabling intelligent and secure exchange
  of information between public and private stakeholders to optimise, manage, and automate efficient port and logistics processes
  through a single submission of data.
type: Index
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: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/port-community-systems.png
tags:
- Maritime
- Ports
- Logistics
- Customs
- Cargo
- Shipping
tags_raw:
- Maritime
- Port
- Logistics
- Customs
- Cargo
- Shipping
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/port-community-systems/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-18'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: port-community-systems:ipcsa
  name: IPCSA Port Community Systems API
  description: The International Port Community Systems Association (IPCSA) represents Port Community System operators and
    Maritime Single Window operators worldwide. Member PCS platforms provide APIs for customs declarations, cargo manifests,
    vessel call data, and port logistics coordination using REST and EDIFACT protocols.
  humanURL: https://www.ipcsa.international/
  tags:
  - Maritime
  - Ports
  - Customs
  - Cargo
  - International
  tags_raw:
  - Maritime
  - Port
  - Customs
  - Cargo
  - International
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.ipcsa.international/
- aid: port-community-systems:port-community-systems-cargomanifests-api
  name: Port Community Systems CargoManifests API
  description: Cargo manifest declarations
  humanURL: https://www.portbase.com/en/
  tags:
  - CargoManifests
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/port-community-systems-cargomanifests-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.portbase.com/en/
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/portbase-vessel-events-asyncapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/portbase-vessel-call-schema.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/portbase-context.jsonld
- aid: port-community-systems:port-community-systems-containers-api
  name: Port Community Systems Containers API
  description: Container tracking and inspection
  humanURL: https://www.portbase.com/en/
  tags:
  - Containers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/port-community-systems-containers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.portbase.com/en/
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/portbase-vessel-events-asyncapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/portbase-vessel-call-schema.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/portbase-context.jsonld
- aid: port-community-systems:port-community-systems-customsdeclarations-api
  name: Port Community Systems CustomsDeclarations API
  description: Import and export customs filings
  humanURL: https://www.portbase.com/en/
  tags:
  - CustomsDeclarations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/port-community-systems-customsdeclarations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.portbase.com/en/
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/portbase-vessel-events-asyncapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/portbase-vessel-call-schema.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/portbase-context.jsonld
- aid: port-community-systems:port-community-systems-hazardouscargo-api
  name: Port Community Systems HazardousCargo API
  description: Dangerous goods declarations
  humanURL: https://www.portbase.com/en/
  tags:
  - HazardousCargo
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/port-community-systems-hazardouscargo-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.portbase.com/en/
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/portbase-vessel-events-asyncapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/portbase-vessel-call-schema.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/portbase-context.jsonld
- aid: port-community-systems:port-community-systems-vesselcalls-api
  name: Port Community Systems VesselCalls API
  description: Vessel arrival and departure notifications
  humanURL: https://www.portbase.com/en/
  tags:
  - VesselCalls
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/port-community-systems-vesselcalls-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.portbase.com/en/
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/portbase-vessel-events-asyncapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/portbase-vessel-call-schema.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/portbase-context.jsonld
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/port-community-systems-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/port-community-systems-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/port-community-systems-finops.yml
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/port-community-systems-capability-edges.yml
  name: Port Community Systems Business Capability Map
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/port-community-systems-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/port-community-systems-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/port-community-systems-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/port-community-systems-scopes.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.ipcsa.international/
- type: Portal
  url: https://www.ipcsa.international/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.ipcsa.international/
- url: https://www.portbase.com/en/news-knowledge/
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Port Community Systems API — frequently asked questions

Does Port Community Systems have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 6 APIs from Port Community Systems, including IPCSA Port Community Systems API, Port Community Systems CargoManifests API and Port Community Systems Containers API, and 3 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Port Community Systems API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 5 OpenAPI specifications for Port Community Systems, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Port Community Systems API?

Port Community Systems documents its authentication (oauth2 · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Port Community Systems Authentication.

How much does the Port Community Systems API cost?

APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for Port Community Systems, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the Port Community Systems API ready for AI agents?

Port Community Systems has a Kin Score of 34.6 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 23.5 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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