IQAX Big Schedules
Live Data for Powerful Results
Before one makes a booking and after the vessel sets sail, strategic shipment planning throughout the shipment cycle can help shippers and NVOCCs drive operation efficiencies, increase customer satisfaction and have a positive impact on the bottom line.
IQAX Big Schedules offers you a range of products, including API integration, online schedule search, analytics tools, and proforma reports, all with high quality data and actionable insights to empower you to optimize your shipment planning.
- Mar 2024
Transforming global supply chain logistics through digital solutions
FS International is a leading provider of integrated logistics services, specializing in sea and air freight, cross-border e-commerce, customs clearance and freight insurance. By adopting digital solutions like IQAX Big Schedules' sailing schedule API, FS International has streamlined global supply chain logistics and enhanced operational efficiency. The API provides real-time access to schedules for 29 major carriers, enabling FS International to directly import data into internal systems. This allows instant search and access across 7 offices, improving productivity, saving time, and expediting client services. As an innovator, FS International implements the latest technologies to better serve customers across the supply chain.
IQAX Big Schedules Sailing Schedules API
Supply chain management is highly dependent on accurate and effective information sharing. The traditional practice of shippers and NVOCCs accessing sailing schedules online for planning requires a lot of manual effort to consolidate, distribute and maintain, and results in inefficient operations.
The IQAX Big Schedules Sailing Schedules API allows you to pull around 29 ocean carriers’ schedules into your internal systems for analytics dashboards and enterprise applications. Collect sailing schedule data by origin and destination pairs for the upcoming eight weeks and use the data in the way that works best for you.
IQAX ensures quality data by checking multiple sources and running algorithms to detect exceptions so that you can access the data with confidence and ease for your shipment planning.
We offer sailing schedule APIs in two packages to accommodate your needs.
3 Ways to Digitize Processes and Enhance Operations with APIs
IQAX Big Schedules Vessel Schedules API
Once a vessel sets sail, schedules are continuously changing due to unexpected disruptions at sea. It can be challenging for shippers and NVOCCs to manually monitor vessels for updated milestones and skipped ports of call for planning. Having accurate and consolidated data for your daily operations is key to respond to unexpected changes.
The IQAX Big Schedules Vessel Schedules API allows you to pull container vessels’ port call estimated and actual arrival and departure times within a specified timeframe based on carriers’ published schedules into your system.
IQAX Big Schedules leverages a digital twin to augment schedules with known information from AIS and alliance carriers that may not be in carrier-provided vessel schedules. We do the hard work for you so that you can access the data with confidence and ease for your innovative applications.
We offer vessel schedule APIs in two packages to accommodate your needs.
Unlocking Value Through IQAX Big Schedules Vessel Schedule API Integration
Smart scheduling for streamlined shipping operations
FS International
FS uses the API to digitize processes thereby improving operational quality, perfecting route planning, saving manpower and time to search for the latest sailing schedules and facilitating the automation of the quotation process.
July 2023
The BCO Route Climber
A general merchandise retailer leverages the sailing schedule APIs to pick the best routes based not only on carriers’ schedule details, but also on their MQCs and rates.
The Booking Genius
An apparel exporter with multiple product divisions leverages APIs to streamline the booking process.
The NVO Business Expander
A digital freight forwarder automate the quotation process for their customers online by using the sailing schedule APIs.
The Matchmaker
A digital freight forwarder needs to consolidate cargo for multiple clients and locations and ensure it is delivered to multiple destinations in the most efficient manner.
The Vessel Buster
An online retailer has hundreds of active shipments a day. They need to efficiently pull actual vessel departure and arrival times so they can plan their downstream activities.
The NVO Vessel Illuminator
A digital freight forwarder enabled visibility to its customers through its shipment platform that allow them to view the vessel departure and arrival times information of their shipments.
White Paper
How to Solve Logistics Planning Challenges with Ocean Schedule APIs
Feb 2024
Are you seeking to digitalize your ocean shipment planning operations? Sailing schedule and vessel schedule APIs can fuel your logistics management with data to elevate your operations in all new ways. Learn how in our all-in-one eGuide for BCOs and NVOCCs.
More than 300 million sailing schedule changes occur each month due to service changes and disruptions. Shippers and logistics service providers need access to the latest schedules to optimize supply chain planning.
IQAX Big Schedules BigSchedules.com Basic Plan
IQAX Big Schedules BigSchedules.com provides up-to-date sailing schedules for 29 major ocean carriers, over 1.1 million port pairs, and more than 6,400 services. Leveraging big data sources, IQAX monitors and analyzes live vessel, weather, and news data covering 90% of the world’s container capacity to optimize your sailing schedule and vessel tracking search results.
Customize to Fit Your Needs
Access to the Latest Schedules
week range for sailing schedule search
week range for vessel tracking
- Access up-to-date sailing and vessel schedules from a single data provider to save time
- Reduce the risk of costly errors by referring to the latest schedules
- Avoid empty runs for truckers when vessel arrival times are delayed
IQAX Big Schedules BigSchedules.com Advanced Package
The IQAX Big Schedules BigSchedules.com Advanced package offers extensive sailing schedule and vessel tracking search results in addition to the basic plan offerings.
Beyond Search: Analyze and Stay Informed
Greater Schedule Range, More Control
week range for sailing schedule search
week range for vessel tracking
- Access up-to-date sailing and vessel schedules from a single data provider to save time
- Compare schedules by multiple dimensions before making a booking to evaluate your options
- Reduce the risk of costly errors by referring to the latest schedules
- Avoid empty runs for truckers when vessel arrival times are delayed
IQAX Carrier Performance Analytics
Every shipper prefers a reliable ocean carrier. However, with limited information, shippers can only take a trial-and-error approach to find the best performing carriers.
IQAX Carrier Performance Analytics offers an interactive dashboard to measure and analyze carriers’ performance as well as market benchmarking. By setting up port-pair combinations, you can compare the performance across carriers based on your business needs.
Gain Actionable Insights
- Analyze carrier performance to prepare for contract negotiations
- Gain insight to carrier performance benchmarking for decision making
- Compare schedule reliability of nearby ports for service selection
- Customize analytics for your specific business needs
IQAX Carrier Performance Analytics provides carrier performance information, including:
IQAX Big Schedules Proforma Report
Frequent sailing schedule changes, tight vessel capacity, port congestion, fluctuating rates and unpredictable schedule delays present a huge challenge to NVOCCs in their daily operations. On top of that, ocean carriers’ increased service adjustments to meet changing demand patterns during the pandemic has added a layer of difficulty for making informed decisions.
Obtaining comprehensive and updated carriers’ proforma schedules provides earlier insights to upcoming schedules. The ability to plan with confidence, to avoid last minute scrambling for space, is crucial for profitable business operations with an excellent customer experience.
Equip Your Team with a Complete Carrier Service and Vessel Report
The IQAX Big Schedules Proforma Report provides 28 ocean carriers’ comprehensive service loop and vessel deployment plans for 2,800+ services for NVOCCs to plan house-level service offerings and secure vessel space earlier with their carriers.
Rather than compile proforma schedules in multiple formats from carriers directly, IQAX’s weekly report allows you to save time obtaining, consolidating and maintaining the reports. In addition, IQAX detects vessel schedule changes to pinpoint possible impacts to proforma schedules and investigates the carriers’ proforma schedules to ensure that reports are up-to-date.
