Seacastle Company Description
Building an ocean empire is the name of the game for Seacastle. The equipment lessor owns shipping chassis, containers, and containerships that it leases on long-term contracts to international shipping lines and US rail and trucking companies. It owns 249,000 chassis, 552,000 dry freight and 85,000 refrigerated shipping containers, and seven containerships. About half of Seacastle's inventory is leased to customers including Mediterranean Shipping Company, Maersk Line, BNSF, Schneider, and Pacer. Seacastle does business from about 35 offices in nine countries. Fortress Investment Group formed Seacastle in 2007; it will maintain control of the company post-IPO.
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