The invention discloses a container overloading and unbalanced loading detection and protection system and method, and a reach stacker, and relates to the field of container overloading and unbalancedloading detection and protection devices and methods. The container overloading and unbalanced loading detection and protection system comprises four weighing sensors mounted in a main body crossbeam, an electric control cabinet, a display module, a printing terminal, an alarming device and an upper computer, wherein the electric control cabinet is integrated with an A / D conversion module, a signal amplification module, a data processing module and a transmission module, and the display module, the printing terminal, the alarming device and the upper computer are mounted in a cab. Weight signals collected by the weighing sensors are sent to the electric control cabinet, result data processed by the electric control cabinet are sent to the display module through the transmission module tobe displayed, sent to the printing terminal to be printed, sent to the alarming device for pre-warning and sent to the upper computer to be shared. In order to overcome the defects of inconvenience and inaccuracy during overloading and unbalanced loading weighing of a container in the prior art, the rapid and accurate container overloading and unbalanced loading detection and protection system andmethod, and the reach stacker are provided, and the container overloading and unbalanced loading limiting case can be alarmed, displayed and recorded in real time.