Full Visibility, Full Control: YANTIAN Launches Rail-Sea Service Data API

Bridging Rail–Sea Arteries Through Digital Connectivity

💬Amid the rapid growth of multimodal transport, have you encountered challenges like these?
• Customers repeatedly ask: "Where is my container? When will it be loaded?"
• Partners still rely on manual data entry, which is time-consuming and error-prone.
• You seek deeper system integration with key partners, yet lack a unified and efficient digital channel.

Such fragmented data flows are undermining rail–sea customer experience. Now, YANTIAN introduces a better way forward: the YANTIAN Rail-Sea Open Data API, harnessing standardised digital connectivity to streamline collaboration and redefine the intermodal ecosystem.

More Than an Interface—A New Paradigm of Collaboration

The newly launched API goes beyond basic data exchange. It represents a fully integrated digital collaboration solution built around two core scenarios:

1. Open data, end-to-end visibility: Through the standardised API, partners gain real-time, high-precision visibility into critical container milestones—from vehicle departure from YANTIAN and gate-in of laden containers to vessel loading and departure. Cargo location and next steps are transparent, empowering smarter, more informed supply chain management.
2. Data integration for a robust ecosystem: Partners can also seamlessly feed operational data from their own facilities back into YANTIAN via the API. This bidirectional data flow ensures information continuity and completeness across every touchpoint, forming a truly closed-loop operational process.

🔄Core Value: Let Data Move Faster, So Collaboration Works Better
• End-to-end visibility, effortless oversight: Much like parcel tracking, customers can track container movements in real time, enhancing both user experience and supply chain resilience. 
• Controlled access, trusted security: Customer, role-based permissions enable secure data sharing while fully protecting data integrity and business confidentiality.
• Seamless and automatic interconnection: API-driven integration eliminates repetitive manual entry and reconciliation, significantly improving efficiency while minimizing errors.

First Order: Building a Digital Silk Road with the Chengdu International Railway Port Administrative Committee

The Chengdu International Railway Port Administrative Committee is among the first partners to successfully integrate with the API. This milestone aligns with the issuance of the inaugural "single bill of lading" for Chengdu-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Scheduled Rail-Sea Service. Enabled by seamless API connectivity, both sides have realised deep system integration and real-time data exchange across container operations and shipping logistics, making the scheduled rail-sea service faster and smoother.

Looking Ahead: Co-Creating a Smart Intermodal Ecosystem

The launch of the API, together with the first successful implementation, marks a pivotal step in advancing port digitalisation and shaping a smarter, more connected logistics ecosystem. YANTIAN envisions this "digital bridge" linking a broader network of partners and invites customers and industry stakeholders to engage, connect, and collaborate.

Looking forward, YANTIAN will continue to enhance the terminal's digital, intelligent, and green capabilities, embracing new quality productive forces, integrating a wider spectrum of global logistics data, and accelerating the development of a world-class international shipping hub, while supporting Shenzhen's vision to become a logistics centre with global influence.