Look up a bill of lading
Get the import record for a master or house bill of lading from US Customs manifests: containers, consignee, shipper, notify party, and commodity lines.
Authorizations
Use a Terminal49 API key in the Authorization header with the Token prefix.
Authorization: Token YOUR_API_KEY
Body
Response
OK
The normalized bill of lading number that was looked up.
"MEDUW9559867"
false when no import under this number is on record in the search window.
Start of the search window.
"2025-10-01"
Distinct bill of lading records matched (at most 50).
true when more than 50 records matched and only the most recent 50 are used.
Containers on the matched bills (at most 200).
true when more than 200 containers exist and only the first 200 are returned.
Commodity lines on the matched bills, grouped by bill with the highest estimated value first within each bill. At most 200 lines are returned; the cap keeps the first 200 in that order, not the 200 highest-value lines overall.
true when more than 200 commodity lines exist and only the first 200 are returned.