GATX picks up 18,000 tank containers in latest deal

GATX adds tank container fleet to portfolio

GATX (NYSE: GATX) announced Wednesday the acquisition of the fourth-largest tank container lessor globally, Trifleet Leasing Holding B.V., for 175 million euros ($215 million) in cash.

The Netherlands-based Trifleet owns and manages a portfolio of more than 18,000 tank containers, which it leases to providers in the chemical, industrial gas, energy, food, cryogenic and pharmaceutical sectors as well as tank container operators and shipping lines.

The all-cash deal closed Tuesday.

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ITCO 2019 Tank Container Fleet Survey published

ITCO 2019 Tank Container Fleet Survey published: Global tank container fleet reaches 604,700 units

ITCO, the International Tank Container Organisation, has published its 7th Annual Tank Container Fleet Survey. This year’s Survey estimates that, at 1 January 2019, the global tank container fleet had reached 604,700 units worldwide, compared to the figure of 552,000 on 1 January 2018, a year-on-year growth of 10.8%.

The number of tank containers produced last year also showed a significant...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/03/06/itco-2019-tank-container-fleet-survey-published/

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