ORGANIZATION

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

ORGANIZATION

ORGANIZATION 

Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC ("we", "us", "our" or the “Company”) is a Delaware limited liability company which, through its subsidiary, Fortress Worldwide Transportation and Infrastructure General Partnership (the “Partnership”), is engaged in the ownership and leasing of i) aviation equipment, ii) offshore energy equipment and iii) shipping containers. We also own and operate i) a short line railroad in North America, Central Maine and Québec Railway (“CMQR”), ii) a multi-modal crude oil and refined products terminal in Beaumont, Texas (“Jefferson Terminal”), iii) a deep-water port located along the Delaware River with an underground storage cavern and multiple industrial development opportunities (“Repauno”), and iv) a multi-modal terminal located along the Ohio River with multiple industrial development opportunities (“Long Ridge”). We have six reportable segments, i) Aviation Leasing, ii) Offshore Energy, iii) Shipping Containers, iv) Jefferson Terminal, v) Railroad and vi) Ports and Terminals, which operate in two primary businesses, Equipment Leasing and Infrastructure (Note 14).

At December 31, 2014, through their investment in us, the beneficial owners of the Partnership were Fortress Worldwide Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LP (the “Onshore Fund”), with an 89.97% interest and Fortress Worldwide Transportation and Infrastructure Offshore LP (the “Offshore Fund”) with a 9.98% interest; in addition, Fortress Worldwide Transportation and Infrastructure Master GP LLP (the “Master GP”) holds a 0.05% interest. The Master GP is owned by an affiliate of Fortress. The Onshore Fund and the Offshore Fund (collectively, the “Initial Shareholders”) are investment vehicles which are sponsored by Fortress. The general partner of the Onshore Fund and the Offshore Fund is an affiliate of Fortress.

In May 2015, the remaining capital commitments of the investors of the Onshore Fund, Offshore Fund and Master GP were called.  Through a series of transactions, the Master GP contributed its rights to previously undistributed incentive allocations pursuant to the partnership agreement in exchange for the limited partnership interests in the Onshore Fund and the Offshore Fund equal to the amount of any such undistributed incentive allocations and 53,502,873 common shares were issued to the Onshore Fund and Offshore Fund based on their relative interests in us.

On May 20, 2015, we completed our Initial Public Offering (“IPO”) of 20 million common shares at a price to the public of $17.00 per share. On June 15, 2015, the underwriters exercised their overallotment option, pursuant to which we issued an additional 2.2 million shares to such underwriters at the IPO price.