TEU
Twenty-foot equivalent measure
TEU stands for twenty-foot equivalent unit, a standard measure in shipping based on the dimensions of a standard twenty-foot cargo container.
Port capacity, vessel size, and shipping volumes are all measured in TEUs: The port handles two million TEUs annually.
A forty-foot container counts as two TEUs.
Same in value or function
- unitIndividual part or measure
- standardizationImplementing uniform technical specifications
- ISOGlobal standards body
- dimensionsMeasurable spatial extents
capacity · volume · cubic · box · steel · corrugated · stackable · intermodal
Standardized cargo packaging system
- cargoTransported goods
- freightGoods being transported
- vesselReceptacle for contents
- portDocking place for ships
terminal · crane · stacking · lashing · transshipment · berth · gantry · stevedore
Production-to-consumer pathway
- intermodalUsing multiple transport types
- truckingRoad-based freight shipping
- railHorizontal support bar
- haulageCommercial goods transport
drayage · chassis · yard · depot · inland · distribution · throughput · transit
Maximum amount containable
- throughputProcessing rate over time
- volumeAmount of space filled
- countReckon a total
- slotsNarrow elongated openings
utilization · annual · monthly · benchmark · ranking · statistics · handled · moved
equivalent
Same in value or function
- unitIndividual part or measure
- standardizationImplementing uniform technical specifications
- ISOGlobal standards body
dimensions · capacity · volume · cubic · box · steel · corrugated · stackable · intermodal · dry
containerization
Standardized cargo packaging system
port · terminal · crane · stacking · lashing · transshipment · berth · gantry · stevedore · manifest
supply-chain
Production-to-consumer pathway
- intermodalUsing multiple transport types
- truckingRoad-based freight shipping
- railHorizontal support bar
haulage · drayage · chassis · yard · depot · inland · distribution · throughput · transit · routing
capacity
Maximum amount containable
- throughputProcessing rate over time
- volumeAmount of space filled
- countReckon a total
slots · utilization · annual · monthly · benchmark · ranking · statistics · handled · moved · processed
exports
Goods sold abroad
duty · manifest · commodity · transpacific · transatlantic · Suez · Panama
- Maritime Shippingcargo ship, container ship, freighter, shipping line, shipping container
- Business AcronymsSKU, UPC, CEO, COO, POS
- shipping portscontainers, cranes, docks, piers, berths
- shipping containersshipping container, cargo container, dry van, storage container, open top
- containerizationcontainer ship, container ships, shipping container, shipping containers, container port
- containersbag, bags, box, boxes, bottle
Ship's maximum cargo load
metric ton · gross tonnage · displacement · tonnage · kiloton
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