A Smarter Way to Search and Compare Ocean Freight Routes

Choosing an ocean freight route is not simply about finding a connection between two ports.

For the same origin and destination, logistics teams may have multiple carriers, direct and transshipment services, different transit times, and varying sailing frequencies to consider. The challenge is knowing which options are available and how they have actually performed.

With the rebuilt ShipsGo Service Finder, logistics teams can explore these options using real shipping data and a wider range of tools designed to support ocean freight planning.

Why Ocean Freight Route Planning Can Be Challenging

When planning a shipment, logistics teams often start by checking carrier schedules and published transit times. While these provide an important starting point, planned schedules do not always tell the full story.

A route may have a published transit time of a certain number of days, but actual shipments can take longer or shorter due to operational conditions, port calls, transshipments, and other factors.

This creates an important distinction:

A schedule tells you what is planned. Actual shipment data shows what happened.

Using both types of information can give logistics teams a broader view when comparing ocean freight routes.

What Is Service Finder?

ShipsGo Service Finder is an ocean freight search engine that helps logistics teams explore and compare shipping routes using actual shipment data.

Simply enter your Port of Loading (POL) and Port of Discharge (POD) to discover available ocean freight services between the two locations.

With Service Finder, you can explore:

• Ocean freight routes
• Carrier services
• Actual transit times
• Direct and transshipment routes
• Sailing schedules (Coming soon)
• Carrier reliability
• Port congestion insights
• Predictive ETA

With more than 3 million route searches, 300,000 global routes, 2,100+ container ports, and 100+ carriers, Service Finder offers a broad view of ocean freight connections worldwide.

Explore More Than Just Routes

Service Finder brings together multiple tools to help logistics teams view ocean freight from different perspectives.

Route Search

Search ocean freight connections between ports and compare available services based on real shipment data.

Whether you are looking for a direct connection or exploring transshipment options, you can quickly see what is available between your selected ports.

Carrier Schedules

Go beyond a basic route search and explore carrier schedules to understand available sailing options.

This can help logistics teams plan around expected departure dates and identify services that fit their shipment requirements.

Carrier Reliability Rates

Transit time is only one part of route planning. Reliability can also matter when comparing services.

Service Finder provides Carrier Reliability Rates to give you additional context when evaluating carrier performance.

Port Congestion Insights

Port conditions can affect cargo movement and a route's overall efficiency.

With Port Congestion Insights, logistics teams can consider congestion information alongside their route and carrier research.

This adds context when evaluating routing options.

Predictive ETA

Planning doesn't stop once a route is selected.

ShipsGo Predictive ETA uses shipment data to add an extra layer of visibility into expected arrival times, helping logistics teams plan with more context as shipments move through their journey.

Expanded Carrier Coverage

Service Finder brings together route information across a wide network of carriers and ports, helping users discover more routing possibilities from a single platform.

With 100+ carriers and 2,100+ container ports, you can explore a broad range of ocean freight connections.

Service Finder API

For teams that want to bring route intelligence directly into their systems, Service Finder API provides programmatic access to ocean freight route data.

Instead of manually searching for routes, businesses can integrate Service Finder data into their own workflows, applications, or internal tools.

The API can help teams access information such as:

• Ocean freight routes
• Transit times
• Carrier services
• Route connections
• Other Service Finder data

This makes Service Finder useful not only as a standalone search tool, but also as a data source that can fit into existing logistics workflows.

Discover Service Finder API Documentation

Service Finder API

Start Exploring the ShipsGo Service Finder

Ocean freight planning does not have to rely on scattered carrier websites, spreadsheets, and manually collected information.

The rebuilt ShipsGo Service Finder brings route search, carrier schedules, reliability insights, port congestion, predictive ETA, expanded carrier coverage, and API access together in one platform.

Whether you are looking for a direct service, comparing carriers, checking transit times, evaluating route reliability, or integrating route data into your own systems, Service Finder gives you more ways to work with ocean freight data.

🔎 Find. Compare. Predict. Connect.

Discover routes, compare services, explore carrier and port insights, and see how real shipping data can support your ocean freight planning.

Start exploring today. 

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