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Global Ship Lease, Inc. (NYSE: GSL) is a Marshall Islands–incorporated owner and lessor of mid-sized and smaller containerships, active in the deep sea freight transportation industry. The company’s news flow centers on its fixed-rate time charter business, fleet developments, capital structure, and shareholder distributions, providing context for investors who follow GSL stock and the container shipping sector.
News releases from Global Ship Lease frequently cover quarterly and interim financial results, where the company reports operating revenues, net income, adjusted EBITDA, normalized net income, utilization metrics, and revenue origin by country based on the head office location of its charterers. These updates also describe how changes in charter rates, vessel acquisitions, vessel sales, and offhire days affect performance.
Another key category of GSL news relates to fleet transactions and charter coverage. The company announces acquisitions of secondhand containerships, often with ECO upgrades and attached charters, as well as the sale of older vessels. It also discloses contracted revenue, weighted average remaining charter terms on a TEU-weighted basis, and the proportion of future days covered by fixed-rate charters, illustrating the extent of its forward contract cover.
Global Ship Lease also issues news about dividends and capital allocation, including quarterly dividends on its Class A common shares and on the depositary shares representing its 8.75% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares. Additional announcements address credit ratings and outlooks from rating agencies, at-the-market offering programs for common and preferred equity, and participation in industry conferences.
Investors and observers can use the GSL news page on Stock Titan to follow these developments, track how the company manages its fleet and balance sheet, and monitor disclosures related to its charter portfolio, credit profile, and shareholder returns.
Global Ship Lease (NYSE:GSL) announced a quarterly dividend of $0.625 per Class A common share for the fourth quarter of 2025. The dividend will be paid on March 6, 2026 to holders of record as of February 24, 2026.
Global Ship Lease (NYSE:GSL) declared a cash dividend of $0.546875 per depositary share on its 8.75% Series B cumulative redeemable perpetual preferred shares (NYSE:GSLPrB).
The dividend covers the period Oct 1, 2025–Dec 31, 2025, will be paid on Jan 2, 2026, and applies to holders of record as of Dec 23, 2025. Each depositary share represents a 1/100th interest in one Series B preferred share.
Global Ship Lease (NYSE:GSL) agreed to buy three 8,600-TEU Korean-built containerships with ECO upgrades for an aggregate purchase price of $90 million. The ships carry attached charters to a leading liner at below-market rates with latest redeliveries in mid-2030, which could generate aggregate revenues of roughly $88 million if charters run full term. At a through-cycle scrap price of $400 per LWT, combined scrap value is ~$40 million. Delivery is expected around year-end 2025. Following the acquisition the fleet will total 71 vessels and 422,567 TEU. The company expects to initially fund the deal with cash on hand, with potential later financing.
Global Ship Lease (NYSE: GSL) reported 3Q 2025 results with operating revenue $192.7M (+10.7% YoY) and net income $92.6M (EPS $2.59, +17.5% YoY). 9M 2025 operating revenue was $575.5M (+8.9% YoY) and 9M net income was $306.7M (EPS $8.60, +20.8% YoY).
The company reported Adjusted EBITDA $130.2M in 3Q and backlog of $1.92B over a 2.5-year weighted average. Forward cover: 100% for 2025, 96% for 2026, 74% for 2027. Financial leverage ~0.5x.
Board raised annualized dividend to $2.50 per Class A share (commencing with 3Q dividend of $0.625) and added an $85M credit facility priced at SOFR+2.15% maturing 2Q 2028.
Global Ship Lease (NYSE:GSL) will release third quarter 2025 financial results before market open on Monday, November 10, 2025 and will host a conference call and webcast the same day at 10:30 a.m. ET. The call can be accessed by dial-in (Event ID: 9222938) or via live webcast and slide presentation at www.globalshiplease.com, with the webcast archived on the site.
The company reports a fleet of 69 vessels (as of June 30, 2025) with a TEU-weighted average age of 17.7 years. TEU-weighted contracted revenue is $1.73 billion (excluding charterer options) and $2.23 billion (including charterer options). Average remaining charter term is 2.1 years on a TEU-weighted basis (2.8 years including charterer options).
Global Ship Lease (NYSE:GSL) issued a statement on Oct 15, 2025 regarding China’s Implementation Measures on Special Port Charges for U.S. vessels.
GSL says it is a Marshall Islands corporation with executive management and principal office in Greece, qualifies as a foreign private issuer under SEC rules, and is not owned, operated or controlled by any U.S. enterprise or individual. The board has 9 directors with one U.S.-based non-executive director. GSL reports no vessel flies the U.S. flag, none were built in the U.S., and all vessels are managed by a Greece-based company 100% owned by Greek citizens. Publicly available shareholder records show no disclosed holder with ≥25% ownership.
Global Ship Lease (NYSE:GSL) announced participation in Capital Link’s 17th Annual New York Maritime Forum on October 14, 2025 at the Metropolitan Club in New York City. Management will host one-on-one investor meetings during the conference; institutional investors can request meetings via Capital Link at ir@capitallink.com or the event request link. Presentation schedule: Thomas Lister, CEO, on the Container Shipping Sector panel at 9:50–10:25 AM ET; George Youroukos, Executive Chairman, on the Capital Markets panel at 11:35 AM–12:15 PM ET. Registration for institutional investors is complimentary. The release provides contact and registration details for investor access.
Global Ship Lease (NYSE:GSL), a containership owner and lessor, has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.546875 per depositary share for its 8.75% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares. The dividend covers the period from July 1, 2025 to September 30, 2025 and will be paid on October 1, 2025. Shareholders of record as of September 24, 2025 will be eligible for the dividend payment.
Global Ship Lease (NYSE:GSL) reported strong Q2 2025 financial results with significant year-over-year growth. Operating revenue increased 9.7% to $191.9 million, while net income reached $93.1 million ($2.61 EPS), up 8.8% from Q2 2024.
The company secured $397 million in new contracted revenues during 1H 2025, bringing total contracted revenues to $1.73 billion with 96% coverage for 2025 and 80% for 2026. GSL maintains a strong financial position with credit ratings affirmations from Moody's (Ba2), S&P (BB+), and KBRA (BB+).
Strategic developments include vessel sales, fleet renewal with four ECO-9,000 TEU containerships, and refinancing activities reducing weighted average debt cost to 4.18%. The company declared a quarterly dividend of $0.525 per Class A share.
Global Ship Lease (NYSE:GSL), a leading containership owner and lessor, has scheduled its Q2 2025 earnings conference call for August 5, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. ET. The company will release its financial results before market opening on the same day.
As of March 31, 2025, GSL operates a fleet of 69 vessels with an average age of 17.5 years weighted by TEU capacity, including 39 wide-beam Post-Panamax ships. The company's contracted revenue stands at $1.87 billion with an average remaining charter term of 2.3 years, extending to $2.37 billion and 3.0 years when including charterer-controlled options.