Talk:Twenty-foot equivalent unit

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TEU[edit]

These have been described as "Trailer EU", "Transit EU", "Transport EU", etc. Who is right, or is there any real standard? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.136.29.178 (talk) 18:25, 20 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Conflict about numeric values[edit]

The data in the Equivalence section, is not as the data found in Containerization article. The numeric values of the volumes are different.

It seems like the values of the volume in this article is about the capacity (the interior volume) of the container, while the other article gives the total volume of the container, and this is obvious by simple calculation of the dimensions.--TheEgyptian (talk) 14:38, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Additionally the numbers don't make any sense. How can a container that is only 12.5% longer (45 ft vs. 40 ft) have 1.55 times as much volume with width and height being the same?

Treaty on European Union[edit]

What about TEU as an abbreviation of "Treaty on European Union"? The german wikipedia integrated it. As it is an english abbreviation, I think it's worth minding. Check: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/TEU —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.123.205.24 (talk) 13:26, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Use of conversion from feet[edit]

TEU capacities for common container sizes
Length Width Height Volume TEU
20 ft (6.1 m) 8 ft (2.44 m) 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) 1,360 cu ft (38.5 m3) 1
40 ft (12.2 m) 8 ft (2.44 m) 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) 2,720 cu ft (77 m3) 2
45 ft (13.7 m) 8 ft (2.44 m) 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) 3,060 cu ft (86.6 m3) 2 or 2.25
48 ft (14.6 m) 8 ft (2.44 m) 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) 3,264 cu ft (92.4 m3) 2.4
53 ft (16.2 m) 8 ft (2.44 m) 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) 3,604 cu ft (102.1 m3) 2.65
High cube
20 ft (6.1 m) 8 ft (2.44 m) 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) 1,520 cu ft (43 m3) 1
Half height
20 ft (6.1 m) 8 ft (2.44 m) 4 ft 3 in (1.30 m) 680 cu ft (19.3 m3) 1

I think this article is horrible to read because of the unfortunate use of feet and inches represented as decimals of feet. The imperial system does not cater for feet done as a decimal value. One specifies inches. This is even worse here because in speech one refers to "eight foot six containers" not "8.5 feet containers". I realise this will mess up the automatic conversion but I think it needs explicitly stating in feet and inches. Does anyone else have a view on this? Pedantic of Purley (talk) 18:12, 2 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

To be honest, I know of several people (true, this is WP:OR) who would say that as "eight and a half foot". I do, however, entirely accept your point that we would expect it to be written as 8'6". Longwayround (talk) 10:37, 12 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
{{convert|8|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} --> 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) does the trick nicely. so what is the fuss? I have changed the relevent conversions in the article. Peter Horn User talk 02:36, 30 December 2011 (UTC) Peter Horn User talk 02:57, 30 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Equivalence[edit]

Looking at this recent change, I wonder whether it might be better to use a consistent number of significant figures as below rather than the currently inconsistent 1 or zero decimal places since, as is stated in the article, "the TEU is an inexact unit, and hence cannot be converted precisely into other units."

on reading i found this; "As the TEU is an inexact unit....." quite strange, the unit is precise for what it measures. Isn't the reason its non-convertible, that its an 'abstract' unit.


TEU capacities for common container sizes
Length Width Height Approximate Volume TEU
20 ft (6.1 m) 8 ft (2.44 m) 8.5 ft (2.6 m) 1,360 cu ft (39 m3) 1
40 ft (12.2 m) 8 ft (2.44 m) 8.5 ft (2.6 m) 2,720 cu ft (77 m3) 2
45 ft (13.7 m) 8 ft (2.44 m) 8.5 ft (2.6 m) 3,060 cu ft (87 m3) 2[1] or 2.25
48 ft (14.6 m) 8 ft (2.44 m) 8.5 ft (2.6 m) 3,264 cu ft (92 m3) 2.4
53 ft (16.2 m) 8 ft (2.44 m) 8.5 ft (2.6 m) 3,604 cu ft (100 m3) 2.65
High cube
20 ft (6.1 m) 8 ft (2.44 m) 9.5 ft (2.9 m) 1,520 cu ft (43 m3) 1[2]
Half height
20 ft (6.1 m) 8 ft (2.44 m) 4.25 ft (1.30 m) 680 cu ft (19 m3) 1[2]

Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks. Longwayround (talk) 13:47, 12 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Either sig digs or decimal places is fine with me. My issue was that the default rounding protocol used by that template made rounding choices that were arbitrary in the context of this page. I went with 1 decimal place, and forced it to zero decimal places where it would result in "x.0". Rhialto (talk) 20:28, 12 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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