Definition: TEU-kilometre offered

Category: Transport

A TEU-kilometre offered is the movement of one TEU of capacity in a container ship over one kilometre. TEU-kilometres offered are equal to the TEU carrying capacity of the vessel multiplied by the port-to-port distance for all journeys.

Note: The TEU carrying capacity will be the stated capacity recorded in the register of the classification society. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/KS-BI-03-002-__-N-EN.pdf