TEU – Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit
Transport & logistics
PL: TEU – jednostka przeliczeniowa kontenera | DE: TEU – Standardcontainereinheit
Definition
TEU (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit) is the standard measure of container ship capacity, port terminal capacity, and container trade volume. One TEU equals one 20-foot container; a 40-foot container is 2 TEU. The largest container ships (ULCV class) carry over 24,000 TEU.