diff --git a/src/entities/container.entity.ts b/src/entities/container.entity.ts
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+import { BaseEntity, Column, Entity, ManyToOne, PrimaryColumn } from 'typeorm';
+import { uuidTransformer } from '@/utils/uuidTransformer';
+import { ShipmentEntity } from '@/entities/shipment.entity';
+
+@Entity({
+  name: 'containers',
+})
+export class ContainerEntity extends BaseEntity {
+  @PrimaryColumn({
+    type: 'binary',
+    length: 16,
+    generated: false,
+    transformer: uuidTransformer,
+    default: () => '(UUID_TO_BIN(UUID()))',
+  })
+  id!: string;
+
+  @Column({
+    type: 'char',
+    length: 13,
+  })
+  containerNumber!: string;
+
+  @Column({
+    type: 'binary',
+    length: 16,
+    generated: false,
+    transformer: uuidTransformer,
+  })
+  shipmentId!: string;
+
+  @ManyToOne(
+    () => ShipmentEntity,
+    (shipment: ShipmentEntity) => shipment.containers,
+  )
+  shipment?: ShipmentEntity;
+}
diff --git a/src/entities/liveTracking.entity.ts b/src/entities/liveTracking.entity.ts
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+import {
+  BaseEntity,
+  Column,
+  Entity,
+  JoinColumn,
+  OneToOne,
+  PrimaryColumn,
+} from 'typeorm';
+import { uuidTransformer } from '@/utils/uuidTransformer';
+import { ShipmentEntity } from '@/entities/shipment.entity';
+
+@Entity({
+  name: 'live_tracking',
+})
+export class LiveTrackingEntity extends BaseEntity {
+  @PrimaryColumn({
+    type: 'binary',
+    length: 16,
+    generated: false,
+    transformer: uuidTransformer,
+  })
+  shipmentId!: string;
+
+  @Column({
+    type: 'datetime',
+    default: () => 'CURRENT_TIMESTAMP',
+  })
+  createdAt!: Date;
+
+  @Column({
+    type: 'decimal',
+    precision: 11,
+    scale: 7,
+  })
+  latitude!: number;
+
+  @Column({
+    type: 'decimal',
+    precision: 11,
+    scale: 7,
+  })
+  longitude!: number;
+
+  @OneToOne(
+    () => ShipmentEntity,
+    (shipment: ShipmentEntity) => shipment.liveTracking,
+  )
+  @JoinColumn()
+  shipment?: ShipmentEntity;
+}
diff --git a/src/entities/shipment.entity.ts b/src/entities/shipment.entity.ts
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+++ b/src/entities/shipment.entity.ts
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+import {
+  BaseEntity,
+  Column,
+  Entity,
+  OneToMany,
+  OneToOne,
+  PrimaryColumn,
+} from 'typeorm';
+import { uuidTransformer } from '@/utils/uuidTransformer';
+import { ContainerEntity } from '@/entities/container.entity';
+import { LiveTrackingEntity } from '@/entities/liveTracking.entity';
+
+@Entity({
+  name: 'shipments',
+})
+export class ShipmentEntity extends BaseEntity {
+  @PrimaryColumn({
+    type: 'binary',
+    length: 16,
+    generated: false,
+    transformer: uuidTransformer,
+    default: () => '(UUID_TO_BIN(UUID()))',
+  })
+  id!: string;
+
+  @Column({
+    type: 'datetime',
+    default: () => 'CURRENT_TIMESTAMP',
+  })
+  createdAt!: Date;
+
+  @Column({
+    type: 'varchar',
+    length: 255,
+  })
+  carrierName!: string;
+
+  @Column({
+    type: 'char',
+    length: 5,
+  })
+  originPort!: string;
+
+  @Column({
+    type: 'char',
+    length: 5,
+  })
+  destinationPort!: string;
+
+  @Column({
+    type: 'datetime',
+  })
+  departureDate!: Date;
+
+  @Column({
+    type: 'datetime',
+  })
+  arrivalDateOriginal!: Date;
+
+  @Column({
+    type: 'datetime',
+  })
+  arrivalDateEstimate!: Date;
+
+  @OneToMany(
+    () => ContainerEntity,
+    (container: ContainerEntity) => container.shipment,
+  )
+  containers?: ContainerEntity[];
+
+  @OneToOne(
+    () => LiveTrackingEntity,
+    (liveTracking: LiveTrackingEntity) => liveTracking.shipment,
+    { eager: true },
+  )
+  liveTracking?: LiveTrackingEntity;
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/uuidTransformer.spec.ts b/src/utils/uuidTransformer.spec.ts
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+import { uuidTransformer } from '@/utils/uuidTransformer';
+import { NIL } from 'uuid';
+
+describe('uuidTransformer util', () => {
+  const transformer = uuidTransformer;
+  beforeEach(() => {});
+
+  it('Should have a to member', () => {
+    expect(transformer.to).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  it('Should have a from member', () => {
+    expect(transformer.from).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  it('From method should return a nil uuid if null is passed', () => {
+    expect(transformer.from(null)).toBe(NIL);
+  });
+
+  it('From method should return a nil uuid if empty 16 length buffer is passed', () => {
+    expect(transformer.from(Buffer.alloc(16))).toBe(NIL);
+  });
+
+  it('To method should return a buffer matching the uuid', () => {
+    expect(transformer.to(NIL)).toEqual(Buffer.alloc(16));
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/utils/uuidTransformer.ts b/src/utils/uuidTransformer.ts
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+import { NIL, parse } from 'uuid';
+
+// custom implementation of stringify, as provided uuid's are not valid according to RFC4122
+const stringify = (buffer: Buffer | null): string => {
+  if (buffer === null) {
+    return NIL;
+  }
+  if (buffer.length != 16) {
+    throw new Error('Invalid buffer length for uuid: ' + buffer.length);
+  }
+  if (buffer.equals(Buffer.alloc(16))) {
+    return NIL; // If buffer is all zeros, return zero'd uuid
+  }
+
+  const hex = buffer.toString('hex');
+  return `${hex.slice(0, 8)}-${hex.slice(8, 12)}-${hex.slice(12, 16)}-${hex.slice(16, 20)}-${hex.slice(20)}`;
+};
+
+export const uuidTransformer = {
+  to(uuid: string): Buffer {
+    return Buffer.from(parse(uuid));
+  },
+  from(bin: Buffer | null): string {
+    return stringify(bin);
+  },
+};