TAL International Group, Inc. (TAL) is a lessor of intermodal containers and chassis. The Company operates in the intermodal transportation equipment industry, and has two business segments: Equipment Leasing and Equipment Trading. Under the Equipment Leasing Segment, TAL owns, leases and ultimately disposes of containers and chassis from its lease fleet, as well as manages leasing activities for containers owned by third parties. Under the Equipment Trading Segment, the Company purchases containers from shipping line customers, and other sellers of containers, and resell these containers to container traders and users of containers for storage or one way shipment.