UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549

                                     FORM 4

                  STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

    Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
       Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
               Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

|_|   Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
      obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*

   Tuchman               Martin
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   (Last)               (First)                 (Middle)

   c/o Interpool Inc.
   211 College Road East
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                                    (Street)

   Princeton            New Jersey              08540
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   (City)               (State)                 (Zip)

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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

   Interpool, Inc. (IPX)
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)


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4. Statement for Month/Year

   September 2002
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)


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6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
   (Check all applicable)

   |X|   Director                             |X|   10% Owner
   |X|   Officer (give title below)           |_|   Other (specify below)
         Chairman/CEO
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

   |X|  Form filed by One Reporting Person
   |_|  Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

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* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction
  4(b)(v).



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           Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
                             or Beneficially Owned
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                                                                                                     6.
                                                      4.                              5.             Owner-
                                                      Securities Acquired (A) or      Amount of      ship
                                         3.           Disposed of (D)                 Securities     Form:     7.
                                         Transaction  (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)             Beneficially   Direct    Nature of
                           2.            Code         ----------------------------    Owned at End   (D) or    Indirect
1.                         Transaction   (Instr. 8)                   (A)             of Month       Indirect  Beneficial
Title of Security          Date          ------------     Amount      or     Price    (Instr. 3      (I)       Ownership
(Instr. 3)                 (mm/dd/yy)     Code     V                  (D)             and 4)         (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock               09/27/02       P              205           A     12.10                      I         [1,2]
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Common Stock               09/27/02       P              4,925         A     12.15    512,173           I         [1,2]
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                                                                                      6,726,937         D
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(1) Stock acquired by Kingstone Capital Group LLC a New Jersey limited liability
company in which Princeton International Properties, Inc. holds a 51.304%
interest. Mr. Tuchman and members of his immediate family own 100% interest in
Princeton International Properties, Inc., a NJ corporation.

(2) Aggregate indirect beneficial interest in 512,173 shares includes 3,037
shares owned by Mr. Tuchman's wife, 4,749 shares owned by the estate of Mr.
Tuchman's mother; 1,500 shares held by Mr. Tuchman's wife's pension plan; 8,668
shares held by a pension plan f/b/o Mr. Tuchman; 96,619 shares held by a
revocable grantor trust of which Mr. Tuchman is the grantor and trustee and Mr.
Tuchman's brother is the beneficiary; 182,381 shares held by Princeton
International Properties, Inc. a New Jersey corporation wholly owned by the
reporting person and his wife; 5797 shares held by Kingstone Capital Group LLC a
New Jersey limited liability company in which Mr. Tuchman owns a 51.304%
interest through Princeton International Properties, Inc.. a New Jersey
corporation wholly owned by Mr. Tuchman and his immediate family; 7,000 shares
owned by The Tuchman Foundaiton, a New Jersey Non-Profit organization of which
Mr. Tuchman and his immediate family are the Trustees and 202,422 shares held by
the WSW Exchange Fund.

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.


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FORM 4 (continued)

Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
            (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

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                                                                                                          9.        10.
                                                                                                          Number    Owner-
                                                                                                          of        ship
                    2.                                                                                    Deriv-    Form of
                    Conver-                    5.                              7.                         ative     Deriv-   11.
                    sion                       Number of                       Title and Amount           Secur-    ative    Nature
                    or                         Derivative    6.                of Underlying     8.       ities     Secur-   of
                    Exer-             4.       Securities    Date              Securities        Price    Bene-     ity:     In-
                    cise     3.       Trans-   Acquired (A)  Exercisable and   (Instr. 3 and 4)  of       ficially  Direct   direct
                    Price    Trans-   action   or Disposed   Expiration Date   ----------------  Deriv-   Owned     (D) or   Bene-
1.                  of       action   Code     of(D)         (Month/Day/Year)            Amount  ative    at End    In-      ficial
Title of            Deriv-   Date     (Instr.  (Instr. 3,    ----------------            or      Secur-   of        direct   Owner-
Derivative          ative    (Month/  8)       4 and 5)      Date     Expira-            Number  ity      Month     (I)      ship
Security            Secur-   Day/     ------   ------------  Exer-    tion               of      (Instr.  (Instr.   (Instr.  (Instr.
(Instr. 3)          ity      Year)    Code V    (A)   (D)    cisable  Date     Title     Shares  5)       4)        4)       4)
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Explanation of Responses:

**  Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
    Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

/s/ Martin Tuchman                                              9/27/2002
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** Signature of Reporting Person                                  Date

Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If
      space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.


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