TEU (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit)
Defined in Article 3, Regulation (EU) 2018/643
Definitions over time (1)
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1. For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:
‘TEU (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit)’ means a standard unit based on an ISO container of 20 feet length (6,10 m), used as a statistical measure of traffic flows or capacities. One standard 40' ISO Series 1 container equals 2 TEUs. Swap bodies under 20 feet correspond to 0,75 TEU, between 20 feet and 40 feet to 1,5 TEU and over 40 feet to 2,25 TEU.