Portcast

Portcast is a predictive supply-chain visibility platform whose Container Tracking API delivers the full journey of an ocean container - milestones, vessel schedules, port codes, and machine-learning predicted ETAs and ETDs - in a single JSON response, tracked by container number, bill of lading, or booking number plus carrier SCAC, with push (webhook) callbacks on every update.

Portcast publishes 5 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Augmentation API, Container Detail API, Reference API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Supply Chain, Container Tracking, Logistics, Predictive ETA, and Ocean Freight.

The Portcast catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Portcast’s developer surface includes engineering blog, authentication, documentation, and 9 more developer resources.

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27.1/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 19/100 agent aware Front door AI 3/6 light Heartbeat 100/100 alive saas Full breakdown ↓
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AccessEnterprise

1 published contract

Supply Chain Container Tracking LogisticsPredictive ETAOcean Freight Freight

What this lets a business do 1

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

Shipment Visibility & Tracking Management

BC-2510

Container DetailTracking DataTracking Upload

GET /tracking/bill-of-lading-bookmarks GET /tracking/bill-of-lading-bookmarks/{bookmark_id}/container_route GET /tracking/bill-of-lading-bookmarks/{bookmark_id}/risks GET /tracking/bill-of-lading-bookmarks/{bookmark_id}/import_export_plan

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scored 2026-11-13 · rubric v0.28.0

Composite quality — 27.1/100 · thin

Contract Quality 9.5 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 4.7 / 15

Access Clarity 0.6 / 15

Operational Transparency 0.9 / 10

Contract Governance 1.2 / 9

Discoverability 5.0 / 8

Regulatory Posture 0.9 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 19/100 · 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 0 / 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 0 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship Ask about this →
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Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document Ask about this →

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Access Clarity scores 4.3 — up to +19.1 composite points Ask about this →
Developer Ergonomics scores 31.0 — up to +13.8 composite points Ask about this →
Contract Quality scores 50.6 — up to +12.4 composite points Ask about this →

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Standards implemented 1

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)

APIs 5

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

Portcast Augmentation API

Manage custom augmentation data on a bookmark.

Portcast Container Detail API

Container route, risks, and terminal data sub-APIs.

Portcast Reference API

Supported carrier SCAC reference data.

Portcast Tracking Data API

Retrieve tracking results, predicted ETA/ETD, and milestones.

Portcast Tracking Upload API

Start tracking an ocean shipment.

Open Collections 6

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

Portcast Container Tracking Augmentation API

OPEN COLLECTION

Portcast Container Tracking Augmentation Container Detail API

OPEN COLLECTION

Portcast Container Tracking Augmentation Reference API

OPEN COLLECTION

Portcast Container Tracking Augmentation Tracking Data API

OPEN COLLECTION

Portcast Container Tracking Augmentation Tracking Upload API

OPEN COLLECTION

Portcast Container Tracking API

OPEN COLLECTION

Portcast API pricing

Not yet checked against Portcast's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-06-21 from www.portcast.io/container-tracking-api; confirm before you rely on a figure.

Plan	Price
Predictive Visibility Platform subscription	—
Enterprise enterprise	—

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Rate limits

API Requests: see provider agreement requests
Tracked Shipments: per subscription shipments

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Portcast's documentation. Rate-limit details →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Portcast Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Portcast Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Portcast Finops

FINOPS

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs. Counts are the severity each rule declares, not results of running them.

Portcast API Rules

63 rules · 59 error-severity 3 warn-severity 1 info-severity

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 2

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

Portcast Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Portcast Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access (API Evangelist recommendations) 1

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

Portcast Agentic Access

13 operations · 6 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

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 3

The organization behind the API

Blog

Blog

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Source (apis.yml)

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name: Portcast
kind: company
description: Portcast is a predictive supply-chain visibility platform whose Container Tracking API delivers the full journey
  of an ocean container - milestones, vessel schedules, port codes, and machine-learning predicted ETAs and ETDs - in a single
  JSON response, tracked by container number, bill of lading, or booking number plus carrier SCAC, with push (webhook) callbacks
  on every update.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: enterprise
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Enterprise
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-13'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/portcast.png
x-docs-platform: stoplight
x-docs-platform-confidence: medium
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-10-04
tags:
- Supply Chain
- Container Tracking
- Logistics
- Predictive ETA
- Ocean Freight
- Freight
created: '2026-06-21'
modified: '2026-10-06'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: portcast:portcast-augmentation-api
  name: Portcast Augmentation API
  description: Manage custom augmentation data on a bookmark.
  humanURL: https://portcast.stoplight.io/docs/portcast-api/
  baseURL: https://api.portcast.io/api/v2/eta
  tags:
  - Augmentation
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/portcast-augmentation-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://portcast.stoplight.io/docs/portcast-api/5xrqljlsknrvm-input-data-guide
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://portcast.stoplight.io/docs/portcast-api/e120e68fcdc40-upload-using-container-number
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://portcast.stoplight.io/docs/portcast-api/7p466hav2ds7x-container-events-data-types
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.portcast.io/ocean-vessel-tracking-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://portcast.stoplight.io/docs/portcast-api/dxd93fedun52o-push-api
- aid: portcast:portcast-container-detail-api
  name: Portcast Container Detail API
  description: Container route, risks, and terminal data sub-APIs.
  humanURL: https://portcast.stoplight.io/docs/portcast-api/
  baseURL: https://api.portcast.io/api/v2/eta
  tags:
  - Container Detail
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/portcast-container-detail-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://portcast.stoplight.io/docs/portcast-api/5xrqljlsknrvm-input-data-guide
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://portcast.stoplight.io/docs/portcast-api/e120e68fcdc40-upload-using-container-number
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://portcast.stoplight.io/docs/portcast-api/7p466hav2ds7x-container-events-data-types
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.portcast.io/ocean-vessel-tracking-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://portcast.stoplight.io/docs/portcast-api/dxd93fedun52o-push-api
- aid: portcast:portcast-reference-api
  name: Portcast Reference API
  description: Supported carrier SCAC reference data.
  humanURL: https://portcast.stoplight.io/docs/portcast-api/
  baseURL: https://api.portcast.io/api/v2/eta
  tags:
  - Reference
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/portcast-reference-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://portcast.stoplight.io/docs/portcast-api/5xrqljlsknrvm-input-data-guide
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://portcast.stoplight.io/docs/portcast-api/e120e68fcdc40-upload-using-container-number
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://portcast.stoplight.io/docs/portcast-api/7p466hav2ds7x-container-events-data-types
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.portcast.io/ocean-vessel-tracking-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://portcast.stoplight.io/docs/portcast-api/dxd93fedun52o-push-api
- aid: portcast:portcast-tracking-data-api
  name: Portcast Tracking Data API
  description: Retrieve tracking results, predicted ETA/ETD, and milestones.
  humanURL: https://portcast.stoplight.io/docs/portcast-api/
  baseURL: https://api.portcast.io/api/v2/eta
  tags:
  - Tracking Data
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/portcast-tracking-data-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://portcast.stoplight.io/docs/portcast-api/5xrqljlsknrvm-input-data-guide
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://portcast.stoplight.io/docs/portcast-api/e120e68fcdc40-upload-using-container-number
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://portcast.stoplight.io/docs/portcast-api/7p466hav2ds7x-container-events-data-types
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.portcast.io/ocean-vessel-tracking-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://portcast.stoplight.io/docs/portcast-api/dxd93fedun52o-push-api
- aid: portcast:portcast-tracking-upload-api
  name: Portcast Tracking Upload API
  description: Start tracking an ocean shipment.
  humanURL: https://portcast.stoplight.io/docs/portcast-api/
  baseURL: https://api.portcast.io/api/v2/eta
  tags:
  - Tracking Upload
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/portcast-tracking-upload-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://portcast.stoplight.io/docs/portcast-api/5xrqljlsknrvm-input-data-guide
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://portcast.stoplight.io/docs/portcast-api/e120e68fcdc40-upload-using-container-number
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://portcast.stoplight.io/docs/portcast-api/7p466hav2ds7x-container-events-data-types
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.portcast.io/ocean-vessel-tracking-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://portcast.stoplight.io/docs/portcast-api/dxd93fedun52o-push-api
common:
- url: https://www.portcast.io/blog
  type: Blog
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/portcast-capability-edges.yml
  name: Portcast Business Capability Map
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/portcast-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/portcast-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/portcast-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/portcast
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/portcast
- type: Website
  url: https://www.portcast.io/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://portcast.stoplight.io/docs/portcast-api/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/portcast-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/portcast-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/portcast-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Portcast API — frequently asked questions

Does Portcast have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 5 APIs from Portcast, including Portcast Augmentation API, Portcast Container Detail API and Portcast Reference API, and 2 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Portcast API?

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

How do I authenticate with the Portcast API?

Portcast uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Portcast Authentication.

How much does the Portcast API cost?

APIs.io lists 2 pricing plans for Portcast, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the Portcast API ready for AI agents?

Portcast has a Kin Score of 27.1 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 19.0 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-13.

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