Shipping Glossary
| MEEMIDDLE EAST EMERGENCY SURCHARGE | 
| Memo B/LUnfreighted with no charges listed | 
| MEPCMarine Environmental Protection Committee | 
| Meter39.37 inches (approx.) | 
| Metric Ton2,204.6 pounds or 1,000 kilograms | 
| Metric ton, or kilo ton2,204.6 lbs | 
| MFSCHENNAI(MADRAS) FEEDER SURCHARGE | 
| MHMmaterial handling management | 
| MICMINILAND INTERMODAL CHARGE | 
| MicrobridgeA cargo movement in which the water carrier provides a through service between an inland point and the port of load/discharge. The carrier is responsible for cargo and costs from the origin to destination. Also known as IPI or Thru Service |