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FLogistics Term

FEU (Forty-Foot Equivalent Unit)

A standard unit of measurement used in the shipping industry to describe the capacity of container ships and terminals.

Definition

A standard unit of measurement used in the shipping industry to describe the capacity of container ships and terminals. One FEU equals the space occupied by a standard 40-foot shipping container. Since a TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit) is half the size of an FEU two TEUs equal one FEU. This measurement is crucial in logistics planning cost calculation and container space allocation

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