project44 Ocean Visibility vs SeaRates Container Tracking

project44 Ocean Visibility provides real-time container-level information for ocean freight, with the aim of helping reduce demurrage, detention, and lost containers. It reports coverage of 98% of global ocean volumes and monitoring of more than 350,000 containers daily, with visibility across nearly all shipping lines, more than 700 ports, and 5,000 vessels. Predictive ETAs extend through container discharge; project44 describes them as more accurate than carrier ETAs when shipments are significantly early or delayed. Customers can start tracking in Movement using a bill of lading, booking number, or container ID. Additional capabilities include RoRo and barge visibility, GLEC-accredited emissions visibility, and AI document parsing. Ocean APIs provide integration options for a TMS or other system, including authentication, ETAs, and webhooks. The product supports ocean and intermodal tracking, exception alerts, inventory and order management, document management, and API access. It is available on web, Android, and iOS. Pricing is on request.

SeaRates Container Tracking tracks sea shipments by container number, Bill of Lading or booking reference, showing shipment location and status. Users can view container positions on a world map, see route visibility and port activity, and get estimated arrival insights. The system calculates storage time at transshipment ports and offers alerts for status events, departures, arrivals, delays and early delivery. SeaRates says its visibility and arrival estimates draw on Automatic Identification System data from ships, satellites and port stations. The mobile app offers laptop synchronization, live updates and instant notifications. For businesses, the API can pass status events to a website or connect tracking data to a TMS, ERP or other software; a website widget can also be embedded. API requests use HTTPS and an API key, with a documented general quota of 100 requests per 20 seconds per organization. Online tracking is described as free to try, while API pricing is usage-based and no price is listed. Updates are daily; more frequent updates require contacting an account manager.