Find a ship’s VCN and next call at Indian ports — no account needed

In this film

• VCN search, in the header of scmtr.io: one box takes the ship as the bill of lading writes it, its seven-digit IMO number, or a VCN.
• By name, the page asks customs — a request made for this search, no account needed — and lists the calls still to come: each VCN with its port, rotation number and when customs expects it.
• Every answer is dated with when customs answered. Customs can change a call, so check the date.
• A VCN off an arrival notice finds its ship, with that call picked out.
• A ship whose last call was weeks ago: customs lists nothing still to come. "No upcoming call yet" is normal — a VCN is issued only days before a ship arrives.

Chapters

1. 0:00Which ship is this, and when is it calling?
2. 0:10One box: name, IMO number or VCN
3. 0:28By name: the page asks customs
4. 0:45By VCN, off an arrival notice
5. 0:58A ship with no call to come
6. 1:16No upcoming call yet — and that is normal

Read it instead

The SCMTR reference pages this film walks through — free to read, no sign-in.

• Finding the ship you are filing forA bill of lading names a ship; customs identifies it by number. How to find the right hull from a name, an IMO number or a VCN.
• The vessel call number (VCN)What a VCN (vessel call number) is in shipping, the three places it reaches you from, how it gets onto your CSN, and how it goes out of date.
• Reference numbers and trackingCSN, MCIN/PCIN, IGM, VCN, rotation number — who mints which, at what moment, and how to track a shipment.