Ocean Booking APIs: Breaking Through the Carrier Connectivity Bottleneck

Ocean carriers have made progress offering APIs for bookings and schedules, but for many Shippers and BCOs, the reality remains fragmented. Between inconsistent standards, EDI-heavy systems, and integration delays, the path to full automation remains complex. In this session,  Geesche Laksola (Coneksion) and Graham Parker (Ship Angel) discuss real-world blockers from both data integration and visibility perspectives, and demonstrate how modern, AI-powered platforms are finally making ocean booking APIs usable at scale.

What You'll Learn:

• Why Ocean Booking APIs are not yet “plug-and-play” for most Shippers and BCOs. 
• How differing interpretations of standards — even within DCSA-compliant frameworks — lead to fragile integrations. 
• Why many still depend on EDI-based processes, and how that conflicts with modern API-first platforms. 
• The implications of INTTRA’s acquisition by WiseTech Global
• How to get real-time carrier access — even if you or they are still EDI-heavy./ How Coneksion +Ship Angel, leveraging AI to normalize and orchestrate data, enables faster and more reliable carrier integrations.