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ShippingRates MCP Server

io.github.vinaybhosle/shippingrates-mcp-server

Ocean shipping intelligence: D&D, freight rates, vessel schedules, port data. 24 tools, 6 carriers.

— the operator's own registry description reported

Publisher io.github.vinaybhosle · first seen 2026-08-12 · endpoint https://mcp.shippingrates.org/mcp/

allow
verdict
mid-slow-solo
cluster
ok_tools
answers
26
tools served

Dependency rating derived

allow — mid-slow-solo — safe to depend on

Cluster mid-slow-solo · distinctiveness 0.419 (moderate). Every figure is a percentile or class within the 11,094-server censussee the whole spectrum.

Reach — can an agent get to it?
answersalive_tools
latency826 ms
vs populationslow
protocolcurrent
authopen
Use — can it use it?
tools26
vs populationmid
capabilities1
harnessA
Trust — can it rely on it?
identitysolo
servers on its host1
verifiabilityunassessed
duplicate inventoryno
drift events0
answers trueno primary

🔏 Signed receipt rr_bdd004d28f979b8c283f63e8 · ed25519 · key rs-rcpt-2026-08 — this rating is tamper-evident; an agent gets the full signature from check_server and can verify it against the published key.

Tools last seen

shippingrates_cfs_tariffs shippingrates_congestion shippingrates_congestion_news shippingrates_dd_calculate shippingrates_dd_compare shippingrates_dd_countdown shippingrates_facilities shippingrates_fx shippingrates_inland_compare shippingrates_inland_haulage shippingrates_inland_search shippingrates_lines shippingrates_local_charges shippingrates_port shippingrates_rates shippingrates_regulatory shippingrates_reliability shippingrates_risk_score shippingrates_search shippingrates_stats shippingrates_surcharges shippingrates_total_cost shippingrates_transit shippingrates_transit_schedules shippingrates_vessel_schedule shippingrates_vessel_schedule_options

Harness readiness observed

Can an agent's harness pick this tool and call it correctly? Graded on the three things an agent reads — name, description, typed parameters. Band A — an agent can pick and call these reliably.

legibility checktools passingok
name is clear & specific26/26
has a description26/26
description is substantive26/26
parameters are typed26/26
parameters are described26/26

26 of 26 tools graded · 26 with a captured input schema. RS-008, Tier-1 — no domain knowledge, applies to any tool. “Alive” is not the same as “usable”.

Truth checks observed

Not in the Tier-2 trade lane, or not yet checked. Tier-2 re-derives a server's answers against published primary sources — see truth checks.

Protocol conformance observed

2025-06-18
protocol version
session model
1.3.0
server version shippingrates-mcp-server

Capabilities: tools

Drift

No confirmed drift on record. Baseline set 2026-08-14; changes appear here after human review.

History observed

Every probe we made, oldest → newest (7 shown, 2026-08-12 → 2026-08-15). Green answered · amber answered-but-walled · red no useful answer. A gap in our cadence is a gap in coverage, not evidence about the server.

changelog (1 events)
datetypewhat changed
2026-08-12outcomefirst probe: ok_tools
raw probe records
probed (UTC) outcomehttpmsprotocol
2026-08-15T05:10:09Zok_tools2007882025-06-18
2026-08-14T20:00:19Zok_tools2008262025-06-18
2026-08-14T05:10:09Zok_tools2007602025-06-18
2026-08-13T05:10:09Zok_tools2008342025-06-18
2026-08-12T19:49:40Zok_tools2008342025-06-18
2026-08-12T17:50:22Zok_tools2005732025-06-18
2026-08-12T05:35:31Zok_tools2008352025-06-18

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