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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 schema

6 fields

Derived from the example response, nested as the JSON is.

okboolean

Whether the request succeeded.

dataobject

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

portstring

Port UN/LOCODE.

wait_hoursnumber

Average wait at the port, in hours.

at_anchornumber

Vessels currently at anchor.

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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