SeaCastle

Company History: SeaCastle is one of the largest operating lessors of intermodal equipment in the world based on total assets. SeaCastle acquires and leases chassis, containers and containerships, which are essential intermodal equipment used in global containerized cargo trade. This equipment has enabled the growth in global containerized trade because it allows efficient movement of goods via multiple transportation modes, including ships, rail and trucks. SeaCastle leases its equipment primarily under long-term contracts to the world’s largest shipping lines and several major U.S. rail and trucking companies. As of September 30, 2007, SeaCastle had total assets of $4.5 billion and it plans to make additional investments in intermodal assets.

Brief History: The U.S. is a country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean. Major Atlantic Coast cities are New York, a global finance and culture center, and capital Washington, DC. Midwestern metropolis Chicago is known for influential architecture and on the west coast, Los Angeles' Hollywood is famed for filmmaking.