The Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) has published Track & Trace 3.0.0, extending its standard for container visibility to include IoT and refrigerated container events alongside shipment, transport and equipment information.
The update adds IoT events covering data from connected containers and devices, including geolocation, geofence crossings and door status. Reefer events cover measurements and control actions including temperature, setpoint adjustments, power status and alarms.
Track & Trace 3.0.0 also introduces new ways to represent changes to shipments and related documents, communicate corrected or withdrawn events, and exchange visibility data through carriers, platforms and other intermediaries.
DCSA said the changes reflect several years of implementation experience with version 2.2.0 and feedback from carriers, users and technology providers. The association said the existing standard had created a common foundation for shipment, transport and equipment visibility, but that the increasing use of smart containers required additional event types.
Iker Echave, Head of Standards at DCSA, said: “Track & Trace 2.2.0 is one of DCSA’s most widely used and adopted standards, and version 3.0.0 builds directly on that foundation.”
“Extending it to connected containers and refrigerated cargo reflects DCSA’s broader push to digitalise container shipping end to end, giving the industry a wider, more consistent view of a shipment as it moves. Each update to this standard is shaped directly by how organisations are actually using it, so the standard keeps pace with where visibility is heading rather than where it started.”
Track & Trace 3.0.0 will initially be available to DCSA members and DCSA+ partners, with public release planned for the second half of 2027.
Organisations using Track & Trace 2.2.0 will need to migrate to version 3.0.0, with the changes affecting both the information exchanged and how it is shared. DCSA has published a migration guide covering the changes, value mappings and implementation guidance.
