Container Load Planning MCP Server

Plan container & truck loads across 200+ equipment types from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client.

LoadingMCP is a container load-planning MCP server that lets an AI assistant compute 3D load plans, right-size the container mix, and check that a load is legal and safe to ship. It covers 200+ equipment types (containers, trucks, ULDs, pallets) and returns volume & payload utilization, centre of gravity, crush & securing checks, VGM, axle load, and CTU/IMDG compliance signals. It runs as a hosted remote server, so there is nothing to self-host.

Ask your AI: "Plan a 40HC load for these pallets" or "What's the cheapest container mix for 48 m³ at 19 t?"

Coverage

• 200+ equipment types — 20'/40'/45' containers, high cubes, reefers, open-tops, flat-racks, box/curtain-side trucks, air ULDs, and standard pallets — each with internal dimensions (mm) and max payload (kg)

• 3D bin-packing engine — real placement, not a volume guess. Drums and pipes hex-nest; big bags and sacks load on top and are never crushed; hazmat classes drive IMDG segregation

• Compliance & safety — volume + payload utilization %, centre of gravity, crush-protection violations, securing/bracing checklist, VGM, and axle-load figures

• Right-sizing — auto-selects the cheapest container/truck that fits when you don't name one

Sister product to TrackingMCP (ocean container tracking) and SchedulesMCP (sailing schedules & reliability).

Related MCP server: freight-pulse

Tools

Quick connect

The server is hosted at https://mcp.loadingmcp.com/mcp. Try it with zero signup using the public demo key lmcp_demo_public (clearly-labelled synthetic plans from the offline preview packer). A real API key runs the full 200+ equipment catalogue and the production PackingSolver optimizer.

Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "container-loading": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.loadingmcp.com/mcp",
               "--header", "Authorization: Bearer lmcp_demo_public"]
    }
  }
}

Cursor / Windsurf / VS Code (native HTTP MCP)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "container-loading": {
      "url": "https://mcp.loadingmcp.com/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer lmcp_demo_public" }
    }
  }
}

Replace lmcp_demo_public with a key from loadingmcp.com/mcp. Don't add "type": "streamable-http" — Claude Desktop rejects unknown config fields; Cursor/Windsurf infer transport from url. Registry ID: io.github.lxxmng/container-loading.

Example prompts

• "Plan a 40HC load for these pallets."

• "What's the cheapest container mix for 48 m³ at 19 t?"

• "Right-size a container for 120 drums of 200 L each."

• "Check the centre of gravity and axle load for this truck load."

• "Which equipment types can hold a 12 m pipe bundle?"

• "Export a stuffing sequence and VGM for this 40' load."

Truthfulness

Demo output is synthetic and clearly labelled. export_plan is decision support to help you MEET published retailer/carrier specs — verify in your own portal; it is not a retailer certification.

Links

• Product: loadingmcp.com

• Get an API key: loadingmcp.com/mcp

License

MIT