ISO 23355:2024

Overview

ISO 23355:2024 - Visibility data interchange among logistics information service providers - defines a standardized framework, message set and data elements to enable interoperable logistics visibility across regions and transport modes. Applicable to maritime, road, air and rail import/export transportation, the standard helps logistics information service providers (LISPs) exchange event-based visibility data for transport means and goods management using APIs and defined interchange messages.

Key topics and technical requirements

• Scope and purpose
  • Specifies logistics visibility data, data elements, interchange messages and the LISP interconnection framework for regional and inter‑regional data interchange.
• Framework of LISP interconnection
  • Distinguishes regional (single LISP with connected data providers/users) and inter‑regional (multiple LISPs interconnected via APIs) models.
  • Defines classification of parties: LISP, data providers (e.g., carriers, terminals, single window), and data users.
• Core features required
  • Openness, confidentiality, systematicness (API-based authentication and query), distribution, convenience, effectiveness, and inter-region visibility.
• Visibility data model
  • Event-driven visibility aligned to import/export processes (10 import events, 9 export events) across maritime, air, rail and road modes.
  • Covers event types such as transport means forecast and actual information, arrival reports, tally, goods loading, and transport/goods release.
• Message and data element specifications
  • Defines message content attributes, character representation, occurrence rules and a comprehensive data element compilation table to ensure consistent interchange.
• Interchange mechanics
  • Emphasizes API-based connections between LISPs and distributed data replication for cross-border visibility.

Practical applications and users

• Who uses it
  • Logistics information service providers (LISPs), port community systems (PCS), cargo community systems (CCS), maritime carriers, freight forwarders, terminal operators, single windows, customs and logistics authorities.
• Business value
  • Enables real‑time, trusted cross‑border tracking and traceability of shipments.
  • Reduces integration cost and ambiguity caused by fragmented implementations (even where legacy standards like UN/EDIFACT exist).
  • Supports B2B, B2G and G2B data exchange for improved operational planning, compliance and supply‑chain visibility.
• Technical outcomes
  • Standardized API interactions and message semantics that improve interoperability, automate event updates (forecast/actual/arrival/tally/load/release) and facilitate scalable inter‑regional data sharing.

Related standards and context

• Prepared by ISO/TC 154; complements existing logistics message work (organizations and vocabularies such as UN/EDIFACT, UN/CCL and WCO terminology are referenced in the logistics ecosystem).