Global Ship Lease (GSL) is a top 20 containership lessor, publicly traded since 15th August 2008 on the New York Stock Exchange - tickers: GSL, GSL.WS, GSL.U
We are a Marshall Islands Corporation with administrative offices in London.
Our mission is to be a preferred provider of chartered containership tonnage for top tier liner shipping companies, supporting sustainable growth of distributable cash flows to our shareholders.
We own a modern, diverse fleet of containerships which are leased out under long-term, fixed-rate timecharters.
Our leases provide a cost effective alternative to direct vessel ownership for our liner shipping customers, allowing them to free up capital and management resources for other strategic needs.
Container shipping forms an integral part of the infrastructure underpinning globalization, with containerized trade growing at a compound annual rate of 10%. This growth is compounded in the containership leasing space by the trend towards the disaggregation of asset ownership and asset operation.
GSL is well positioned both to serve and capitalize upon opportunities within this dynamic space. We have a clear plan for strategic growth that will help us acquire new customers, grow our fleet and pay attractive quarterly dividends to our shareholders.
GSL offers investors an opportunity to participate in this high growth sector while being insulated from the short-term volatility of the freight markets themselves.