Imf Portwatch
live TradeTransportEconomicsGlobal maritime trade & chokepoint signals (free, no auth).
Tools
chokepoints_list List the 8 major maritime chokepoints PortWatch tracks (Suez, Panama, Bosphorus, Gibraltar, Dover, Malacca, Hormuz, Bab-el-Mandeb) with annual vessel counts, traffic mix by cargo type (container / dry
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chokepoint_daily_traffic Daily vessel counts and aggregate capacity (deadweight tonnage) transiting a specific chokepoint. Returns time series ordered most-recent-first, with per-cargo-type breakdown (container / dry bulk / g
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port_search Search the PortWatch port database (1,500+ ports globally) by name, country, or ISO3. Returns matching ports with country, continent, latitude/longitude, annual vessel counts by cargo type, top indust
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recent_disruptions Port-affecting disruption events tracked by PortWatch — tropical cyclones, floods, earthquakes, conflict events — with start/end dates, alert level (GREEN/ORANGE/RED), severity, affected port count, a
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chokepoint_status Chokepoint traffic status for one maritime chokepoint: the most recent settled day of vessel transits scored against a trailing baseline, so an agent can tell at a glance whether shipping through that
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chokepoint_compare Compare chokepoint traffic status across 2 to 6 maritime chokepoints side by side and rank them by how far each one has deviated from its own trailing baseline, so an agent can spot which strait or ca
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Test with curl
The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/imf-portwatch/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/imf-portwatch/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"chokepoints_list","arguments":{}}}'Use with the SDK
Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("chokepoints_list", {});// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("global maritime trade & chokepoint signals (free, no auth)");Related packs
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