Mitsui Rail Capital

Mitsui Rail Capital ( MRC) is a company operating in the rail sector finance company of the Japanese Mitsui Group ( Mitsui & Co., Ltd.).. Main activity is the financing and rental (or lease ) of railway freight cars and locomotives.

United States

Mitsui Rail Capital, LLC ( MRC) was founded in June 1996 in the U.S. state of Illinois and has places of business in Chicago (Illinois ) and Des Moines ( Iowa).

The specialized business unit coal trains Rain was acquired by MRC in 1997. Main activity since the leasing of freight cars, with the emphasis coal trolley form. In addition, MRC is also involved in the management and maintenance of freight car fleets.

Latin America

Mitsui Rail Capital Latin America ( MRCLA ) was established in November 2004 in São Paulo in Brazil.

Field of activity of MRCLA is the rental of freight cars, especially for ore and agricultural products. The intention is also the purchase of logistics centers, particularly ports and transhipment centers in Germany.

Main customers are the three MRCLA after privatization of the Brazilian freight railway freight transport companies created after 1997 Companhia Vale do Rio Doce Group, ALL Group and Brasil Ferrovias Group.

Europe

Mitsui Rail Capital Europe BV ( MRCE ) was established in October 2004 in Amsterdam in the Netherlands, as a joint subsidiary of Mitsui & Co., Ltd.. (Japan) and Mitsui & Co. Europe plc. ( UK ) was founded.

As part of the expansion, the Siemens Dispolok (Munich ) was acquired in September 2006. By decision of the Shareholders' Meeting on 24 January 2008, the company was renamed MRCE Dispolok. The completion of the integration took place on 1 April 2008 by MRCE took over all the shares in the subsidiary. This is also brought out through the repainting of locomotives in the house color black expression. The headquarters in Amsterdam coordinated sales and production, the lease is operated by the subsidiary MRCE Dispolok since 2008. As of March 2013, the former MRCE Dispolok operates under MRCE GmbH.