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15 Jul 2015

Biggest Spenders of 2015

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Online ships data platform VesselsValue.com has rounded up the top spenders in terms of second hand tonnage for the first half of 2015. Leading the industry in total amount spent on second hand tonnage so far in 2015 is U.S.-based Gener8 Maritime, who spent roughly $1.4 billion on 14 vessels. The seaborne crude oil transportation services company formed earlier this year as result of a merger between General Maritime Corporation and Navig8 Crude Tankers Inc. Second in spending was the Malaysian headquartered tanker shipping group MISC who spent about $1.065 billion on five second hand vessels.

08 May 2015

General Maritime, Navig8 Crude Complete Merger

General Maritime Corporation and Navig8 Crude Tankers Inc. General Maritime Corporation and Navig8 Crude Tankers Inc. have completed a merger to create Gener8 Maritime, Inc., a U.S.-based provider of international seaborne oil transportation services. In accordance with the terms of the definitive agreement, Navig8 Crude merged with a newly-formed subsidiary of General Maritime and became a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Maritime. General Maritime was renamed Gener8 Maritime. Navig8 Crude shareholders will receive 0.8947 shares of Gener8 Maritime for each share of Navig8 Crude common stock. The definitive agreement provides that…

18 May 2012

General Maritime Successfully Emerges from Bankruptcy

General Maritime Corporation has announced that it has successfully completed its financial restructuring and has emerged from Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. Through the restructuring process, General Maritime substantially deleveraged its balance sheet, positioning the reorganized Company to be a financially stronger global enterprise. General Maritime successfully reduced its outstanding debt by approximately $600 million and its cash interest expense by approximately $42 million annually. In addition, the Company received a new capital infusion of $175 million from investment entities affiliated with Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. (the "Oaktree Funds").

04 May 2012

General Maritime Corp to Emerge from Bankruptcy Soon

General Maritime Corp. Financial Indebtedness to be reduced by approximately $600 Million; Oaktree Managed Funds to Provide $175 Million in new capital

. General Maritime Corporation (the "Company") has announced that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the "Bankruptcy Court") confirmed the second amended joint plan of reorganization (the "Plan") of the Company and its direct and indirect subsidiaries that are debtors under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code (the "Debtors"). General Maritime currently expects to emerge from Chapter 11 in May 2012 after the conditions to effectiveness of the Plan are satisfied.

28 Mar 2012

General Maritime Announces Agreement With Creditors

New York - General Maritime Corporation announced that it had reached an agreement on a modified plan of reorganization with the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. and their investment entities and holders of more than 40 percent of the Company's Senior Notes. The Modified Plan is also supported by 66-2/3 percent of the Company's key senior lenders, including its bank group, led by Nordea Bank Finland plc., New York Branch as administrative agent. The Modified Plan will allow for a consensual reorganization of the Company, substantially deleverage the Company's balance sheet, provide a greater recovery to unsecured creditors, and position the Company to be a financially stronger, competitive global enterprise.

02 Feb 2012

General Maritime Reorganizes

General Maritime Files Plan of Reorganization and Disclosure Statement; Plan Supported by the Company's Key Senior Lenders. General Maritime Corporation announced today that it has filed a Plan of Reorganization (the "Plan") and a Disclosure Statement (the "Disclosure Statement") with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the "Court"). The Company intends to seek confirmation of the Plan by April 2012. Under the terms of the Plan, the Company will receive an infusion of $175 million in new capital from funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. ("Oaktree"), less the amount raised in the rights offering described below, will continue to operate as a going concern and will reduce its funded indebtedness by approximately $600 million. Jeffrey D.

11 May 2011

General Maritime Corporation Announces Q1 2011 Results

General Maritime Corporation (NYSE: GMR) today reported its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2011. Excluding the $3.3 million non-cash loss relating to the disposal of vessels and vessel equipment as well as the $1.8 million impairment of goodwill and $0.1 million other income, the Company recorded a net loss of $26.5 million or $0.31 basic and $0.31 diluted loss per share for the three months ended March 31, 2011, compared to net loss of $9.3 million or $0.17 basic and $0.17 diluted loss per share for the three months ended March 31…

10 May 2011

General Maritime Refinancing Initiative

General Maritime Corporation (NYSE: GMR) announced today that it has completed the syndication of an Amendment of its 2005 revolving credit facility of $550 million and $200 million payment-in-kind toggle floating rate secured notes ("Secured Notes") with Oaktree Capital Management L.P. ("Oaktree"). Together, the Secured Notes and the amended revolving credit facility are expected to enable the Company to improve its liquidity and operational flexibility, while reducing its near-term cash requirements.

14 Feb 2011

General Maritime Sells Aframax & Suezmax Tankers

General Maritime Corporation (NYSE: GMR) announced that it has completed the sale of the Genmar Princess, a 1991-built Aframax tanker, to an unaffiliated third party, generating net proceeds of $7.5m. The Company also announced it has entered into an agreement to sell the Genmar Gulf, a 1991-built Suezmax tanker, in a separate transaction with another unaffiliated third party. The sale of the Genmar Gulf is expected to generate net proceeds of $11m and close by February 28, 2011. The Company intends to use net proceeds from the sale of both vessels, which are expected to total approximately $18.5m, to pay down debt under the Company's $750m revolving credit facility.

19 Jan 2011

General Maritime to Sell, Leaseback Product Tankers

General Maritime Corporation (NYSE: GMR) announced that it has entered into memoranda of agreement to sell three product tankers, the 2004-built Genmar Concord, the 2005-built Stena Concept and the 2005-built Stena Contest, to affiliates of Northern Shipping Fund Management Bermuda, Ltd., an alternative capital provider to the shipping and offshore oil service sectors. General Maritime will receive net proceeds totaling $61.7m for the sale of the three vessels. The sale will fulfill the requirement under the amended bridge loan, which is expected to be repaid in the current first quarter of 2011. The sale is subject to the leaseback of the vessels under bareboat charters to be entered into with the purchasers for a period of seven years at a rate of $6…

29 Oct 2010

General Maritime Q3 & Nine Months Results

General Maritime Corporation (NYSE: GMR) reported its financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010. The Company recorded a net loss of $26.0 million or $0.30 basic and $0.30 diluted loss per share for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to net income of $14.8 million or $0.27 basic and $0.27 diluted earnings per share for the three months ended September 30, 2009. The decrease in net income was primarily the result of a 31.9% decrease in TCE to $19,109 per day for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $28,077 per day for the prior year period, as well as a $13.6 million increase in net interest expense to $21.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $7.7 million for the prior year period.

23 Sep 2010

General Maritime Charters Six Double-Hull Vessels

General Maritime Corporation (NYSE: GMR) announced that it has reached definitive agreements to enter into time charter contracts for six of its vessels with Trafigura, one of the world's leading international commodity traders that specializes in the oil, minerals and metals markets. Founded in 1993, Trafigura has 67 offices located in 44 countries throughout Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and North, Central and South America. The six vessels under contract include the Genmar Hercules and the Genmar Atlas, both 2007-built VLCCs, the Genmar Argus and the Genmar Spyridon, both 2000-built Suezmax tankers, as well as the Genmar Defiance and the Genmar Daphne, both 2002-built Aframax tankers.

29 Jul 2010

General Maritime Q2 & Six Months Results

General Maritime Corporation (NYSE:GMR) reported its financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010. The company recorded a net loss of $14.3 million or $0.25 basic and $0.25 diluted loss per share for the three months ended June 30, 2010 compared to net income of $7.3 million or $0.13 basic and $0.13 diluted earnings per share for the three months ended June 30, 2009. The decrease in net income was primarily the result of an 18.1% decrease in TCE to $22,633 per day for the three months ended June 30, 2010 compared to $27,649 per day for the prior year period, as well as an $11.2 million increase in net interest expense to $19.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2010 compared to $7.8 million for the prior year period.

29 Apr 2010

General Maritime Q1 2010 Results

General Maritime Corporation (NYSE:GMR) reported its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2010. The company recorded a net loss of $9.1 million or $0.16 basic and $0.16 diluted loss per share for the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to net income of $18.9 million or $0.35 basic and $0.34 diluted earnings per share for the three months ended March 31, 2009. The decrease in net income was primarily due to a 21% decrease in our fleet TCE compared to the prior year period, as well as increased direct vessel operating expenses relating to the $1.1 million write-offs of certain insurance claims not deemed to be collectible for the three months ended March 31, 2010.

31 Jul 2009

General Maritime Q2, Six Mo. 2009 Results

General Maritime Corporation (NYSE:GMR) reported its financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009. Excluding other expense, the company recorded net income of $7.7 million or $0.14 basic and $0.14 diluted earnings per share for the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared to $20.0 million or $0.52 basic and $0.50 diluted earnings per share for the three months ended June 30, 2008. The decrease in net income excluding other expense was principally the result of lower Time Charter Equivalent rates or TCE realized in the current quarter versus the prior year period as well as lower utilization primarily due to drydocking.

18 May 2009

Trial of Atlantis Artificial Seabed System

Atlantis Deepwater Orient Limited (ADOL) announced that a full scale trial of the Atlantis Artificial Seabed System was successfully completed on April 27, 2009. The well location is in the South China Sea on the Chinese Continental shelf. "The success of this trial will now set the stage for other interested parties to lease the technology from ADOL. We expect the technology will be very attractive to offshore drilling companies in markets worldwide," said Peter Georgiopoulos, Chairman of General Maritime Corporation (NYSE:GMR) , Genco Shipping and Trading, Ltd. (NYSE:GNK) , and Aegean Marine Petroleum (NYSE:ANW). Georgiopoulos is a major investor in ADOL…

23 Mar 2009

Marchand in Int’l Maritime Hall of Fame

The International Maritime Hall of Fame announced recently the Georgia Ports Authority’s (GPA) Executive Director Doug J. Marchand will be honored as one of its newest members on May 13, 2009, at the United Nations in New York City. The International Maritime Hall of Fame was founded in 1993 and recognizes maritime visionaries, who, through excellence in their company, organization, or services, best exemplify the qualities of futuristic thinking that will guide the maritime industry in the 21st Century. “By creating unique opportunities and success at the Ports of Savannah and Brunswick, Doug has set the standard in the port industry and developed a model others attempt to duplicate,” said GPA’s Chairman of the Board Steve Green. Marchand has served as GPA’s Executive Director since 1995.

07 Aug 2008

General Maritime, Arlington Tankers Merge

General Maritime Corporation and Arlington Tankers Ltd. jointly entered into a definitive agreement whereby the two companies will combine in a stock- for-stock combination. Under the terms of the definitive agreement, approved unanimously by the Boards of Directors of both General Maritime and Arlington Tankers, shareholders of General Maritime will receive 1.340 shares of the combined company for each share of General Maritime held, and shareholders of Arlington Tankers will receive one share of the combined company for each share of Arlington Tankers held. The combination will create a leading publicly traded tanker company. The combined company, to be named General Maritime Corporation, will be headquartered in .

23 Oct 2008

Arlington Tankers Releases 3Q Results

's Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.57 per share. The dividend is payable on November 4, 2008 to shareholders of record at the close of business on October 31, 2008. The additional charter hire earned during the third quarter of 2008 was derived from profit sharing arrangements under the time charters of the Company's V-MAX, Panamax and Product tankers. Of the $1.2 million in additional charter hire, $700,000 was attributed to profit sharing for the two V-MAX vessels. The remaining $500,000 was attributed to additional charter hire from the Company's two Panamax tankers. For these two vessels, the average time charter equivalent rates under the Company's profit sharing agreements over the preceding twelve months were in excess of contractual minimum levels.

21 Nov 2008

Aegean Appoints New Director

Marine Petroleum Network Inc. (NYSE:ANW) announced that it has named George J. Konomos to its Board of Directors. With the appointment of Mr. Konomos, who will serve as Chairman of the Company's Audit Committee, Aegean will have a total of seven Directors, of which the majority remain independent. Mr. Konomos, 69, has approximately 35 years of financial experience. Currently, he is a Senior Advisor with Latigo Partners L.P., an alternative asset manager and serves on the Board of Directors for General Maritime Corporation. From 2000 to 2005, Mr. Konomos was the Co-Portfolio Manager at Mellon-HBV Rediscovered Opportunities Fund. Mr. Konomos' experience prior to joining Mellon-HBV includes 11 years as an Investment Manager at Baker Nye Investments…

03 Dec 2008

General Maritime-Genmar Defiance Update

General Maritime Corporation (NYSE:GMR) announced that a jury in the Southern District of Texas federal court returned guilty verdicts against two vessel officers of the Genmar Defiance, one of the company's wholly-owned Aframax vessels, and GMM Portugal, a subsidiary of the company, on two counts for violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships and 18 USC 1001, respectively, in connection with an investigation and trial previously reported by the company relating to potential failures by shipboard staff to properly record discharges of bilge waste during the period of November 24, 2007 through November 26, 2007. The company intends to appeal the guilty verdicts and to make motions for a judgment of acquittal and a new trial.

19 Dec 2008

GMR Combines with Arlington Tankers

General Maritime Corporation (GMR) announced that Historic General Maritime and Arlington Tankers Ltd. have completed their combination to form public company to be known as General Maritime Corporation (formerly known as Galileo Holding Corporation). In accordance with the terms of their merger agreement, Historic General Maritime and Arlington each became wholly-owned subsidiaries of General Maritime. All outstanding shares of both companies were exchanged for shares of General Maritime. Arlington shareholders are entitled to receive one share of General Maritime common stock for each share of Arlington common stock they held immediately prior to the effective time of the combination…

04 Mar 2009

General Maritime 4Q and 2008 Results

On Feb. 25, General Maritime Corporation (NYSE:GMR) reported its financial results for the three months and full year ended December 31, 2008. Excluding the $3.2m of other gain and $34m in compensation accruals in connection with the company's executive transition plan as well as litigation costs in connection with the Genmar Defiance, the company recorded net income of $19.3m or $0.47 basic and $0.45 diluted earnings per share for the three months ended December 31, 2008. Net loss was $11.5m or $0.28 basic and $0.28 diluted loss per share, for the three months ended December 31, 2008, compared to net income of $5.2m, or $0.13 basic and $0.13 diluted earnings per share, for the three months ended December 31, 2007.