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

April 29, 2011

~~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

~~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

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

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Item 27.0201 ~~Results~~Regulation ofFD ~~Operations and Financial Condition~~Disclosure.

~~The~~ On ~~Registrant~~April 29, 2011, Cronos Global Income Fund XVI, L.P., a California limited partnership (the “” Fund”), ~~was~~mailed ~~organized~~its on2010 ~~September 1,~~annual ~~1995~~report to ~~engage~~its inlimited ~~the~~partners, ~~business~~which ofincludes ~~owning~~a ~~and~~letter ~~leasing~~to ~~marine~~the ~~cargo~~limited ~~containers~~partners tofrom ~~third-party~~Peter ~~lessees~~J. ~~The~~Younger, ~~Fund~~President isand ~~managed~~Chief byExecutive Officer of Cronos Capital Corp., ~~a California corporation~~ (“ CCC”), ~~its~~the general partner of the Fund. A copy of the letter to limited partners is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The 2010 annual report to limited partners consists of the Fund’s 2010 Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the SEC on March 16, 2011.

On The ~~February 28,~~information ~~2011,~~in ~~CCC,~~this ~~for~~Current ~~and~~Report on ~~behalf~~Form of8-K, including the ~~Fund~~attached letter, ~~transmitted~~shall ~~its~~not be ~~letter~~deemed to“filed” for the ~~limited~~ ~~partners~~purposes of Section 18 of the ~~Fund~~Securities ~~reporting~~Exchange onAct ~~the~~of ~~Fund’s~~1934 (“ ~~results~~Exchange ofAct”) ~~operations~~or ~~for~~otherwise subject to the ~~fourth~~liability ~~calendar~~of that section, nor shall it be ~~quarter~~deemed ofincorporated ~~2010.~~by Areference ~~copy~~in ofany filing under the ~~letter~~Securities isAct ~~furnished~~of ~~with~~1933 ~~this~~or ~~report~~the Exchange Act, except as ~~Exhibit 99~~shall be set forth by specific reference in such filing.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~~April 2829, 2011.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the ~~Company~~Fund has duly ~~caused~~ 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~~April 2829, 2011

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit		Description		~~Description~~
99.1	~~99.1~~	Letter from Cronos Capital Corp., general partner of Cronos Global Income Fund XVI, L.P. (the “Fund”), dated April 29, 2011, to the limited partners of the Fund.		~~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.~~

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