集装箱计算单位

集装箱计算单位（twenty-feet equivalent units）

集装箱计算单位: 什么是集装箱计算单位

集装箱计算单位（twenty-feet equivalent units，TEU）又称换算箱、标准箱，20英尺换算单位，是以长度为20英尺的集装箱为国际计量单位（换算单位），也称国际标准箱单位。通常用来表示船舶装载集装箱的能力，也是集装箱和港口吞吐量的重要统计、换算单位。

目前各国大部分集装箱运输，都采用20英尺和40英尺长的两种集装箱。为使集装箱箱数计算统一化，把20英尺集装箱作为一个计算单位（换算单位），40英尺集装箱作为两个计算单位，以利统一计算集装箱的营运量。

The Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit (often TEU or teu) is an inexact unit of cargo capacity often used to describe the capacity of container ships and container terminals.[1] It is based on the volume of a 20-foot long shipping container, a standard-sized metal box which can be easily transferred between different modes of transportation, such as ships, trains and trucks.[1] A related unit, the forty-foot equivalent unit (often FEU or feu) is defined as two TEU