Data Integrations – EDI & API
Use our EDI and API integration solutions to conveniently exchange data related to your transports with us – in a reliable and secure manner.
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Hamburg Süd's key objective is to always provide best in class service for its customers by offering worldwide ocean services, sophisticated logistics and supply chain management and comprehensive end-to-end cargo care.

But we go one step further – offering EDI solutions fulfilling the highest technical and security standards to make shipping with us even more convenient allowing to:
- to retrieve detailed data on sailing schedules
- to send your bookings
- to submit VGM data
- to transmit eSIs
- to improve the visibility of your shipments 24/7 via status events
- to receive invoices and invoice data
Supported standards
Business requirement | Description | Customer Value | Message Implementation Guide | Sample message |
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Business requirement
Track and Trace Information
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Description
Track and Trace data for your shipment
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Customer Value
Gain visibility of your shipment's status and improve your planning
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Message Implementation Guide
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Sample message
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Business requirement
Booking Confirmation
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Description
Receive booking confirmations via EDI
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Customer Value
Fast confirmation of booking confirmation directly to your IT systems
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Message Implementation Guide
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Sample message
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Business requirement
BL Data
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Description
Receive Bill of Lading information via EDI
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Customer Value
Have a machine readable Bill of Lading available in your IT systems
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Message Implementation Guide
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Sample message
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Business requirement
Invoice
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Description
Receive Invoices via EDI
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Customer Value
Fast and machine readable invoices available in your IT systems
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Message Implementation Guide
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Sample message
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Business requirement
Container Pre-Announcement
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Description
Receive container pre-announcements via EDI
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Customer Value
Fast and up-to-date information about pre-announced containers directly to your IT systems
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Message Implementation Guide
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Sample message
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Business requirement
Empty Container Release
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Description
Send Empty Container Release Information to Depot
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Customer Value
Fast Information for depot about releasing containers
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Message Implementation Guide
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Sample message
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Business requirement
Vessel Schedules
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Description
Receive vessel schedules via EDI
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Customer Value
For customers who are not able to use our Point 2 Point API we offer the possibility to receive our schedules via EDI
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Message Implementation Guide
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Sample message
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Business requirement
Verified Gross Mass
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Description
Receive Verified Gross Mass (VGM)
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Customer Value
Reception of the legally required information according to SOLAS conventions within a standard EDIFACT message
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Message Implementation Guide
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Sample message
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Business requirement
More EDI Standards will be added soon!
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Description
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Customer Value
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Message Implementation Guide
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Sample message
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Business requirement | Description | Customer Value | Message Implementation Guide | Sample message |
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Business requirement
Booking Request
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Description
Submit booking requests via EDI
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Customer Value
Streamlined booking process, booking request out of your IT systems
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Message Implementation Guide
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Sample message
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Business requirement
Provide Track and Trace Information - Truck
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Description
Track and Trace data of the transport you have been commissioned with
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Customer Value
Enhance you competitive position and receive more orders
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Message Implementation Guide
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Sample message
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Business requirement
Provide Track and Trace Information - Rail
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Description
Track and Trace data of the transport you have been commissioned with
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Customer Value
Enhance you competitive position and receive more orders
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Message Implementation Guide
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Sample message
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Business requirement
Provide Terminal Performance Report
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Description
Information about the terminal operations carried out
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Customer Value
Profit from paperless information interchange
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Message Implementation Guide
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Sample message
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Business requirement
Verified Gross Mass
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Description
Submit Verified Gross Mass (VGM)
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Customer Value
Submission of the legally required information according to SOLAS conventions within a standard EDIFACT message
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Message Implementation Guide
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Sample message
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Business requirement
More EDI Standards will be added soon!
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Description
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Customer Value
-
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Message Implementation Guide
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Sample message
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API
This API enables you to retreive all your valid agreements, associated products, their charges including details and terms and conditions.
The Bookings API consists of several components / API endpoints relevant for this service. Customers are able to query available booking offers for a specific product (combination of POL, POD, commodity, equipment type, etc.). By providing an agreement number, the customer can also send a booking request. The booking request will be directly forwarded to the HSDG booking system.
The term "Point-to-Point schedule" is used to denote a variety of options for a shipment from a user defined starting point to a user defined destination point within a user defined timeframe. The API returns schedule information that represents the best set of transport plans from a customer point of view.
This API returns the vessel schedule including all port calls for a given IMO number, voyage number and direction.