shippingrates_surcharges
Shipping Surcharges
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Get carrier-specific surcharges — BAF (Bunker Adjustment Factor), CAF (Currency Adjustment Factor), PSS (Peak Season Surcharge), EBS (Emergency Bunker Surcharge), and more.
Use this to understand surcharge exposure for a carrier in a specific country/direction. These are charges added on top of base freight rates. For a complete cost breakdown, use shippingrates_total_cost which includes surcharges automatically.
PAID: $0.02/call via x402 (USDC on Base or Solana). Without payment, returns 402 with payment instructions.
Returns: Array of { surcharge_type, surcharge_name, amount, currency, per_unit, effective_from, effective_to, direction }.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| line | string | yes | Shipping line slug — maersk, msc, cmacgm (or cma-cgm), hapag-lloyd, one, cosco, zim, evergreen, yangming, hmm, arkas, oocl, pil |
| country | string | no | ISO 2-letter country code |
| direction | string | no | Trade direction — 'import' or 'export' |
| x_payment | string | no | x402 payment proof header |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"line": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"maersk",
"msc",
"cmacgm",
"cma-cgm",
"hapag-lloyd",
"one",
"cosco",
"zim",
"evergreen",
"yangming",
"hmm",
"arkas",
"oocl",
"pil",
"wanhai"
],
"description": "Shipping line slug — maersk, msc, cmacgm (or cma-cgm), hapag-lloyd, one, cosco, zim, evergreen, yangming, hmm, arkas, oocl, pil"
},
"country": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 2,
"maxLength": 2,
"description": "ISO 2-letter country code"
},
"direction": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"import",
"export"
],
"description": "Trade direction — 'import' or 'export'"
},
"x_payment": {
"type": "string",
"description": "x402 payment proof header"
}
},
"required": [
"line"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}