Track your COSCO container

Track your COSCO (COSU) container in real time with TrackingMCP — live carrier events, the vessel's position, a predicted ETA, and automatic demurrage & detention alerts. Works by container number, bill of lading, or booking number, with no COSCO portal login.

How to track your COSCO container

1. Find your COSCO container number, bill of lading, or booking number (on your booking confirmation or invoice).
2. Enter it in TrackingMCP — it resolves the COSCO shipment automatically.
3. See the live, DCSA-aligned event timeline, the vessel's AIS position, the predicted ETA, and a demurrage & detention countdown.

COSCO container number format

COSCO container numbers follow the ISO 6346 standard — four letters (an owner prefix ending in U) followed by seven digits, for example COSU1234567. Containers operated by COSCO commonly carry these prefixes:

What you'll see when tracking COSCO

• Carrier events — gate-in, loaded, vessel departure, transshipment, arrival, discharge, gate-out — normalized to the DCSA Track & Trace model.
• Vessel position — live AIS for the ship carrying your box.
• Predicted ETA — based on the carrier's schedule and observed delays.
• Demurrage & detention — a free-time countdown with automatic alerts.

COSCO demurrage & detention

Every COSCO import container has a free-time clock — the calendar days before demurrage & detention charges begin. Look up COSCO's published free days on the free-time reference →, and let TrackingMCP alert you before the clock runs out.

About COSCO

COSCO Shipping Lines (COSU) is headquartered in Shanghai, China — one of China's largest container carriers. Alliance: Ocean Alliance.

Frequently asked questions

How do I track my COSCO container?
Enter your COSCO container number, bill of lading, or booking number into TrackingMCP. You get live COSCO carrier events, the vessel's position, a predicted ETA, and automatic demurrage & detention alerts — without logging into the COSCO portal.

What do COSCO container numbers look like?
COSCO container numbers follow the ISO 6346 standard: four letters (an owner prefix ending in U) followed by seven digits, e.g. COSU1234567. COSCO containers commonly carry the COSU, CBHU, CCLU prefixes.

Can I track COSCO by bill of lading or booking number?
Yes. TrackingMCP resolves COSCO shipments by container number, bill of lading (B/L), or booking reference and returns the same normalized, DCSA-aligned event timeline.

How do I avoid COSCO demurrage and detention charges?
Track the container's free-time clock and act before it runs out. TrackingMCP sends automatic D&D alerts, and you can look up COSCO's published free days with the free-time lookup tool.

Track other carriers

MSC · Maersk · CMA CGM · Hapag-Lloyd · ONE · Evergreen · ZIM · Yang Ming · HMM · OOCL · Wan Hai