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  1. Screening
  • Start Here
    • Overview
    • Getting started
    • Authentication
    • Testing
    • Errors & status codes
    • FAQ
  • General
    • Retrieve a list of vessels
    • Additional entity search
  • Screening
    • Screening a vessel
    • Watchlist checks
    • Additional checks
    • Movement history
    • Carbon rating
    • Submit a vessel for screening
      POST
    • Retrieve a list of transactions and their screening results
      GET
    • Ship & Flag Watchlist check
      GET
    • Company Watchlist check
      GET
    • Country Sanctions check
      GET
    • Ship movement history
      GET
    • Ship-to-Ship (STS) pairing screening
      GET
    • Company history check
      GET
    • P&I Club check
      GET
    • Vessel operational status
      GET
    • Flag history check
      GET
    • AIS positional discrepancy (spoofing) events
      GET
    • Periods of Non-Reporting
      GET
    • Carbon rating details
      GET
    • Get the PurpleTRAC Screening Report PDF
      GET
    • Submit a vessel for rescreening
      PUT
    • Archive a Screening
      PUT
  • Tracking
    • Voyage updates
    • Notification catalogue
    • Additional entities
    • Tracking a vessel
    • Enable a vessel for tracking
    • Remove additional entities from a tracked vessel
    • Add additional entities to a tracked vessel
    • List the additional entities on a transaction
    • Update voyage and tracking details
    • Get vessel positional data
    • Retrieve a list of vessel or bill of lading notifications
    • Get the PurpleTRAC Trade Report PDF
  • Bill of Lading
    • Carriers
    • Verification
    • Submit a Bill of Lading for screening
    • Get all BL Screening Results
    • Get a single BL screening result
    • Get the PurpleTRAC Bill of Lading Screening Report PDF
    • Enable tracking for a screened Bill of Lading
    • Get the PurpleTRAC Bill of Lading Tracking Report PDF
    • Disable tracking for a Bill of Lading
  • Containers
    • Screening
    • Carriers
    • Submit a Container for screening
    • Get all Container Screening Results
    • Archive Container
    • Get a single Container screening result
    • Get the Container report
  • Schemas
    • BLVGetAllResultsResponse
    • BLVScreeningResponse
    • BLVLastScreeningResult
    • BLVScreeningResultDetails
    • ContainerRegistrationBody
    • ContainerRegistrationResponse
    • ContainerGetAllResultsResponse
    • ContainerScreeningResponse
    • CarbonRatings
    • CarbonRating
    • CompanySanctions
    • CompanySanction
    • CountryChecks
    • CountryCheck
    • StsPairings
    • StsPairing
    • OtherAssociations
    • OtherAssociation
    • CompanyHistoryChecks
    • CompanyHistoryCheck
    • ShipStatuses
    • ShipStatus
    • FlagHistoryChecks
    • FlagHistoryCheck
    • PositionalDiscrepancies
    • PositionalDiscrepancy
    • DiscrepancyZone
    • DiscrepancyPort
    • NonReportingResponse
    • NonReporting
    • Notifications
    • Notification
    • BLVNotification
    • BLVPortFull
    • BLVPortFallback
    • PortCallHistory
    • PortCallHistoryItem
    • Positions
    • Position
    • PositionInfo
    • RegistrationResponse
    • ShipDetails
    • ShipSanctions
    • ShipSanction
    • VesselTrackingResponse
    • VesselTransactionsResponse
    • Transaction
    • TransactionPutBody
    • TransactionPutResponse
    • TransactionRescreenResponse
    • LastPosition
    • ScreeningNotification
    • ScreeningResult
    • UserDetails
    • UserProfile
    • Error
    • InvalidContainerNumberResponse
    • VesselRegistrationBody
    • VesselTrackingRequest
    • BLRegistrationBody
    • AdditionalEntitySearchResponse
    • AdditionalEntity
    • AdditionalEntitiesRequestSchema
    • TrackingAdditionalEntity
    • TrackingAdditionalEntitiesResponse
    • TrackingAdditionalEntityInput
    • TrackingAdditionalEntitiesPutBody
    • TrackingAdditionalEntitiesPutResponse
    • TrackingAdditionalEntitiesDeleteBody
    • RemovedAdditionalEntity
    • TrackingAdditionalEntitiesDeleteResponse
    • TrackingAdditionalEntityError
    • FeatureDisabledError
    • ObjectNotFoundError
    • TransactionValidationError
    • VoyageUpdateRequest
    • VoyageUpdateResponse
    • PTracMeta
    • PTracVessel
    • PTracVesselSearchResponse
    • DuplicateTransactionError
  1. Screening

Submit a vessel for screening

Production
https://api.polestar-production.com
Production
https://api.polestar-production.com
POST
https://api.polestar-production.com
/purpletrac/v1/registration
Registers the vessel by providing the IMO number in the body and triggers the screening workflow.
Refer to Screening Vessels for an example of how this endpoints integrates into the vessel screening workflow

Request

Authorization
API Key
Add parameter in query
api_key
Example:
api_key: ********************
or
Query Params

Body Params application/jsonRequired

Examples

Responses

🟢200OK
application/json
The vessel was accepted for screening. Carries the transaction id every other vessel endpoint takes.
Bodyapplication/json

🟠400Bad Request
🟠401Unauthorized
🔴500Server Error
Request Request Example
Shell
JavaScript
Java
Swift
cURL
curl --location 'https://api.polestar-production.com/purpletrac/v1/registration?username=undefined&api_key=%3Capi-key%3E' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
    "registered_name": "9221126"
}'
Response Response Example
200 - Simple IMO submission
{
    "added_via": "MANUAL",
    "carbon_rating": false,
    "client_reference": null,
    "registered_name": "9183934",
    "resource_uri": "/api/v1/registration/None",
    "transaction_id": 1825356
}
Modified at 2026-09-18 08:35:54
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