Textainer Group Holdings Ltd, the container sales and trading company, has reported net income of $184.8 million for the full year, and $35.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2023.

That compares with net income of $289.5 million in 2022 and $61.9 million in the prior-year quarter.

Adjusted net income was $197.6 million for 2023, as compared with $289.9 million in the prior year.

Textainer said it added $169.4 million of new containers during 2023, virtually all assigned to long-term leases.

Last October, Bermudian-based Textainer entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Stonepeak, the New York-headquartered alternative investment firm, for $7.4 billion.

That deal will go before Textainer’s shareholders at a special meeting on February 22.

Olivier Ghesquiere, president and chief executive of Textainer, said: “We delivered solid full-year and fourth-quarter 2023 results, demonstrating the strength in our business fundamentals.

“For the full year, lease rental income decreased by 5 per cent to $770 million due to fleet attrition stemming from a slower capex environment.

“Fleet utilisation has, however, increased to its highest level of the year at 99.3 per cent as of the end of the fourth quarter.”