SeaCastle Files for IPO

SeaCastle Inc., a Wilmington, Del.-based lessor of intermodal equipment used in global containerized cargo trade, has filed for a $345 million IPO. It plans to trade on the NYSE under ticker symbol SC, with underwriters to include Citi, Bear Stearns, Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch. Fortress Investment Group holds a 98.5% ownership position, pre-IPO.