forty-foot equivalent unit

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Noun

forty-foot equivalent unit (plural forty-foot equivalent units)

  1. (logistics) A unit of cargo capacity, based on the volume of a 40-foot-long (12.19 m) intermodal container.
    Synonym: (initialism) FEU
    Coordinate term: twenty-foot equivalent unit