Ports and terminals
Optimize your shipment data accuracy with Vizion’s Pro plan, offering additional milestones like 'Free time to expire' and 'Available for pickup' directly from terminal operators, reducing reliance on carriers
With Vizion’s Pro Plan, you can experience enhanced accuracy and completeness of your shipment data with milestones not commonly reported by steamship lines, such as ‘Free time to expire’ and ‘Available for pickup’, which are sourced directly from terminal operators. This allows you to receive events like ‘Discharged from Vessel’, ‘Gate Out Full’, and ‘Gate in Empty Return’ without needing to rely solely on carriers.
Terminal events
Below, you will find the list of five (5) milestone events that will be linked to a terminal event within an API reference update payload in the order that they would typically occur.
| Terminal Milestone Event Name | Terminal Milestone Description |
|---|---|
| Discharged from vessel at destination port | Container is at destination port and is no longer on the vessel |
| Available for pickup / Container available for pickup | The loaded container is eligible to be out-gated at the terminal |
| Gate out from destination port | Container has left the destination port |
| Free time to expire | Last date the container can remain on the terminal premises before incurring demurrage charges |
| Gate in empty return | Container is returned empty after being used - goods are emptied and container is returned |
| Customs hold | Container held by customs authorities |
| Customs hold release | Container released from customs hold |
| Freight hold | Container held by steamship line |
| Freight hold release | Container released from freight hold |
| Terminal hold | Container held by terminal |
| Terminal hold release | Container released from terminal hold |
Please click here to see our full list of standardized events.
Supported ports and terminals
See list of supported ports and terminals.
Conditions for receiving terminal events
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Your API key has terminal events enabled.
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For imports:
- Container is scheduled to be discharged or has already been discharged at a supported terminal +- 2 weeks from today.
- Container is expected to arrive or has already arrived at a supported destination port +- 2 weeks from today.
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For exports:
- Container is scheduled to arrive or has already arrived at its origin port by rail or truck +- 2 weeks from today.
- Container is scheduled to be loaded onto a vessel or has already been loaded at the origin port, or if it has had any other origin event +- 2 weeks from today.
Frequently asked questions
Will I see terminal events when subscribing to a container that is already completed?
No, you are not guaranteed to see terminal events when subscribing late to a container that has already arrived at the destination port or has already been delivered to its inland destination. The API will not create a terminal subscription for that container if the reference does not meet qualifications.
Due to the timed availability of extracting terminal data, we encourage Pro users to subscribe to containers as early as possible to ensure that they receive timely terminal events in their update payloads.
Please note at this time, the Vizion API does not include terminal milestones when requesting historical tracking information for containers that have already completed their journey.
Enabling Ports and Terminals
Please contact support if you are interested in taking advantage of this Pro plan offering.
Updated 3 months ago