New IICL Chairman
NewsThe Institute of International Container Lessors (IICL) has announced that Joseph Kwok, CEO of Seacastle Inc, has been elected Chairman of t...
IICL releases fleet survey
NewsThe Institute of International Container Lessors (IICL) has released its 2009 Annual Leased Container Fleet Survey, which shows that the wor...
Seacastle reefers sold
NewsAuriol Global Container Fund, a Luxembourg-registered fund managed by Deutsche Bank affiliate Luxembourg Financial Group (LFG), has bought 6...
Reefer lessors face up to the credit crunch
NewsReefer container lessors face increasingly tough times, with many more competitors active today than two years ago. But despite the worsenin...
A higher cost climate for container lessors
NewsDespite the fact that new container prices are at their highest point in more than 15 years, the world’s container leasing industry is on ...
2008 IICL fleet survey released
NewsThe Institute of International Container Lessors (IICL) has released its 20th Annual Leased Container Fleet Survey, which shows that survey ...
Cooler prospects for reefer builders
NewsThe world’s major reefer container manufacturers achieved a record output in 2007 when they built almost 120,000 units between them. Howev...
A tough year to call for container lessors
NewsA variety of factors have come together to make it difficult to forecast the prospects for the container leasing industry this year....
BTMUCC throws hat into box leasing ring
NewsThe recent round of consolidation in the container leasing industry that has seen Interpool and Carlisle Leasing merged under the Seacastle ...
Seacastle plans IPO
NewsSeacastle Inc, the new company formed by Fortress Investment Group following its acquisition of Carlisle Leasing and Interpool, has filed an...
Box lessors confront a changing market
NewsThe world’s container leasing industry is confronting a changed market climate as returns come under pressure like never before and increa...