SeaRates has been discontinued
The SeaRates Alternative for Container Tracking
SeaRates is gone, but your containers are still at sea. Track them on every major shipping line with live location, AI-estimated ETAs and every port stop, right on your iPhone.
Free download · iPhone & iPad · Android coming soon
What happened
SeaRates has been discontinued
In late August 2026, DP World confirmed it is discontinuing SeaRates, the digital freight platform it acquired in 2020. SeaRates first launched in 2005, and many shippers and forwarders used it to look up containers across shipping lines.
“Our business priorities have evolved, and as part of the normal course of reviewing and simplifying our operations, we are no longer using the SeaRates business globally.”
If you used SeaRates to check where your containers are, you still need a way to do that. The Container Tracking App gives you live location and ETAs for containers on all major shipping lines.
Sources: FreightWaves, Fruitnet
Read the full storyWhat you get
Everything you need to keep tracking
Every major shipping line
Maersk, MSC, CMA CGM, COSCO, Hapag-Lloyd, ONE, Evergreen, HMM, ZIM and more in one app.
Automatic carrier detection
Enter a container number or booking ID. The app works out the shipping line for you.
Live location on a map
See where your container is right now, with the vessel it's on.
AI-estimated ETAs
Arrival estimates built from hundreds of data points, so you can plan ahead.
Full event timeline
Every milestone from gate-in at origin to discharge, plus upcoming port stops and transhipments.
API for your systems
Pull the same tracking data into your TMS, ERP or customer portal.
How it works
From container number to live location in seconds
- 01
Enter your container number or booking ID
Type or paste the 11-character number from your shipping documents.
- 02
We auto-detect the shipping carrier
No need to pick the shipping line. The app recognises it from the container prefix.
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See live location, ETA & more
Follow your container on a map with its estimated arrival and every port stop.
Coverage
Worldwide Container Tracking Coverage
Track your ocean freight shipments across all major international shipping routes. Our container tracking platform provides real-time cargo visibility from origin to destination.
- Shipping lines
- 12
- Container prefixes recognised
- 147
Asia - Europe Trade Lane
Track containers on the world's busiest shipping route connecting Asian manufacturing hubs to European markets.
Trans-Pacific Shipping
Monitor ocean freight between Asia and North America with accurate ETAs for West Coast and East Coast ports.
Intra-Asia Routes
Full visibility on container shipments within Asia, including China, Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia.
Track by carrier
Used SeaRates to track a specific shipping line?
Pick your carrier for container number formats, tracking guides and carrier codes.
- ZIM Integrated Shipping Services tracking
- Maersk tracking
- Pacific International Lines (PIL) tracking
- CMA CGM tracking
- Evergreen line tracking
- YangMin YMM tracking
- Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) tracking
- Hapag-Lloyd tracking
- COSCO Group tracking
- Matson Ocean Shipping tracking
- MSC - Mediterranean Shipping Company tracking
- ONE Line tracking
For developers
Built on the SeaRates tracking API?
Our container tracking API returns real-time status, ETAs and event history across major shipping lines. Read our migration checklist or get in touch for access.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
What the SeaRates shutdown means for you, and how to keep tracking your containers.
Tracking Shipping Containers Should Be Easy.
Which is why we made the Container Tracking App. Simple tracking, right on your phone.
Free download · iPhone & iPad · Android coming soon
SeaRates is a trademark of its respective owner. ContainerTracking.ai is an independent service and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or a successor to SeaRates or DP World. Information about the SeaRates shutdown is based on public reporting as of August 27, 2026.