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- Mandatory (M)
- A data element/segment requirement designator that indicates
the presence of a specified data element is required.
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- Mandatory field
- A field in which you must enter information before you can complete
the request.
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- Manifest
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| (a) | | Document that lists, in detail, all the bills of lading issued by a carrier or its agent or master for a specific voyage. |
| (b) | | A detailed summary of the total cargo of a vessel. Used principally for Customs purposes. |
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- Manifest, Traveling
- A manifest of all cargoes aboard a conveyance, vessel, truck
or rail, that lists cargoes to be discharged at each port of call.
The manifest must be aboard at the vessel's first port of call.
Corrections must be made at the first port regardless of the destination
of the cargo. Manifest is certified by customs and travels with
the vessel through the remainder of its ports of call in the same
country.
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- Mapping
- The process of identifying the standard data element's relationship
to application data elements.
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- Marine pollulant
- Chemical solution or mixture containing substances which are
hazardous to the marine environment, commonly abbreviated as MARPOL.
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- Maritime
- Business pertaining to commerce or navigation transacted upon
the sea or in seaports in such matters as the court of admiralty
has jurisdiction over.
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- Marks & Numbers
- Marks & Numbers placed on packages for export for identification
purposes; generally a triangle, square, circle, diamond, or cross
with letters and/or numbers and port discharge.
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- Maximum payload
- Maximum cargo that can be loaded into a container either by
weight or volume.
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- Maximum rate
- The highest freight rate permitted by a regulatory body to apply
between points.
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- Max use
- Specifies the maximum number of times a segment can be used
at the location in a transaction set.
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- Measurement ton
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| (a) | | Equal to 1 cubic meter. |
| (b) | | One of the alternative bases of Freight Tariff. |
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- Memo B/L
- Unfreighted bill of lading with no charges listed.
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- Message
- Entire data stream including the outer envelope.
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- Metric ton
- See Cubic meter.
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- MFAG number
- The name of the dangerouse cargo contained in the general index
of IMCO Regulations book under technical names.
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- Mileage
- Distance in miles.
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- Milestone
- A marked event in a shipping cycle.
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- Military B/L
- A bill of lading issued by the U.S. military; also known as GBL, or Form DD1252.
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- Minimum charge
- The lowest charge that can be assessed to transport a shipment.
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- Mini-Landbridge (MLB)
- An intermodal system for transporting containers from/to a foreign
country by water to/from a U.S. ocean port other than the arrival
port by rail at through rates and documents.
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- Mini-Bridge
- Cargo moving from/to an inland point on one bill of lading
from/to a foreign port through two U.S. ports.
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- Modified atmosphere (MA)
- A condition required for some cargos shipped in reefer containers,
in which the oxygen, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen concentrations
are different from those in ambient air but are not precisely
regulated.
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- Motor carrier arrival (Highway arrival)
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| (a) | | Railroad controlled arrival on motor carrier from intra-facility move. |
| (b) | | Highway arrival at a railroad intermodal facility. |
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- Motor carrier depart (Highway departure, out-gate)
- Highway departure from final railroad/intermodal facility.
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- Motor carrier move
- Container/trailer put on Railroad controlled truck delivery
to an off-site intermodal facility in substitute service.
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