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freight

Get freight tracking by number

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Retrieve tracking for a freight shipment by its PRO or BOL number, whether or not the shipment was booked through ShipStation. Use this when you have the carrier's reference number but no freight_shipment_id — for example, for a shipment booked outside the API.

carrier_scac is required as well as the number itself, because the freight provider needs the SCAC to resolve a tracking number.

get/v2/freight/tracking

Query parameters

freight_provider_account_idstring required

A string that uniquely identifies a ShipStation resource, such as a carrier, label, shipment, etc.

Example:se-28529731

The freight provider account to track through. Retrieve it with List freight provider accounts.

tracking_numberstring required

The PRO or BOL number to track.

tracking_type'pro_number' | 'bol_number' required

Which kind of number tracking_number is.

carrier_scacstring required

The Standard Carrier Alpha Code (SCAC) of the LTL carrier. Required: the freight provider needs the SCAC to resolve a tracking number.

Response

The request was a success.

freight_provider_account_idstring

A string that uniquely identifies a ShipStation resource, such as a carrier, label, shipment, etc.

freight_provider_namestring

The code of the freight provider used to retrieve the tracking.

carrier_scacstring nullable

The SCAC of the LTL carrier moving the freight, as reported by the carrier. This echoes the provider's response, not the carrier_scac you supplied in the request, so it can be null.

bol_numberstring nullable

The Bill of Lading number reported by the carrier.

pro_numberstring nullable

The PRO number reported by the carrier.

tracking_status'unknown' | 'created' | 'pending_pickup' | 'dispatched' | 'in_route_to_pickup' | 'at_pickup' | 'in_transit' | 'out_for_delivery' | 'at_delivery' | 'delivered' | 'exception' | 'voided' | 'null' nullable

The detailed tracking status reported by the carrier.

tracking_urlstring nullable

A carrier page where the shipment can be tracked, when the carrier provides one.

last_event_atstring nullable

When the most recent tracking event occurred.

Example response

{
  "freight_provider_account_id": "se-28529731",
  "freight_provider_name": "UNISHIPPERS",
  "carrier_scac": "FXFE",
  "bol_number": "BOL-20260417-4821",
  "pro_number": "072-51293847",
  "tracking_status": "delivered",
  "tracking_url": "https://www.fedex.com/fedextrack/?trknbr=07251293847",
  "last_event_at": "2026-04-22T09:41:00Z",
  "events": [
    {
      "occurred_at": "2026-04-20T14:05:00Z",
      "status": "in_transit",
      "carrier_code": "AF",
      "description": "Departed terminal in Grand Rapids, MI",
      "documents": [
        {
          "type": "PROOF_OF_DELIVERY",
          "filename": "pod_072-51293847.pdf",
          "format": "PDF"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}