The investment manager's appetite forexposure to the segment took centre stage on Wall Street this week when one ofits affiliates announced plans to pursue a New York listing by way of an initialpublic offering (IPO) in which could raise as much as $100m.

In a prospectus filed with securities regulatorsFortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors (Fortress Transportation) indicatedthat it intends to use proceeds from the fundraiser to acquire assets linked tothe offshore sector and other areas of interest like containers.

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