Turn PortTruckPass into an API

What you can build on PortTruckPass

• Get my containers

  Build this

  Reads the My Containers watchlist on the TIPS Containers page: each import or export container with its vessel, holds and fees.

  Takes

  Trade type (optional), container numbers (optional)

  Returns

  Container number, trade type, line, vessel name, voyage, unload date, line hold, custom hold, fee due, fee paid, last updated

• Get my reservations

  Build this

  Reads the My Reservations page under Reservations: each visit's ticket number, terminal, move type, containers, truck plate and time slot.

  Takes

  Terminal (optional), date (optional), ticket or container number (optional)

  Returns

  Ticket number, terminal, move type, container or reference number, truck plate, reservation time

• Get vessel schedule cutoffs

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  Reads the Vessel Schedule list view a terminal posts: each vessel's arrival, departure and cargo and reefer cutoffs.

  Takes

  Terminal, date range

  Returns

  Vessel name, voyage, ETA, ETD, ATA, ATD, First Av, St/Rcv, Cargo Cutoff, Reefer Cutoff

• Add a single visit reservation

  Build this

  Opens Add Reservation in Single Visit view, enters the truck plate, move type and unit or reference number, picks a time slot from Find Reservation and submits.

  Takes

  Terminal, truck plate, move type, unit number or reference number, preferred time

  Returns

  Ticket number, terminal, move type, unit or reference number, reservation time

Automate PortTruckPass with a workflow

A workflow runs your methods as one process, with nobody at the screen. A schedule or a call from your own system starts it, the steps run in order, and the result arrives in your inbox or in the systems you already use.

• Import containers free to pick, every weekday morning

  Build this

  Starts

  Every weekday at 6:00 New York time

  Step 1

  Get my containers with trade type Import from the My Containers watchlist.

  Step 2

  Keep the containers with no line hold, no custom hold and nothing in Fee Due.

  Step 3

  Keep the ones that were not free to pick on the last run.

  Step 4

  Email you the list grouped by line, with container number, vessel, voyage and unload date.

• Holds and fees that changed, sent to your dispatch system

  Build this

  Starts

  Every hour

  Step 1

  Get my containers from the My Containers watchlist.

  Step 2

  Keep the containers whose line hold, custom hold or fee due changed since the last run.

  Step 3

  Post each one to your dispatch or TMS webhook.

• Tomorrow's reservations, handed to dispatch

  Build this

  Starts

  Every weekday at 17:00 New York time

  Step 1

  For each terminal you name, get my reservations for the next day.

  Step 2

  Stop when there are none.

  Step 3

  Post ticket number, move type, container or reference number, truck plate and time to your dispatch webhook.

You can run a workflow by hand on every plan, Free included. Schedules and webhook triggers come with the paid plans, from $29 a month.

Once built, one call from your code

Once you have built a method, it is one POST to /v1/runs from your backend, or a tool an AI agent calls over MCP. This is what “Get my containers” would look like.

curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "method": "porttruckpass.emodal.com/get_my_containers",
    "input": {
      "trade_type": "Import"
    }
  }'

{
  "status": "completed",
  "data": {
    "containers": [
      {
        "container_number": "ACMU4821736",
        "trade_type": "Import",
        "line": "Northwind Line",
        "vessel_name": "Northwind Harmony",
        "voyage": "112W",
        "unload_date": "2026-11-10",
        "line_hold": false,
        "custom_hold": false,
        "fee_due": 0,
        "fee_paid": 145,
        "last_updated": "2026-11-12T05:41:00-05:00"
      }
    ]
  }
}

An example with invented data, not a ready-made endpoint. The method exists in your organization once you build it, and its name, inputs and fields follow your request.

PortTruckPass’s own options

STS's support page for PortTruckPass lists APIs for cargo visibility and appointment setting among the TIPS features and points to eModal Data Services (EDS) through a request form. No PortTruckPass API reference, prices or terms are published. CargoSprint's public Data Services reference covers terminal metrics, such as appointment availability and container dwell.

Read on November 12, 2026: PTP Support: next generation of PortTruckPass / TIPS, Data Services API overview, PTP user guide (Community Portal 2.0 resource guide).

Signing in to PortTruckPass

PortTruckPass signs each user in with their own email address and password. Since the 2021 upgrade, users who shared one email address each need their own, and your company administrator's security groups decide which screens a user sees. With Fous you sign in once through PortTruckPass's own sign-in with your own account: the login is sealed with AES-256, and an expired session is signed back in.

Worth knowing

One email address per user

Each user needs a unique email address linked to their account. Your company's administrator adds users and approves affiliation requests, and their security group and data access profile decide what they see.

Trucks and drivers are registered first

The truck registration service implements the Port Authority's subrules in FMC Schedule PA-10. A trucking company may need to register each driver and truck and link them, and a reservation asks for the truck plate.

Company approval comes before users

A trucking company registers with its SCAC code, US DOT number and motor carrier permit number, then waits for approval before it can set up security groups and add users.

Older reservations are read-only

Reservations made before the new appointment screens launched sit in Archived Reservation Moves and Visits, read-only and shown only to existing users.

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