Interpool Announces Resignation of Director Peter Halstead

  
    
  
  
    
      Interpool, Inc. (NYSE: IPX) announced today the resignation of Peter D. 
      Halstead from the Company's Board of Directors, effective October 26, 
      2006.
    
    
      Commenting on the resignation, Martin Tuchman, Interpool’s 
      Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said, "Peter’s 
      experience and judgment have been of great value to us during the twelve 
      years he has served on our Board, and the other Board members and I 
      sincerely appreciate his contributions to Interpool over that period. We 
      regret that his recent health problems have made it impossible for him 
      to continue serving on our Board. We will miss him and we wish him and 
      his family all the best."
    
    
      Interpool is one of the world's leading suppliers of equipment and 
      services to the transportation industry. The company is the world's 
      largest lessor of intermodal container chassis and a world-leading 
      lessor of cargo containers used in international trade.
    
    
      This Press Release contains certain forward-looking statements regarding 
      future circumstances. These forward-looking statements are subject to 
      risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ 
      materially from those contemplated in such forward-looking statements, 
      including in particular the risks and uncertainties described in the 
      company's SEC filings. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly 
      release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect 
      events or circumstances after the date hereof.
    
  
Interpool, Inc. (NYSE: IPX) announced today the resignation of
Peter D. Halstead from the Company's Board of Directors, effective
October 26, 2006.

   Commenting on the resignation, Martin Tuchman, Interpool's
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said, "Peter's experience and
judgment have been of great value to us during the twelve years he has
served on our Board, and the other Board members and I sincerely
appreciate his contributions to Interpool over that period. We regret
that his recent health problems have made it impossible for him to
continue serving on our Board. We will miss him and we wish him and
his family all the best."

   Interpool is one of the world's leading suppliers of equipment and
services to the transportation industry. The company is the world's
largest lessor of intermodal container chassis and a world-leading
lessor of cargo containers used in international trade.

   This Press Release contains certain forward-looking statements
regarding future circumstances. These forward-looking statements are
subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those contemplated in such forward-looking
statements, including in particular the risks and uncertainties
described in the company's SEC filings. The Company undertakes no
obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking
statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof.