shippingrates_congestion_news
Shipping Disruption News
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Get certified shipping-disruption publications from reviewed official port-authority sources.
The current publisher denominator is the official Port of Rotterdam and Port of Los Angeles news series. Every article in each finite collection window is retained; only explicit operational-disruption terms enter the customer result, and a successful zero-advisory collection stays empty instead of inventing an alert. For quantitative measurements, use shippingrates_congestion. For route-level risk scoring, use shippingrates_risk_score.
PAID: $0.02/call via x402 (USDC on Base or Solana). Without payment, returns 402 with payment instructions.
Returns the unchanged API array of { headline, summary, source, port_code, severity, published_at }.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| port | string | no | Port UN/LOCODE filter |
| severity | string | no | Severity classification filter |
| days_back | integer | no | Days of historical news (default: 7) |
| limit | integer | no | Maximum number of results |
| x_payment | string | no | x402 payment proof header |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"port": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Port UN/LOCODE filter"
},
"severity": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"normal",
"elevated",
"congested"
],
"description": "Severity classification filter"
},
"days_back": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"description": "Days of historical news (default: 7)"
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"description": "Maximum number of results"
},
"x_payment": {
"type": "string",
"description": "x402 payment proof header"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}