Introduction to CHICARGO Connect
CHICARGO Connect offers different services such as the anouncement of shipments, cargo handling, tracking and freight documentation. In order to understand what features the APIs offer and how they interact with each other take a look at the air export process and air import process.
When connecting to CHICARGO Connect, the user has to take a decision on how shipments will be referenced. Learn which options exist for referencing shipments in how to reference shipments.
CHI offers apart from the general import and export process, several special offers like local export, consolidation of shipments and ordering a build up of pallets and ULDs. Learn about them in the user stories.
- The Shipment API is the start point of all interactions with CHI. It is used for managing shipments, allowing users to create, update, query, and delete shipment records.
- Designed for monitoring shipments, this API offers endpoints to retrieve the current status or event history of a shipment.
- Users can also set up webhooks to receive real-time notifications of shipment events. Specific endpoints allow retrieval of individual events and their statuses.
- This API manages cargo operations within a warehouse, allowing the announcement of pickups and drop-offs, and the assembly of shipments into built units.
- It requires shipment creation in advance and supports inventory management, including filtering for damaged shipments.
- This API facilitates the management of Air Waybills (AWBs), including Master Air Waybills (MAWB) and House Air Waybills (HAWB).
- MAWBs track multiple shipments for customs, while HAWBs serve as receipts and contracts detailing shipment specifics.
- MAWBs must reference HAWBs, and HAWBs must reference shipments. Only in the case of an IATA Direct the MAWB references a Shipment directly.
- This API enhances the handling of freight documentation, providing endpoints for uploading and retrieving essential documents.
- Key documents include MAWBs, HAWBs, Build Up Manifest and Documentation, Import Break Down, and Security Declarations, each serving distinct purposes in freight processing.