Value Proposition

GSL is a containership lessor with a fleet of modern containerships leased out under long-term, fixed-rate time charters to container shipping liner companies.

Notwithstanding recent disruptions in trade flows caused by global economic upheaval, container shipping is a growth industry. As a key component of the intermodal transportation infrastructure supporting globalization, containerized trade exhibited a compound annual growth rate in volume terms (as measured in TEUs) of approximately 10% over the period from 1997 to 2007.

As a containership lessor, GSL's business is both pro-cyclical (with chartered tonnage used as a growth platform by liner shipping companies) and counter-cyclical (with sale and charter-back structures used by liner companies as a balance sheet management tool).

Value proposition for investors.
GSL's business model is designed to generate stable and predictable distributable cash flows for our common shareholders.

Value proposition for liner shipping companies.
GSL is a vessel financing and chartering partner, providing liner shipping companies with the means to free up capital and management resources to focus upon other strategic needs.

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