@pipeworx/apm-terminals

Container and vessel data direct from the terminal operator APM Terminals — import container status/holds, export booking status, empty-return status, vessel arrival/departure schedules, and full container event history, for any container/booking/vessel at one of APM Terminals' facilities.

Part of Pipeworx — an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1867+ live data sources. This is an independent, unofficial integration — not affiliated with, endorsed by, or published by the upstream provider.

Tools

• import_availability(asset_id, facility_code) — container status, holds, discharge/yard/appointment data for one or more container or Bill of Lading numbers.

• export_booking_enquiry(asset_id, facility_code) — booking receiving window, cargo cut-off, vessel ETD and per-container load readiness for one or more booking reference numbers.

• empty_container_returns(asset_id, facility_code) — whether container(s) have been returned empty and the gate-in time.

• terminal_vessel_schedule(asset_id, facility_code, inbound_voyage_number?, outbound_voyage_number?) — vessel ETA/ETD, cut-offs, berth and operator for one vessel (by name or Lloyds code) at one terminal.

• container_event_history(asset_id, facility_code) — full timestamped lifecycle events for one or more containers.

Related MCP server: Maersk Vessel Deadlines MCP Server

Auth

Platform key (PLATFORM_APMTERMINALS_KEY) with BYO override via _apiKey. Format: <consumer_key>:<consumer_secret> from an OAuth2 Client Credentials Grant app.

Registration (not yet done — no platform key is configured):

1. Sign up for a free account at the vendor's developer portal (developer.apmterminals.com).

2. Log in, open "Plans", and accept the free Data Services Plan — no charge, no obligation, cancel anytime.

3. Open "Apps" → "Add App" to register an app and receive a Consumer Key/Secret pair.

4. Each API carries its own free 90-day trial from the date the plan is accepted; production calls after that draw down a purchased credit bundle (see the vendor's Pricing page) — there is no automatic renewal or card charge during the trial.

5. Production calls require an OAuth2 bearer token exchanged from the Consumer Key/Secret (this pack does the exchange and caches the token).

The vendor's sandbox (api-sandbox.apmterminals.com) is keyless and was used to verify every tool's request/response shape live — it returns fixed sample data (dated 2019–2021), not real shipments, so it is not wired into the shipped tools; production needs the key above.

One API this vendor publishes, Truck Appointment scheduling (TERMPoint), is deliberately NOT implemented here: the vendor's own docs require every end-user to be individually registered and onboarded on TERMPoint by a specific trucking company, so it has no general "look anything up" shape — out of place in a shared pack.

Data sources

• APM Terminals, container and vessel terminal-operating-system data — live operational data for containers, bookings and vessel calls at the terminals APM Terminals operates (~60+ facilities worldwide, coverage rolled out gradually per terminal).

This is an independent, direct build against the terminal operator's own published API — not a successor to, re-skin of, or replacement for any other pack.

Quick Start

Add to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apm-terminals": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/apm-terminals/mcp"
    }
  }
}

What this endpoint actually serves

tools/list at https://gateway.pipeworx.io/apm-terminals/mcp returns the tools in the table above plus the shared Pipeworx meta-tools — ask_pipeworx, discover_tools, search_within, remember/recall and the rest of the gateway-wide set. So the tool count you see is larger than this table: a single-pack endpoint currently lists roughly 30 shared tools alongside the pack's own. The connection's initialize response states its exact scope, and is the authoritative answer for a given day.

This is deliberate, not multiplexing by accident. The meta-tools are what let a scoped connection answer a question this pack does not cover — via ask_pipeworx, which routes across the whole catalog — without you adding a second MCP server. There is currently no way to mount a pack endpoint without them; if the extra schemas cost you more context than the routing is worth, connect to the full gateway once rather than to several pack endpoints.

Or connect to the full Pipeworx gateway to get every pack's tools listed directly, instead of just this one's:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Both URLs reach the same gateway and the same 1867+ data sources. The only difference is which pack's tools are listed directly; ask_pipeworx reaches all of them from either one.

No MCP client? Call it over HTTP

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/import_availability \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"asset_id":"WFHU5080179,EGHU9044403","facility_code":"USLAX"}'

No account needed for the first calls. Inspect any tool: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/import_availability. Find one: POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/search_packs with {"query":"..."}.

Run it from npm

@pipeworx/mcp-apm-terminals is a local stdio bridge to the Pipeworx gateway: your MCP client starts it with npx, and it forwards every call to the same https://gateway.pipeworx.io/apm-terminals/mcp endpoint shown above. It needs network access; there is no offline mode.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apm-terminals": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-apm-terminals"]
    }
  }
}

Without a key it calls anonymously, capped at 50 calls a day. A free account raises that to 200 a day: get a key at https://pipeworx.io/signup and add "env": { "PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<your key>" } to the server entry. The key is sent as a Bearer token, the same way a hosted connection sends it, so calls are metered and billed exactly as they are there.

It lists only this pack's tools by default. Set PIPEWORX_META_TOOLS=1 to also list ask_pipeworx and the other gateway-wide tools.

Behind an HTTPS proxy: Node's built-in fetch does not read HTTPS_PROXY by default. Newer Node releases honour it when NODE_USE_ENV_PROXY=1 is set; check your Node version's documentation.

Using with ask_pipeworx

Instead of calling tools directly, you can ask questions in plain English — this works on the pack endpoint above as well as on the full gateway:

ask_pipeworx({ question: "your question about Apm Terminals data" })

The gateway picks the right tool and fills the arguments automatically.

More

• Docs and guides

• pipeworx.io

License

MIT