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FreightUtils MCP Server

Do the freight arithmetic and the reference lookups in one place — CBM, chargeable weight, loading metres, pallet fitting, ADR dangerous goods, HS codes, Incoterms, UN/LOCODE, UK duty and CO2e — with the source cited on every answer.

by SoapyRED ↗Physical Sciences & Scientific ComputingCommunity

LABSCO SUMMARY

Every calculator states its own method and its own limits, so the number it returns can be checked rather than taken on trust.

The tools name the divisor they used, the standard they follow and the point where the maths stops: pallet fitting says it packs one box size in aligned rows and does not model interlocked patterns; the LDM calculator errors with a usage hint rather than guessing when neither a pallet preset nor dimensions arrive; the ADR exemption check flags transport category 0 substances, which can never use the small-load relief at all. The datasets carry their provenance too, and the boundary is stated in the vendor's own words: reference only, never filing or legal advice — a clean ICS2 check is not ENS acceptance, and the emissions figure is an estimate, not an audited report.

What it is

A neutral freight reference layer: deterministic calculators for volume, weight, loading metres and packing, reference datasets for dangerous goods, airlines, airports, containers, ULDs, vehicles, HS codes, Incoterms and UN/LOCODE, plus identifier validation and a live UK duty estimate. Every response carries a source block naming the authority, edition and licence, and a ready-to-use citation.

What you get

  • The core calculators: cbm_calculator, chargeable_weight_calculator at the IATA-standard divisor of 6000 or the tighter one express integrators typically use, ldm_calculator where 1 LDM is one linear metre of a 2.4m-wide trailer, and pallet_fitting_calculator with rotation, stack height and a payload cap.
  • consignment_calculator and shipment_summary take a mixed multi-line consignment and return per-line and grand totals with the mode-specific chargeable figure — air chargeable weight, sea revenue tonnes, road LDM — plus a vehicle or container suggestion and, where items carry an HS code and a customs value, a UK duty estimate.
  • Dangerous goods against ADR 2025: adr_lookup over 2,939 UNECE entries, adr_exemption_calculator for the 1.1.3.6 small-load points where transport category 1 multiplies by 50, category 2 by 3, category 3 by 1 and category 4 by 0 against a 1,000-point threshold, and adr_lq_eq_check for Limited and Excepted Quantity relief.
  • Reference data with its size stated: airline_lookup over 6,357 airlines by name, IATA, ICAO, AWB prefix or country; airport_lookup and nearest_airport over 85,555 airports from OurAirports; unlocode_lookup over 116,232 UN/LOCODE locations; hs_code_lookup over 6,940 WCO HS 2022 codes; incoterms_lookup over the 11 Incoterms 2020 rules.
  • Equipment specifications: container_lookup over 10 ISO container types with load-fit maths, uld_lookup over 16 air-cargo ULD types with external, internal and door dimensions, tare and max gross weight, and vehicle_lookup over 17 road vehicle and trailer types with payload and pallet capacity.
  • unit_converter across weight, volume and length, plus two freight-specific targets valid only from CBM: chargeable kilos at the IATA divisor, and freight tonnes on sea weight-or-measure.
  • emissions_calculator per ISO 14083 and the GLEC Framework, with DEFRA, EPA and ADEME factors on a well-to-wheel or tank-to-wheel basis — and a representativeness flag that is honest about sea and air being low.
  • Compliance checks: validate parses container numbers, air waybills and IMO numbers out of arbitrary text and check-digits each one; ics2_check flags goods-description terms the European Commission deems too vague for an entry summary declaration; uk_duty_calculator composes a CIF value and applies live GOV.UK Trade Tariff rates.
  • resolve_reference is the front door for an identifier you cannot place — a prefix, a UN number, a location code, an Incoterm — returning typed, ranked, cited candidates.

Requirements

Nothing to start: anonymous calls work out of the box over npx or the remote HTTP endpoint, capped at 25 requests a day per IP. A free key raises that to 100 a day and a Pro subscription to 50,000 a month; either goes in FREIGHTUTILS_API_KEY and is attached to every outbound call. Node 18 or newer, outbound network access — the UK duty figure is fetched live per request rather than read from a table — and a full client restart after editing the config, since MCP servers load only at startup. npx freightutils-mcp ping checks all three ends of that before you debug anything else.

Setup effort

One command — npm install -g freightutils-mcp

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