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Panama Canal Queue, Transit & Imbalance Monitor
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Panama Canal Queue, Transit & Imbalance Monitor is a paid API for AI agents from api.timzinin.com, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).
Returns real-time vessel queue counts, side imbalance metrics, and transit flow data for the Panama Canal Pacific and Atlantic approaches
Price / call$0.02
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Pay-per-call data & tool APIs
Output
Returns a JSON report with vessel counts (new, slow, moving, stopped, unknown, departed) for both Pacific and Atlantic approaches, total queue size, side imbalance ratio, cross-side transitions, observed dwell time statistics (min/max/mean), flow events, data quality score with coverage and confidence rating, a baseline comparison section (when history is available), and source attribution from Datalastic-derived AIS aggregate data.
Example use cases
Supply chain congestion alert
“Check the Panama Canal queue right now and tell me if there's a significant backlog or imbalance — I need to know if our shipments through the canal might be delayed.”
Shipping route risk dashboard
“Pull the latest Panama Canal queue and transit imbalance data so I can update our maritime risk dashboard with current Pacific and Atlantic approach vessel counts.”
Trade analytics daily briefing
“Get me today's Panama Canal queue metrics including the side imbalance ratio and total vessels waiting on both approaches for my morning logistics briefing.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://api.timzinin.com/api/panama-canal-queue-transit-imbalanceWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need real-time, aggregated Panama Canal queue and congestion data with per-side (Pacific/Atlantic) vessel breakdowns and imbalance ratios, without needing raw AIS feeds or official Canal slot data. Ideal for supply chain monitoring agents, logistics dashboards, or shipping risk systems that need a single pay-per-call data point on Canal congestion without building their own AIS pipeline.
Side effects
- Baseline metrics (meanQueue, queueRatio, previousQueue, percentDelta) may be null during bootstrap phase when insufficient history exists
- Dwell time statistics unavailable if AIS dwell data cannot be derived (DWELL_UNAVAILABLE limitation)
- Data freshness may lag up to 900 seconds (15 minutes)
- Status may be 'bootstrap' rather than 'operational' on initial calls with no historical baseline
- Payment failure or insufficient USDC balance will block the call via x402 protocol
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| watchId | string | |
| requestId | string | |
| timeoutMs | integer | |
| maxVessels | integer | |
| sourceMode | string | |
| baselineDays | integer | |
| identitySalt | — | |
| schemaVersion | string | |
| datalasticApiKey | — | |
| maxTotalChargeUsd | number | |
| maxProviderRequests | integer |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"meta": {
"run_ms": 1200,
"settled": true,
"item_count": 1
},
"results": [
{
"actor": "panama-canal-queue-transit-imbalance",
"errors": [],
"report": {
"region": "panama_canal_approaches",
"status": "bootstrap",
"billing": {
"tier": "FREE",
"resultEvent": "result-found",
"resultPriceUsd": 0.05,
"baseResultPriceUsd": 0.05
},
"metrics": {
"pacific": {
"new": 4,
"slow": 0,
"moving": 3,
"stopped": 1,
"unknown": 0,
"departed": 0,
"queueCount": 4
},
"atlantic": {
"new": 6,
"slow": 0,
"moving": 4,
"stopped": 2,
"unknown": 0,
"departed": 0,
"queueCount": 6
},
"flowEvents": 0,
"totalQueue": 10,
"observedDwell": {
"samples": 0,
"maxSeconds": null,
"minSeconds": null,
"meanSeconds": null
},
"sideImbalance": 0.2,
"crossSideTransitions": 0,
"crossZoneDeduplicated": 0
},
"signals": [],
"sources": [
{
"mode": "datalastic",
"provider": "Datalastic",
"attribution": "Aggregate derived data; no raw AIS, official slots, official queue, or official Canal wait is returned.",
"retrievedAt": "2026-08-07T23:45:00.000Z"
}
],
"baseline": {
"meanQueue": null,
"queueRatio": null,
"sampleCount": 0,
"previousQueue": null,
"dwellAvailable": false,
"queuePercentDelta": null
},
"reportId": "sha256:e32ed254150a2014910f86feb43733fa54ad573adb3a5a972d57f052a159ab47",
"observedAt": "2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z",
"dataQuality": {
"score": 100,
"partial": false,
"coverage": {
"zonesComplete": 2,
"zonesExpected": 2,
"acceptedSamples": 10
},
"sourceOk": true,
"confidence": "high",
"limitations": [
"DWELL_UNAVAILABLE",
"INSUFFICIENT_HISTORY"
],
"sampleCount": 10,
"freshnessSeconds": 900
},
"nullReasons": {
"baseline.meanQueue": "insufficient_history",
"baseline.queueRatio": "insufficient_history",
"metrics.sideImbalance": null,
"baseline.previousQueue": "insufficient_history",
"baseline.queuePercentDelta": "insufficient_history",
"dataQuality.freshnessSeconds": null,
"metrics.observedDwell.maxSeconds": "unavailable_dwell",
"metrics.observedDwell.minSeconds": "unavailable_dwell",
"metrics.observedDwell.meanSeconds": "unavailable_dwell"
},
"schemaVersion": "1.0"
},
"status": "bootstrap",
"baseline": {
"state": "advanced",
"advanced": true,
"sampleCount": 1
},
"delivery": {
"tier": "FREE",
"event": "result-found",
"state": "confirmed_paid_result",
"confirmed": true,
"chargedCount": 1,
"resultPriceUsd": 0.05,
"attemptedPushCount": 1
},
"requestId": "request-4fc91e78a0e5eae429d753795627b50a7a32c1c226b22457c1a695a9",
"resultFound": true,
"schemaVersion": "1.0",
"billedResultCount": 1,
"datasetWriteCount": 1
}
]
}
}Tags
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