Fifty years of container ship growth - infographic

Fifty years of container ship growth.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...576#post193285
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...910#post137440
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...307#post192338
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...206#post195822
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...009#post153150

So - for those interested in units - a TEU means Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit - yup that is a real thing

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Originally Posted by BuffaloJohn

So - for those interested in units - a TEU means Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit - yup that is a real thing

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From...

https://www.cbs.nl/en-gb/news/2022/2...nt-unit--teu--

The external volume of 1 TEU is 1,360 cubic feet, which is 38.51 cubic metres. The most common containers, used for transport on container ships and on lorries, are designated as 2 TEU.

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Originally Posted by mklotz

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The external volume of 1 TEU is 1,360 cubic feet, which is 38.51 cubic metres. The most common containers, used for transport on container ships and on lorries, are designated as 2 TEU.

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And to make matters more interesting, there is often rounding used when describing containers. A 45ft container, which is 2.25 TEU is often just called a 2 TEU.

And ... a 20ft container is 1.5inches shorter so that a single forty can be stacked on two twenties and have three inches of space between the twenties.