Twenty-foot equivalent unit: one 20-foot container. A 40-foot container is 2 TEU.
Port throughput and container ship sizes are measured in TEU — the biggest ships carry over 24,000 TEU.
Related terms
- FEU — Forty-foot equivalent unit: one 40-foot container (2 TEU).
- ULCV — Ultra large container vessel: ships over about 14,500 TEU, up to around 24,000 TEU and 400 m long.
- FCL — Full container load: one shipper uses the whole container.