SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

February 28, 2011
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)

Cronos Global Income Fund XVI, L.P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

California
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)


0-27496		94-3230380

(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

One Front Street, Suite 925, San Francisco, California 94111
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(415) 677-8990
(Fund’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:


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Item 2.02		Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

The Registrant, Cronos Global Income Fund XVI, L.P., a California limited partnership (the “Fund”), was organized on September 1, 1995 to engage in the business of owning and leasing marine cargo containers to third-party lessees. The Fund is managed by Cronos Capital Corp., a California corporation (“CCC”), its general partner.

On February 28, 2011, CCC, for and on behalf of the Fund, transmitted its letter to the limited partners of the Fund reporting on the Fund’s results of operations for the fourth calendar quarter of 2010. A copy of the letter is furnished with this report as Exhibit 99.1.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the attached letter, shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be set forth by specific reference in such filing


Item 9.01		Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits


	99.1			Letter report to the limited partners of the Fund from CCC, dated February 28, 2011.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


	CRONOS GLOBAL INCOME FUND XVI, L.P.
	By	Cronos Capital Corp.,
		The General Partner



	By	/s/ Frank P. Vaughan
		Frank P. Vaughan
		Chief Financial Officer

Date: February 28, 2011

INDEX TO EXHIBITS


Exhibit		Description
	99.1	Letter report from Cronos Capital Corp., general partner of Cronos Global Income Fund XVI, L.P., dated February 28, 2011 reporting on results of operations for the fourth calendar quarter of 2010.

CRONOS GLOBAL INCOME FUND XVI LP 8-K