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Record 1 2009-05-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Transport of Goods
  • Containers
DEF

A unit of measurement equivalent to one twenty foot shipping container.

OBS

Thus a forty foot container is equal to two t.e.u.'s. This measurement is used to quantify, for example, the container capacity of a ship, the number of containers carried on a particular voyage or over a period of time, the throughput of a terminal or the unit on which freight is payable. For example, a container vessel providing space for 800 containers of 20 feet and 400 containers of 40 feet is described as a 1 600 TEU vessel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Transport de marchandises
  • Conteneurs
DEF

Unité couramment utilisée pour mesurer la capacité ou le débit d'un terminal, ou la capacité de charge d'un porte-conteneurs.

OBS

Elle est exprimée en équivalent d'un conteneur de 20 pieds (1 conteneur de 40 pieds, par exemple, est égal à 2 EVP). Le sigle français EVP tend à remplacer le «classique» TEU. On dira, par exemple, qu'un porte-conteneurs qui peut transporter 800 conteneurs de 20 pieds et 400 conteneurs de 40 pieds a une capacité de 1 600 EVP.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Metrología y unidades de medida
  • Transporte de mercancías
  • Contenedores
DEF

Unidad de medida correspondiente a un contenedor de 20 pies de longitud (6,10 m), empleada para expresar capacidades o flujos de transporte de mercancías.

OBS

equivalente a veinte pies: Término y definición propuestos por la Asociación Mundial de la Carretera.

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