Manage MSC shipments from your existing system using our API and EDI solutions
MSC Direct Integrations deliver digital exchange of shipping data and improve businesses efficiency. It helps mitigate the risk of error and reduces the need for repetitive manual data entry and duplication of effort. Available MSC’s API (Application Programming Interface) and EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) solutions provide a secure connection between our system and yours. You can manage your MSC shipments
(making the booking and managing ongoing shipments)
directly from your existing supply chain management system*.
*Fees may apply
API or EDI: What’s the difference? Both types of interfaces enable digitalisation and interoperability, the choice between them will depend on your goals and needs.
EDI EDIs enable large amounts of information to be exchanged as data files via secure protocols, such as SFTP and AS2. It is a popular method for managing file transfers in the shipping industry. MSC EDIs are fully secure, supported and compliant with EDI standards.
API
APIs support data exchanges of live information in near real-time. They are faster, easier to implement and more flexible. As a result, they can be applied in many complex cases.
All our direct integration solutions are designed to be compliant with industry standards, but that’s not all. Whether EDI or API, each technology exists to meet a real-life customer need.
In collaboration with our customers and partners, we design and tailor our technology solutions. This includes developing direct integration solutions for INTTRA, InforNexus and CargoSmart.
Onboarding is easy!
Whichever direct integration solution you select, MSC will make the onboarding process as quick and simple as possible.
Formed by carriers, terminal operators, port authorities and IT companies, SMDG leverages standardization across the maritime industry. It promotes the adoption of existing EDI messages by harmonizing the information carried on these messages. MSC follows SMDG recommendations and codifications, including the TCL (Terminal Code List).
Connection partners
At MSC, we see the future as something to build together. We have a partnership with multi-carrier platforms allowing our customers to be connected and exchange information with MSC. Below you can find some of them: