LONDON, Sept. 6, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global Ship Lease, Inc. (NYSE:GSL), a containership charter owner, today announced that the Company's presentation time at the Jefferies Global Shipping Conference has been updated by the conference organizers. The Company's Chief Executive Officer, Ian Webber, is now scheduled to present on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at 2:30 p.m. ET.
The presentation will be broadcast live over the Internet and can be accessed at http://www.wsw.com/webcast/jeff63/gsl/. In addition, the accompanying slide presentation and webcast will be available in the Investor Relations section of Global Ship Lease's website at www.globalshiplease.com.
About Global Ship Lease
Global Ship Lease is a containership charter owner. Incorporated in the Marshall Islands, Global Ship Lease commenced operations in December 2007 with a business of owning and chartering out containerships under long-term, fixed rate charters to top tier container liner companies.
Global Ship Lease owns 17 vessels with a total capacity of 66,349 TEU with an average age, weighted by TEU capacity, at June 30, 2011 of 7.3 years. All of the current vessels are fixed on long-term charters to CMA CGM with an average remaining term of 7.6 years, or 8.8 years on a weighted basis.