Re: Container Transport

["andrei" <andrei@ausisp.com>]

David Martin <d_martin@mountains.net.au> wrote in message
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> What does 5,500 TEU mean? Is that 5,500 containers per ship?
> That's a lot of trucks!
> What are the dimensions of these ships?

from the National Rail website glossary of terms:

This is the internationally accepted acronym for Twenty foot Equivalent
Unit. Capacity, such as available space on a wagon, is measured in TEU. For
example, if there are 2 TEU available on a service, there is space for two
6.1m/20ft containers, or one 12.2m/40ft container if the empty spaces are
side by side on the one wagon.