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
position: Provider
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
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