Genco Shipping Trading Ltd News

For the second year straight, US-based Pangaea Logistics ranks highest among dry bulk owners based on Time Charter Earnings (TCE), according to a recent market benchmarking report.Notably, the Rhode Island-headquartered shipowner's 53.7% TCE performance is well above Hong Kong's Pacific Basin Shipping Ltd. (24.3%) and Thailand's Thoresen Thai Agencies (23.5%) in second and third place respectively.The Vesselindex Performance Report by Danish maritime advisors Liengaard & Roschmann measures the TCE performance of 25 individual companies in relation to the earning potential of their respective fleets, making sure that no company is neither penalized nor getting an advantage from inferior/superior fleet compositions.

Peter Georgiopoulos’s Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd., an operator of dry-bulk cargo ships, steamed into the No. 3 berth on the Top 10 List for 2014 when it filed for chapter 11 protection on April 21, 2014, in the Southern District of New York with nearly $3 billion in assets and $1.5 billion in debt. According to Jones Day composition of the Top 10 List of public bankruptcy filings for 2014 weakness in charter rates made it difficult for the company to pay its creditors. The shipping industry has suffered from a glut of vessels after buying too many before the 2008 global recession, driving down rates and saddling companies like Genco with too much debt.

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc's shares shot up to as much as $15.46 from 68 cents as the company cut its borrowings by about 80 percent after converting debt into equity under a financial restructuring program. The stock was the top percentage gainer on the Nasdaq, with more than 14.4 million shares being traded by 11.46 a.m. ET, over 10 times their 10-day daily average volume. Excess capacity in the past couple of years has forced several shipping companies to file for bankruptcy, including Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd, Overseas Shipholding Group Inc and Nautilus Holdings Ltd. The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, has fallen by about 50 percent in the past year.

A U.S. bankruptcy judge said on Wednesday he will approve Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd's plan to exit its Chapter 11 bankruptcy after he overruled objections from shareholders. Judge Sean Lane of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan said he found that the company's value was not higher than Genco's $1.48 billion estimate. Shareholders objected to the plan because they said the company was worth more and they deserved a bigger payout. (Reporting by Nick Brown in New York; Writing by Tom Hals in Wilmington, Delaware; Editing by Marguerita Choy)

Nautilus Holdings Ltd, a Bermuda-chartered company that leases containerships, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New York, becoming the latest victim of a depressed shipping industry. The company has about $770 million in debt, according to papers filed late Monday with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan. International shipping rates have fallen in recent years as large new vessels entered service at the same time that a sluggish global economy was curbing trade. Nautilus said it had some profitable charter contracts and believed it was well-positioned to restructure its obligations, but it filed for bankruptcy protection to bring creditors into a single forum for negotiations.

Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd said it filed for prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after struggling with weak rates due to an oversupply of vessels. The drybulk shipper said it expected its operations to continue normally and did not require debtor-in-possession finance. Lenders backing a $1.06 billion credit facility would convert their debt into about 81.1 percent of company's stock, the company said earlier this month. Genco said on Monday Baltic Trading Ltd, a company formed by Genco, and its units are not included in the restructuring program.

Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd. will cut its debt by more than $1 billion by giving control of the company to its lenders in a deal that requires the dry bulk shipping company to file for bankruptcy. Lenders backing a $1.06 billion credit facility would convert their debt into about 81.1 percent of company's stock, according to a regulatory filing from Thursday. Investors who hold $125 million of Genco convertible debt would receive 8.4 percent of the company. The remaining equity would be allocated to those investors funding a $100 million rights offering…

Bourbon reported that the recovery expected in the 4th quarter of 2010 was confirmed In the 1st quarter of 2011. Q1 2011 revenues up 23.8% year-on-year up 6.4% over the previous quarter. Commenting on the first quarter results, Christian Lefèvre, Chief Executive Officer of BOURBON, said: “As anticipated at the end of 2010, the market recovery is contributing to pushing vessel utilization rates up to 83.1% whilst daily rates are slightly higher than those in the fourth quarter of 2010. More rigorous demands from clients with regard to the safety and quality of operations is hastening the process of old vessel replacement by new vessels and is favorable for BOURBON’s services offer.

Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd. said it has cut the size of its primary and secondary public offering to about 3.7 million shares from 6.3 million, and has priced the offers at $75.47 per share. The company said it is offering 2.7 million shares and certain stockholders are selling about 1 million shares. Genco has also granted underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 560,600 additional shares to cover overallotments. Source:  CNN

Global credit woes have largely had little affect on the historic shipbuilding orderbook … yet. According to a Bloomburg report, there are signs that shipbuilding’s bull run may be coming to an end, fueled by the largest credit-market losses ever, which is starting to make attaining credit more difficult and putting in peril a number of shipbuilding orders. According to the Bloomburg report, as much as $14 billion in ship orders is threatened by cancellations and delays. With the potential for cancellation comes a silver lining…

Genco Shipping & Trading Limited (NYSE: GNK) announced that it has taken delivery of the Genco Titus, a 177,000 dwt Capesize newbuilding. The Genco Titus is the fourth vessel to be delivered to the Company under Genco's previously announced agreement on July 18, 2007 to acquire nine Capesize vessels from companies within the Metrostar Management Corporation group. The Company expects to deliver the Genco Titus to its charterer, Cargill International S.A., on November 17, 2007 to commence a time charter for 48 months at a gross rate of $45,000 per day, less a 5% third party brokerage commission. The charter, which is due to expire in November 2011, also includes a 50 percent index-based profit sharing component based on the daily BCI index.

Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd. said it overcame a challenge to a contract award from the U.S. Army worth up to $63.3m. Under the contract Genco will provide operations and maintenance support at the Army's base in Fort Lee, Virginia. The agreement has a base period of one year with four one-year options to renew. Genco's Infrastructure Solutions subsidiary began performing the contracted work Aug. 1. Shares of Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd. rose 71 cents Wednesday to $53.42 in midday trading. Source: AP