Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit

Shipping.

(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

• Cost and freight
• Documentary collection
• Panamax
• Unit