Loading device and method for loading a container with packages

Loading device for loading a plurality of containers, in particular roll containers, one after another with packages, wherein the containers are separate from the loading device, the loading device comprising a transport channel for the transport of the packages one after the other in the direction of a container of the plurality of containers, wherein the transport channel has an upper inlet for the supply of the packages into the transport channel and a lower outlet for the supply of the packages into the container, wherein at least one upper finger position with at least one finger element and at least one lower finger position with at least one finger element are provided in the transport channel, wherein the at least one of the finger elements of the upper finger position and the lower finger position in each case have at least two flexible flank elements extending together from one end of the finger element to the opposing end of the finger element, and wherein in each case the at least two flexible flank elements of the finger elements are flexibly connected together in each case via a plurality of webs, so that the finger elements in each case may be adjusted from at least one curved position into at least one extended position and back.