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Terminal49
What it is
Terminal49 brings container tracking, shipment documents, and workflow automation together for logistics teams, with web and API access. Its visibility spans carriers, terminals, vessels and AIS, and intermodal rail, with tracking data described as updated hourly. The API provides shipment milestones such as vessel events, container moves, holds, fees, and Last Free Day information. The platform can classify documents automatically and link them to the relevant container. Milestone and exception alerts are available, while the Complete plan adds automated workflows and custom reports. The API uses webhooks for status changes and returns standardized JSON, with developer documentation and code samples. Listed integrations include Snowflake, Google BigQuery, Microsoft SQL Server, Google Sheets, Excel, NetSuite, SAP, Descartes, CargoWise, Power BI, and Azure. The free plan allows up to 10 active containers and three users. Lite, Complete, and Essential prices are available by request or demo. The API page offers a 7-day trial with full access for building and testing an integration.
For and against
For
- Tracks containers across carriers, terminals, vessels, and rail.
- Provides milestone data including fees and Last Free Day.
- Can classify shipment documents and link them to containers.
- API offers webhooks and standardized JSON data.
Against
- Free plan is limited to 10 active containers.
- Free plan allows up to three users.
- API trial lasts 7 days.
- Prices for paid plans require a request or demo.
The verdict
Terminal49 combines visibility, documents, alerts, and API data for logistics workflows. The free plan has container and user limits, while expanded plans list pricing by request or demo.
Who it suits
Terminal49 is aimed at cargo owners, importers, exporters, freight forwarders, customs brokers, 3PLs, and logistics technology companies. Teams needing API-based shipment data or document workflows may find its integrations and alerts relevant.
Plans and prices
Free
50 shipments per month · unlimited users · core milestones · dashboard, CSV, email and limited API tracking
Read 14 Oct 2026 · help.terminal49.com
Enterprise
Committed container volumes · unlimited users and shipments · full API and webhooks · dedicated customer success
Read 14 Oct 2026 · help.terminal49.com
Pay As You Go
Unlimited users and shipments · full API and webhooks · alerts · container dashboard
Read 14 Oct 2026 · help.terminal49.com
Complete
Predictive ETAs and port congestion insights · Automated workflows and custom reports · Advanced integration add-ons · Dedicated CSM and shared Slack channel
Read 29 Sep 2026 · terminal49.com
Essential
API access and webhooks · Intermodal rail tracking · Container assignments and team collaboration · Document processing credits included
Read 29 Sep 2026 · terminal49.com
Lite
Unlimited users · Full shipment and container dashboards · Document processing (50 credits included, buy more as needed) · Planning and performance reporting
Read 29 Sep 2026 · terminal49.com
On the record
- Alerts
- Milestone, exception and daily email alerts are available on paid plans.help.terminal49.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Alerts and workflows
- The platform supports milestone and exception alerts, and Complete includes automated workflows and custom reports.terminal49.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- API
- The API uses webhooks for status changes and provides standardized JSON data and developer documentation with code samples.terminal49.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- API capabilities
- The API supports shipment, container, shipping-line, tracking-request, webhook and webhook-notification resources.pkg.go.dev · read 14 Oct 2026
- API limits on Free
- The Free tier API can create tracking requests but cannot retrieve shipment data or receive webhook events.help.terminal49.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- CargoWise integration
- A CargoWise integration supplies automated container updates including gate, load, discharge, departure, arrival and delivery milestones.terminal49.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Chain.io integration
- Chain.io can register tracking requests through the Terminal49 API and pass milestone updates into connected TMS, ERP, WMS and other logistics systems.help.terminal49.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Collaboration
- Custom container views can be shared as read-only links without requiring recipients to have Terminal49 accounts.help.terminal49.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Company history
- The company says its founders began building Terminal49 in 2015 after learning about container drayage operations.terminal49.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Company profile
- LinkedIn describes Terminal49 as a privately held software-development company founded in 2017, headquartered in San Francisco, with 51–200 employees.linkedin.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Containers at risk
- A Containers at Risk view is designed to prioritize containers needing attention.terminal49.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Current status
- On October 14, 2026 the status page showed the API, dashboard, homepage and webhooks operational, while some shipping-line feeds had materially lower uptime such as Gold Star Line at 34.928% and Maersk at 87.559%.status.terminal49.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Dashboards
- Shipment and container dashboards provide unified monitoring, custom views and issue management.terminal49.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Data coverage
- The company says it connects directly to more than 150 data sources, including ocean carriers, terminals and Class 1 rail carriers.terminal49.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- DataSync
- DataSync writes shipment, container and tracking-request tables into databases, warehouses, object stores or Google Sheets, with hourly or 15-minute synchronization options.help.terminal49.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Developer extensibility
- Terminal49's GitHub organization lists a public TypeScript API repository and a public agent-plugins repository for Cursor, Claude Code, Codex and GitHub Copilot.github.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Documentation and support
- Customers receive a self-service knowledge base plus email and chat support; Enterprise adds onboarding and a dedicated customer-success manager.help.terminal49.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Document management
- It can classify documents from different sources and link them to the appropriate container.terminal49.com · read 14 Oct 2026
