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Glossary Shipping Containers / Term

TEU

Acronym of Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit.


(TEU) Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit refers to a standard twenty foot shipping container.


Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit. The basic standard Dry Cargo container is 20' long which is one TEU. A 40' long container is thus two TEU. This is the container industry unit of measure for comparing container fleet size and container ship capacity.

Permanent link TEU - Modification date 2023-02-26 - Creation date 2019-12-20


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