TEU

container carrier

Class notation for ships intended for the carriage of containers.

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Purpose

To state the maximum number of twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) which may be carried onboard the vessel.

Benefits

In the container market, it may from a commercial point of view be beneficial to have the TEU class notation assigned to a ship in order to demonstrate the ship’s TEU capacity.

Features

The class notation TEU may be assigned in order to demonstrate a ship’s capacity or the maximum number of twenty-foot equivalent containers (TEU) the ship may carry.

The notation TEU may be assigned to the following:

  • ships with the ship type notation Container Carrier

  • ships with the class notation Container

Process

Part of the main hull scope.