Global Ship Lease, Inc.
Close on Oct 19, 2026
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About Global Ship Lease
Deep Sea Foreign Transportation of Freight, SIC 4412
Global Ship Lease, Inc. operates as a commercial shipping company focused on the chartering of containerships. The company provides ocean transport capacity by owning and leasing containerships, including high-reefer and fuel-efficient vessels, under time charter contracts. Its vessels are chartered to container liner companies and major global shipping operators, including Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd, CMA CGM, MSC, and ZIM.
The company's operations encompass a substantial vessel fleet managed alongside third-party managers and affiliated entities across international maritime trade routes. Global Ship Lease is incorporated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands and maintains its principal executive offices in Kifisia, Athens, Greece.
Summary of the business section of Global Ship Lease's latest annual report, written by StockData.
Company profile
Company
- Legal name
- Global Ship Lease, Inc.
- Headquarters
- Kifisia, Athens, Greece
- Address
- C/O Gsl Enterprises Ltd., 9 Irodou Attikou Street 14561
- Phone
- 302106233670
- Website
- globalshiplease.com
- Employees
- 1,000, Dec 31, 2025
- Industry
- Deep Sea Foreign Transportation of Freight
- Incorporated in
- 1T
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopersS.A., Athens, Greece
Stock & identifiers
- Ticker
- GSL
- Other tickers
- GSL.PB
- Exchange
- NYSE
- IPO date
- Aug 15, 2008
- Shares outstanding
- 36M, Dec 31, 2025
- Filer category
- Large accelerated filer
- Stock splits
- 1-for-8 reverse, Mar 25, 2019
- SEC CIK
- 1430725
- EIN
- 00-0000000
Executives and directors
Officers and directors who filed ownership reports (Forms 3, 4, 5) in the last two years
| Name | Position | Shares owned |
|---|---|---|
| Georgios Giouroukos | Executive Chairman, Director | 3,645,998 |
| Thomas Arthur Lister | Chief Executive Officer | 15,934 |
| Anastasios Psaropoulos | Chief Financial Officer | 68,698 |
| Georgios Giannopoulos | Chief Compliance Officer | 0 |
| Yoram Neugeborn | Director | 3,174 |
| Ian James Webber | Director | 21,346 |
| Michael Chalkias | Director | 21,346 |
| Lacum Menno van | Director | 21,346 |
| Ulrike Helfer | Director | 11,349 |
| Michael S. Gross | Director | 42,759 |
| Alain Gaston Frederic Pitner | Director | 21,346 |
| Alain Wils | Director | 5,129 |
Employees
Headcount reported in annual reports
“CSDDD was to apply to large companies with more than 1,000 employees and the turnover threshold EUR 450 million.”
Corporate history
Events identified from SEC filings
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 2022 | Delisting | Notice of delisting from exchange (Form 25) |
| Nov 19, 2019 | Listing | Registration of securities on an exchange (Form 8-A) |
| Aug 20, 2014 | Listing | Registration of securities on an exchange (Form 8-A) |
| Aug 20, 2010 | Delisting | Notice of delisting from exchange (Form 25) |
| Aug 12, 2008 | Listing | Registration of securities on an exchange (Form 8-A) |
| Aug 12, 2008 | Name change | Name changed from GSL Holdings, Inc. to Global Ship Lease, Inc. |
| Apr 18, 2008 | Merger | Registration of securities for a merger or exchange offer (S-4) |