Marine Dry Bulk Transportation Services News

The Greek provider of marine dry bulk shipping services Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corporation announced that it received approval, in form of commitment letters, from one of its existing lenders to extend the maturity of two loan facilities.According to the Nasdaq listed pure-play capesize ship-owner said that the loan facilities are secured by the M/V Leadership and M/V Squireship and their respective maturities are extended from March 17, 2020 and November 10, 2021 to December 31, 2022.The underlying terms remain substantially the same, while the commitment letters provide, amongst others, that certain financial covenants and restrictions on dividend payments binding the Company would no longer apply.The approval is subject to completion of definitive documentation, it said.

The drydocking of the vessel M/V Lordship was completed yesterday (August 01), marking the first milestone in Seanergy Maritime Holdings' scrubber and ballast water treatment system (BWTS) installation program.The Greece-based international shipping company said in a stock exchange announcement that the dry docking of the M/V Partnership is currently ongoing."Three vessels will follow within August, September and October 2019, respectively, in line with our initial installation schedule," said the provider of marine dry bulk transportation services through the ownership and operation of dry bulk vessels."In addition, we have agreed with one of our existing charterers…

Seanergy Maritime Holdings has anounced that it has signed agreement to acquire one modern capesize vessel and sale of two supramax vessels to become the only US-listed pure-play capesize vessel owner.The international shipping company that provides marine dry bulk transportation services said in a press release that  it has entered into definitive agreements with unaffiliated third parties for the purchase of a modern secondhand Capesize vessel and the sale of two Supramax drybulk vessels.The transactions are expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2018. Following these transactions, Seanergy will be the only pure-play Capesize vessel owner listed in the US public markets.The Company has agreed to acquire a modern secondhand Capesize vessel from an unaffiliated third party…

Safe Bulkers announced that it has acquired a 181,000 dwt, Japanese, 2009-built, dry-bulk, Capesize class vessel at an attractive price. The acquisition was financed from cash on hand.The international provider of marine dry-bulk transportation services said that following a dry docking the vessel is expected to be employed in the time charter market.As of August 13, 2018, the weighted time charter average of the Baltic Exchange Cape Index (BCI AVG5TC) was $26,059 per day. Dr. Loukas Barmparis, President of the Company commented: “While we remain focused on the optimization of our capital structure by buying back later this month a Kamsarmax class vessel under sale and lease back agreement…

Seanergy Maritime Holdings announced that it has successfully completed the refinancing of a previous loan facility secured by M/Vs Lordship and Knightship. Both vessels are Capesize bulk carriers built in 2010 in South Korea, purchased by Seanergy in 2016. The original maturity of the Facility was December 2019. M/V Knightship was refinanced in June 2018 through a sale and leaseback transaction with AVIC International Leasing Co., Ltd., a major Chinese state-owned financing institution. Seanergy sold and chartered the vessel back on a bareboat basis for an eight year period, having a purchase obligation at the end of the eighth year. The Company has the option to repurchase the vessel at any time following the second anniversary of the bareboat charter party.

Safe Bulkers, an international provider of marine dry-bulk transportation services, announced today that it has acquired a 92,000 dwt, South Korean 2010 built, dry-bulk, Post-Panamax class vessel at an attractive price. The vessel is a sistership of the Company’s two existing South Korean Post-Panamax class vessels. The acquisition was financed from cash on hand. Dr. Loukas Barmparis, President of the Company commented: “In parallel with the optimization of our capital structure our Board has decided to invest in a second hand vessel which we believe it will be accretive to our revenues. As of October 25, 2017, Safe Bulkers' operational fleet comprised of 38 drybulk vessels with an average age of 7.3 years and an aggregate carrying capacity of 3.4 million dwt.

Greece-based Seanergy Maritime Holdings announced that it has entered into a time charter contract with a major European utility and energy company for its recently delivered Capesize vessel. The 2012-built M/V Partnership will commence a period employment of about twelve to eighteen months and is expected to generate approximately $8.8 million of gross revenue, assuming the full 18 months employment. Stamatis Tsantanis, the Company’s Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, said: “We are pleased to announce a period employment contract for our most recent Capesize acquisition. The strong rate achieved supports our projections for continued improvement in the Capesize market and overall dry bulk sector.

Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp has entered into a time charter contract (T/C) with a major European charterer, for one of its Capesize dry bulk vessels, for a period of about 18 months to about 22 months. The T/C is for the 180,000 dwt Capesize vessel M/V Lordship and is expected to commence in June 2017, upon expiration of the vessel's current T/C with the same charterer. The net daily charter hire is index-linked rate based on the 5 T/C route rate of Baltic Capesize Index (BCI). In addition, the charter contract provides the option to Seanergy to convert at any time and for a period of minimum three months to maximum 12 months the index-linked rate into a fixed rate corresponding to the prevailing value of the respective Capesize FFA.

Athens, Greece - Safe Bulkers Inc., an international provider of marine dry bulk transportation services, announced today that it has sold an additional 750,000 shares of common stock pursuant to the underwriters’ option to purchase these shares at $6.50 per share, raising an additional $4,875,000 in aggregate gross proceeds before underwriting discounts and other offering expenses. The option had been granted in connection with a public offering of common stock, completed last week. Morgan Stanley, B of A Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse acted as book-running managers and Evercore Partners acted as co- manager of the offering, which was made under an effective shelf registration statement.