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Port congestion

GETapi.schedulesmcp.com/public/port-congestion

Congestion and dwell for a port, or the congestion leaderboard.

Query parameters

portstring

Port UN/LOCODE. Omit for the leaderboard.

levelstring

Leaderboard only: mild, moderate or severe. Ignored when port is set, and an unrecognised value returns the unfiltered leaderboard rather than an error.

limitinteger

Leaderboard only: rows to return. Default 100, maximum 500.

Response fields

Derived from the example response.

okboolean

Whether the request succeeded.

dataobject

The payload. Everything an endpoint returns sits under this key.

data.portstring

Port UN/LOCODE.

data.wait_hoursnumber

Average wait at the port, in hours.

data.at_anchornumber

Vessels currently at anchor.

data.levelstring

On a port, the congestion level. On a sailing card confidence block, high when at least two carriers agree within a day, then medium, low, or single_source when only one published it.

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port query level query limit query

curl 'https://api.schedulesmcp.com/public/port-congestion?port=USLAX&level=severe'

const res = await fetch("https://api.schedulesmcp.com/public/port-congestion?port=USLAX&level=severe");
const data = await res.json();

import requests

res = requests.get("https://api.schedulesmcp.com/public/port-congestion?port=USLAX&level=severe")
data = res.json()

Sample response example

{
  "ok": true,
  "data": {
    "port": "USLAX",
    "wait_hours": 38,
    "at_anchor": 11,
    "level": "elevated"
  }
}

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