What is Sailing Schedules and how does it work?

It is a tool that centralises schedules from major carriers, allowing planning professionals to search, compare, and plan voyages with integrated congestion data.

Can I see a weekly view of upcoming sailings for selected tradelanes?

Yes, we have a Sailing Schedules Calendar View that lets you check sailings by week for your selected tradelanes.

Do you have information on blank sailings and new sailings each week?

Yes, we capture any changes, including new sailings or blanked sailings, for each week and tradelane that you care about.

Can I integrate Sailing Schedules into my systems?

Yes. It is available via the Portcast platform, API, or as an embedded dashboard.

Can I integrate our freight rates with the schedules data?

Yes, we can enable contract and spot rate integration with sailing schedules data in a single view.

Sailing Schedules Software

All Carrier Sailing Schedules, With Port Congestion Intelligence

Q: How accurate is the schedule data?

Schedules are updated frequently and validated continuously to ensure reliability.

Q: What congestion data is included?

You can view waiting times, berth times, and port traffic trends for both POL and POD.

Search a multi-carrier sailing schedule across 35+ carriers and 420,000+ port pairs from one platform. Portcast adds port congestion, blank sailing capture, and API access, so your team can plan an ocean freight schedule with more than just a departure date.

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Carrier Tracking Alone Does Not Give You the Full Picture

Planning teams open Maersk.com, then MSC.com, then COSCO and a handful of other carrier sites, copying departure dates into a spreadsheet one lane at a time. Those pages do not show whether the port of loading is congested, and a blank sailing can remove a departure you already planned around.

Scattered Carrier Schedules

Comparing sailings across Maersk, MSC, COSCO, and other carriers means switching between websites and formats, which takes time your team does not have.

Blank Sailings Catch Teams Off Guard

Carrier cancellations arrive late and scattered across advisories. Without a centralized view of blank sailing changes, planning teams find out at the last minute, with little time to rebook or reroute.

Limited Visibility into Port Conditions

A schedule shows departure dates on its own. It does not show whether the destination port is congested, how dwell times are running, or what waiting times look like at the port of loading and the port of discharge.

Key Features of Portcast's Sailing Schedules Solution

From a multi-carrier schedule search to congestion-aware planning, built for teams that need full operational context alongside their sailing data.

Carrier Schedule Search

Search a Ship Sailing Schedule Across 35+ Carriers and 420,000+ Port Pairs in One Place

Portcast aggregates frequently refreshed schedules from major carriers including Maersk, MSC, and COSCO, so your team can search, filter, and compare sailings from a single platform.

Access schedules from 35+ major carriers in one unified search.

Filter by port pair, carrier, vessel, and transshipment count (direct, 1, or 2 transshipments).

Compare direct and transshipment routes side by side, and sort by duration, departure date, or arrival date.

Schedules collected directly from carriers and refreshed frequently.

Port Congestion and Risk

Plan Around Operational Risks Alongside Every Schedule

A departure date is one input. Portcast surfaces waiting time, dwell time, and traffic at port for both the port of loading and port of discharge, so your team can factor congestion into each booking decision.

View waiting time and dwell time at both the POL and POD.

Expand a congestion card for detailed metrics, including traffic at port for both ports on your voyage.

Identify sailings with fewer transshipments and lower disruption risk.

Getting started

How Portcast's Sailing Schedules Work

Three steps from search to plan, with congestion data included at each stage.

Set Your Search Parameters

Select your origin and destination ports, choose a reference date and whether it is relative to departure or arrival, and set the search range. Optionally filter by carrier before you search.

Compare Options with Full Context

Portcast retrieves scheduled sailings from 35+ carriers across 420,000+ port pairs, sorted by duration by default, and enhanced with port congestion and blank sailing signals.

Monitor and Act

Refine results with filters and sorting, review congestion for the POL and POD, then export the data or integrate it via the platform, API, or an embedded dashboard.

What Portcast's Sailing Schedules Solution Delivers

Save Time on Planning

Access frequently refreshed schedules from 35+ carriers and over 420,000 port pairs in one place, so you can run a single search across carriers you would otherwise check one site at a time.

Stay Ahead of Disruptions

Understand port congestion at your key import and export ports, and get an updated view of weeks with no planned sailings across your services and lanes, so you can adjust operations proactively.

Reduce Operational Risks

Plan around waiting time and dwell time at both the port of loading and port of discharge, and favor sailings with fewer transshipments and lower disruption risk.

Sailing Schedules Software: Frequently Asked Questions

Any other question that isn’t mentioned? Don't hesitate to get in touch.

What is sailing schedules software and how does it work?

Portcast's Sailing Schedules is a search feature in the Portcast platform that centralizes scheduled sailings from major carriers between 420,000+ port pairs. You enter a port of loading, a port of discharge, a reference date, and a search range, and Portcast returns the available sailings with transit times, transshipment counts, and integrated port congestion data, so you can search, compare, and plan voyages in one place.

How does Portcast's sailing schedule data differ from checking each carrier's website?

You can search 35+ carriers in a single view, so you no longer have to open Maersk.com, MSC.com, and other carrier sites one at a time. Portcast also adds context that carrier sites leave out, including port congestion for the POL and POD and blank sailing capture, so you compare routes on risk as well as departure dates.

How accurate is the schedule data, and what is the source?

Portcast collects schedule data directly from carriers automatically and refreshes it frequently. Because carriers sometimes share space on the same vessel and transfer information at different times, two carriers' schedules for the same vessel can differ slightly.

What congestion data is included and how does it work?

Each search shows a high-level congestion metric for the POL and POD by default. Expanding the congestion details reveals additional metrics for both ports, including average waiting time, dwell time, and port traffic, drawn from Portcast's Port Congestion data.

Is there a sailing schedule API for integration into our TMS?

Yes. Sailing Schedules works as shipping schedule software available via the Portcast platform, the API, or an embedded dashboard. The embed uses a secure, time-limited token generated from your API key, and API usage can be attributed to individual sub-customers. It suits forwarders, shippers, and TMS providers who want multi-carrier schedule data inside their own systems.

How many carriers do you cover?

Portcast covers 35+ major carriers globally for sailing schedule data, including Maersk, MSC, and COSCO.

Can I download the schedules?

Yes. Portcast can send automated schedule reports to your inbox in CSV or XLSX format.