Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit: Difference between revisions

From ACT Wiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
imported>Doug Williamson
(Add link.)
imported>Doug Williamson
(Add link.)
 
(3 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 3: Line 3:
(TEU).
(TEU).


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.  




Line 12: Line 12:


==See also==
==See also==
[[Documentary collection]]
* [[Cost and freight]]
[[Panamax]]
*[[Documentary collection]]
*[[Panamax]]
* [[Unit]]


[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:Trade_finance]]
[[Category:Trade_finance]]

Latest revision as of 13:28, 12 October 2022

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