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A Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit is a measure a ship’s cargo carrying capacity.  
A Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit is a measure of a ship’s cargo carrying capacity.  


The dimensions of one TEU are equal to that of a standard 20-foot shipping container: 20 feet long, 8 feet tall.  
The dimensions of one TEU are equal to that of a standard 20-foot shipping container: 20 feet long, 8 feet tall, 8 feet wide.  





Revision as of 09:20, 11 March 2021

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(TEU).

A Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit is a measure of a ship’s cargo carrying capacity.

The dimensions of one TEU are equal to that of a standard 20-foot shipping container: 20 feet long, 8 feet tall, 8 feet wide.


Two TEUs are equal to one FEU (forty-foot-equivalent unit).


See also