Independent journal on economy and transport policy
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Textainer increases the consistency of the quota container of its property
In last the five months the society has invested 275 million dollars in order to buy 257,000 teu
January 3, 2013
The company of intermodal chartering of container Textainer Group Holdings Ltd. it has acquired for 78 million dollars the 50.1% of the capital of the TAP Funding Ltd., society with center in the Bermudas that is owner of a fleet of container of the consistency pairs to approximately 99.000 teu between container for cargos dries, container reefer and special. Draft of container already managed from the same Textainer. Textainer has specified to have agreed with TAP Ltd., the other shareholder of the TAP Funding, to continue the new investments in container destined to this fleet.
Moreover Textainer, with an investment of approximately 23,6 million dollars, has bought other container for cargos dries for approximately 24.000 teu that they make also these already part of the fleet managed from the same Textainer. With this last acquisition, the quota container of property of Textainer in the fleet managed from the company is gone up to the 72% regarding the 59% at the beginning of 2012. "This - it has emphasized the president and managing director of Textainer, Philip K. Brewer - is by now the fifth managed acquisition of container from the Textainer in last the five months, for a total of 275 million dollars and 257,000 teu".
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