container-tracking

Track ocean freight containers from Claude, ChatGPT, or any AI.

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What it can do

  • GetShipmentSummary: Overview of your entire container portfolio: total active, exceptions, arriving soon, demurrage risk. Use this first to identify which shipments need attention.
  • GetContainerDetail: Full status for one container: current location, route, ETA with confidence percentage, carrier, vessel name and IMO, complete event history, and AI-generated narrative summary.
  • GetVesselPosition: Live AIS position for a vessel: latitude, longitude, speed over ground, heading, and navigational status. Use the IMO number from get_container_detail.

What data it sees

Do you need an account

An API key from the service settings is required

Track ocean freight containers from Claude, ChatGPT, or any AI. Live vessel positions, demurrage risk, port congestion — natural language queries against real carrier data.

How to connect

How to connect container-tracking to Claude

The server address to paste into Claude settings:

https://container-tracking--lxxmng.run.tools

  1. Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
  2. Go to Settings → Connectors.
  3. Click Add custom connector.
  4. Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
  5. In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.

Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.

Authorization

After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.

How to connect container-tracking to ChatGPT

The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

https://container-tracking--lxxmng.run.tools

  1. Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
  2. Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
  3. Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
  4. Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
  5. Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
  6. In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.

OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.

Authorization

On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.

How to connect container-tracking to Cursor

The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

https://container-tracking--lxxmng.run.tools

Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.

Manually:

  1. In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
  2. Paste the JSON copied below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (per project: .cursor/mcp.json in the repo root).
  3. Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.

Authorization

If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.

Server tool list (6)

Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.

getShipmentSummaryOverview of your entire container portfolio: total active, exceptions, arriving soon, demurrage risk. Use this first to identify which shipments need attention.
getContainerDetailFull status for one container: current location, route, ETA with confidence percentage, carrier, vessel name and IMO, complete event history, and AI-generated narrative summary.
getVesselPositionLive AIS position for a vessel: latitude, longitude, speed over ground, heading, and navigational status. Use the IMO number from get_container_detail.
getDemurrageReportDemurrage and detention risk report: which containers are near or past their free days, applicable daily rates, and projected cost if not moved.
getPortCongestionCurrent congestion level at one or more ports: average vessel wait time in hours, number of vessels at anchor, and congestion level (low/moderate/high/severe). Use UN/LOCODE identifiers.
addContainerStart tracking a new container or bill of lading number. The first status update appears within 15 minutes. Optional tags help organise containers by client, project, or urgency.