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Prefix	Owner	Prefix	Owner
ACLU	Atlantic Container Line	ACTU	Associated Container Transportation (Australia)
ADCU	Flexi Van Leasing New York	AEIU	American Export Lines Inc
AJCU	Australia Japan Container Line	ANB	Australia National Line
ANBU	ABC Containerline Antwerp	ANC	Australia National Line
ANE	Australia National Line	ANF	Australia National Line
ANR	Australia National Line	ANNU	Australia National Line
ANZU	Danzas SA Paris	ASGU	Anglo – Soviet Shipping England
ASLU	Australia Straits Container Line	BKLU	The Bank Line
BLPU	Bridge Line	BSLU	Blue Star Line
CAMU	Cunard Steamships London	CATU	CATU Containers SA Geneva
CCCU	Compass Container Line	CLIU	Container Lloyd (USA)
CGMU	Compagnie Generale Maritime	CHSU	Chep Handling Systems
CILU	Container Investment Leasing Zurich	CLBU	Container Leasing AG Basle
CLGU	Contship Container Lines	CLIU	Container Lloyd (USA)
CLOU	CLOU Container Leasing GmbH	CLSU	Container Leasing Services London
CNEU	Canadian National Railways Montreal	CONU	Contrans Gesellschaft Fur Containerverkehr Hamburg
COSU	China Ocean Steamships China	CPPU	Canadian Pacific Montreal
CSSU	Crusader Swire Container Services London	CSYU	Textainer Equipment Management SFO
CTAU	Cooltainer Services	CTIU	Genstar Container Corporation
CTUU	CTC (Equipment) AG Basle	CWSU	Containerworld Leaing Southampton
DANU	Danzas SA Switzerland	DEDU	Interpool Equipment Management SFO
DLLU	Textainer Equipment Management SFO	EAB	Australia National Line
EAC	Australia National Line	EACU	East Asiatic Co Copenhagen
EAE	Australia National Line	EAF	Australai national Line
EAR	Australia National Line	EKLU	Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha ( K Line ) Kerr Corporation San Francisco
EICU	Containerworld Leasing Southhampton	EMCU	Evergreen Marine Corp Taiwan
ESSU	K Line Japan	FBZU	Fairbreeze Shipping Co
FFFU	Freightways (Overseas) Manchester	FLXU	Itel Containers International USA
FRCU	FRC Financement et Relocation S.A	FRSU	Fairbreeze Shipping Co

FSB	Australia National Line	FSC	Australia National Line
FSE	Australia National Line	FSR	Australia National Line
FVIU	Flexi Van Leasing New York	GCDU	P&O Containers
GLCU	Flexi Van Leasing New York	GLSU	Zim Israel Navigation Tel Aviv
GMEU	Global Equipment Management San Francisco	GSTU	Genstar Container Corporation San Francisco
HAMU / HLCU	Hapag Lloyd Hamburg	HTMU	Lu Hai Developing Hong Kong
HDCU	Hung Dao Container Joint Stock Co.
ICCU	ICCU Containers Italy	ICIU	Intermodal Equipment San Francisco
ICSU	Transamerica Container Leasing USA	IEAU	Intermodal Equipment San Francisco
IKKU	ICCU Container Fleet	IKSU	Transamerica Container Leasing USA
INBU	Interpool USA	IOLU	Textainer Equipment
ITLU	Itel Corporation San Francisco	JLCU	Johnson Line A.B
JLLU	Nippon Liner System	JLSU	Joon Liner Services Netherlands
JSSU	China Navigation London	KNLU	Nedlloyd Lines Rotterdam
LANU	Catu Containers Switzerland	LPIU	Leasing Partners Netherlands Antilles
LTIU	Lloyde Triestino Italy	MLCU	Matson Leasing
		MNLU	Malaysian International Shipping Corporation
MSKU	Maersk Sealand
MOLU	Mistui OSK Lines Tokyo	MSCU	Mediterranean Shipping
NCLU	Interocean Leasing	NEPU	Neptune Orient Lines Singapore
NICU	Nippon International Container Service	NLSU	Nautilus Leasing San Francisco
NOLU	Neptune Orient Lines Singapore	NOSU	Neptune Orient Lines Singapore
NUSU	Neptune Orient Lines Singapore	NYKE	Nippon Yusen Kaisha Tokyo
NYKR	Nippon Yusen Kaisha Tokyo	NYKU	Nippon Yusen Kaisha Tokyo
NZLU	New Zealand Line	OCLU	P&O Containers
OCPU	P&O Containers	OOLU	Orient Overseas Containerline Taiwan
PACU	Pacifica Shipping New Zealand
POLU	Polish Ocean Lines Poland	PSBU	Contship Container Lines
PXCU	Phoenix Container Lines Hong Kong	RILU	Nedlloyd Lines Rotterdam
RLAU	Australian Reefer Leasing	RODU	Government of Mauritius Port Louis

ROYU	Nedlloyd Lines	SACU	Scan Carriers Hovik Norway
SAFU	South African Marine Cape Town	SAMU	South African Marine Cape Town
SCDU	Sea Containers New York	SCIU	Sea Containers
SCLU	Sea Containers London	SCPU	Seaco Pacific Hong Kong
SCXU	Sea Containers London	SEAU	Sealand Services New York
SISU	SSI Container Corporation San Francisco	SSLU	Shaw Savill & Albion London
SMZU	United Container Systems (Germany)
STTU	Shirstar Container Transport UK	SUDU	Hamburg Sudamerkanische Hamburg
SUNU	Suntory Osaka	SUKU	Interocean leasing
SVTU	Sojuzvenshtrans Moscow	TCLU	TCL Tankcargo Container New York
TSCU	Trans Container Leasing Basel	TEDU	Teco BmbH Hamburg
TEXU	Textainer Equipment	TLEU	Contship Containerline
TOLU	Trans Ocean Leasing San Francisco	TPHU	Tiphook Container London
TRIU	Triton Container San Francisco	UACU	United Arab Shipping Liverpool
UASU	United Arab Shipping Liverpool	UCLU	Unicorn Lines Durban
UCSU	Unicontainer Sri Genoa	UFCU	Itec Containers Intl
USCO	Union Steamship Co of NZ Wellington	USLU	United States Lines New York
UXXU	United Container Systems (Germany)	UCSU	United Container Systems (Germany)
UYLU	United Yugoslav Lines Piran	VNSU	Nedlloyd Lines Rotterdam
WIKU	Textainer Equipment	WWLU	Wilh Wilhelmsen Oslo Norway
XCLU	Textainer Services U.K	XRTU	XTRA Inc Boston USA
YMLU	Yangming Marine Transport USA	YSFF	Nippon Liner Services
ZBXU	Zim Israel Navigation Tel Aviv	ZCLU	Zim Israel Navigation Tel Aviv
ZCSU	Zim Israel Navigation Tel Aviv	ZIMU	Zim Israel Navigation Tel Aviv