TEU

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TEU – Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit – a unit of measurement representing a 20ft container, typically used to measure the capacity of a container vessel or yard or to measure the container related activity levels.
A 40ft container (by far, the most commonly used type) is logically equivalent to 2 TEUs.

A TEU - Twenty-foot equivalent unit diagram
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