Project of Bohai Leasing acquiring the world’s 6th largest container rental company Seaco and the 8th largest container rental company Cronos
Issue Time:2015-03-04 Source:CEA Author:CEA
CEA provided asset appraisal service for the world’s 6th largest container rental company Seaco and the 8th largest container rental company Cronos in 2013 and 2014 respectively. After the transaction, calculated based on CEU equivalent unit, Bohai Leasing will be the company owning the most containers around the world.
1. SEACO project
of HNA Group
SEACO
owns and manages millions of TEU standard containers and is a leading container
rental company around the world with total assets of RMB 16 billion. Its main
branches are mainly located in London, Hamburg and Miami. It also has business
offices in Shanghai, Rio de Janeiro, Seoul, Hong Kong, Bombay, Moscow, Hainan,
San Francisco, Livorno and Paris, etc.
Being a
great reorganization case of the first listing company chosen to undergo
“prudential review” since implementation of differentiated review system by
China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), the project started in August
2013 and successfully passed reviews conducted by Shenzhen Stock Exchange,
securities regulatory bureau and CSRC.
2.
Project of Bohai Leasing acquiring CRONOS:
As one
of the leading container rental companies around the world, Cronos owns and
manages almost millions of TEU standard containers with total assets of around
RMB 15 billion. Decision-making body of Cronos is located in US with other
institutions mainly in London. Besides, it has business offices in Seoul of
South Korea, Taiwan, Sydney of Australia, Netherlands, Antwerp of Belgium, Hamburg
of Germany, Sweden and San Francisco, Houston and New Jersy of US, etc.