GATX

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GATX Corporation

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legal form Corporation
ISIN US3614481030
founding 1898
Seat Chicago , United States
management Brian A. Kenney ( Chairman , President , CEO )
Number of employees 2.213
sales 1,451,000,000 US dollars
Branch Financial services
Website gatx.com
As of December 31, 2014

The GATX ( GATX ) is a US-based leasing company for rail vehicles , based in Chicago . GATX was founded in 1898 and has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange since 1916 .

Originally the abbreviation for the company was "GAT". The letter "X" in the company name comes from the fact that the reporting mark for North American rail vehicles ends with an "X" if they are not owned by a railway company .

history

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In 1994 GATX acquired a minority stake of 37.5 percent in the Swiss freight car rental company AAE , which at that time had a stock of 2,500 wagons. After the number of wagons had increased continuously to 30,000 after 19 years, AAE bought back the GATX stake in AAE Cargo in September 2013. As a result, the company in Europe is concentrating on its own subsidiary there.

Business areas

GATX locomotive

The main business area of ​​the company, which is active in North America, Europe and India, is the rental and financing of locomotives and railroad cars, especially tank cars . As a result, GATX controls one of the largest railway car parks in the world (around 154,000 cars and around 600 locomotives). With the Portfolio Management division, GATX is also active in the area of ​​leasing and financing of industrial plants and, through the American Steamship Company, in the area of ​​sea and inland waterway vessels.

Rail North America

In North America 131,000 wagons and approximately 600 four-axle locomotives are leased.

Rail International

Brown GATX tank car
GATX tank car in blue paint scheme at Mainz-Bischofsheim train station

In Europe, 22,500 wagons, mainly tank wagons, are rented out in the GATX Rail Europe division . There are three subsidiaries GATX Rail Austria GmbH , GATX Rail Germany GmbH and GATX Rail Poland Sp. Z oo. The German company took over KVG Kesselwagen Vermietgesellschaft mbH in 2002 and the Polish company emerged in 2001 from the tanker leasing company DEC Sp. Z oo.

In 2010 GATX India Private Ltd. was founded, which is assigned to the GATX Rail India business area and which started renting new wagons in 2012. The fleet now comprises 500 container wagons .

American Steamship Company

Through the acquisition of the American Steamship Company (ASC), founded in 1907, GATX has owned bulk carriers that operate on the Great Lakes since 1973 .

Web links

Commons : General American Transportation Corporation  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c gatx.com: Annual Report 2014 (PDF, 8.05 MB, English), accessed on April 27, 2015
  2. ↑ Railway freight car rental company AAE buys back all shares in subsidiary AAE Cargo from GATX (press release). (PDF; 156 kB) AAE, September 27, 2013, archived from the original on August 26, 2014 ; Retrieved October 6, 2013 .
  3. ↑ a b gatx.com: An Overview (2015) (PDF, 6.95 MB, English), accessed on April 27, 2015
  4. ^ GATX - Portfolio Administration. GATX Corporation, 2018, accessed April 12, 2018 .
  5. ↑ GATX Rail Europe. (No longer available online.) GATX Corporation, 2013, archived from the original on June 25, 2013 ; Retrieved October 6, 2013 .
  6. ↑ About GATX India Private Ltd. GATX Corporation, 2013, accessed October 6, 2013 .
  7. ^ American Steamship Company - Fleet. American Steamship Company. Retrieved April 12, 2018 .