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26 Nov 2013

Star Bulk Reports Improved 2013 3Q Results

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Star Bulk Carriers Corp., a global shipping company focusing on the transportation of dry bulk cargoes, announced its unaudited financial and operating results for the three and the nine months ended September 30, 2013. Adjusted Net income for the third quarter of 2013 was $2.3 million compared to an adjusted net loss of $3.8 million during the same quarter in 2012. Adjusted Net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 was $7.6 million compared to an adjusted net loss of $0.6 million during the same period of the previous year.

20 Mar 2013

Bulk Shipping Company Shaves Loss by Good Housekeeping

Greece's Star Bulk Carriers Corp. announce its unaudited financial & operating results for the 3 & the 12 months ended December 31, 2012. Star Bulk is a global shipping company providing worldwide seaborne transportation solutions in the dry bulk sector. Its vessels transport major bulks, which include iron ore, coal and grain and minor bulks including bauxite, fertilizers and steel products. The company reported a net loss of about US$315-million in 2012. On January 2, 2013, Star Bulk announced that the Company had reached an agreement with its lenders for the deferral of a minimum of $20.2 million of its principal repayments and the relaxation of its financial covenants during 2013 and 2014.

10 Jan 2012

Star Bulk Redeploys Star Sigma

Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (Nasdaq: SBLK) said that the vessel Star Sigma which was time chartered to Pacific Bulk Shipping Ltd. of Hong Kong until October 2013 at a gross daily rate of $38,000, was redelivered to the Company. Pacific Bulk has agreed to pay the Company a lump sum of $5.734 million in cash for the early redelivery of this vessel. The Company received a cash installment of $3.5 million on January 5, 2012 and the remaining balance of $2.234 million is scheduled to be paid by Pacific Bulk on/or about January 20, 2012. In addition to the lump sum payment, Pacific Bulk supplied Star Sigma with 1,027 metric tons of fuel, valued approximately $0.7 million.

08 Jun 2009

Star Bulk 1Q Results

Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (Nasdaq: SBLK), a global shipping company focusing on transportation of dry bulk cargoes, announced its unaudited financial and operating results for the three month period ended March 31, 2009. •    For the first quarter of 2009, net income was $22.5 million versus net income of $16.7 million for the first quarter of 2008, an increase of approximately 34%. •    For the first quarter of 2009, total revenue was $45.1 million versus total revenue of $41.7 million for the first quarter of 2008, an increase of approximately 8%.

22 May 2009

Star Bulk New Time Charters, Vessel Mngmt

Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (NasdaqGM: SBLK), a global shipping company focusing on the transportation of dry bulk cargoes announced that the company entered into a new one-year time charter agreement for the Star Theta, a 52,425 dwt 2003-built Supramax vessel, at a gross daily rate of $11,300. On May 18, 2009 the vessel was delivered to its new charterer, Cargill. The company also entered into a new time charter agreement with the existing charterer for the Star Kappa, a 52,055 dwt 2001-built Supramax vessel, for a minimum of 63 months and a maximum of 65 months at a gross daily charterhire rate of $25,500. The new time charter agreement is effective as of April 7, 2009 and replaces the existing charter.

27 Jan 2009

Star Bulk FFA Transactions, Private Placement

Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (Nasdaq: SBLK), a global shipping company focusing on the transportation of dry bulk cargoes announced that the company has sold contracts in the Freight Forward Agreement ("FFA") market on the Capesize index for Calendar 2009 for a total of 360 calendar days with an average rate of approximately $19,900 per day. The Capesize index refers to a modern Capesize dry bulk carrier. The contracts are intended to serve as an approximate hedge for one of the company's Capesize vessels trading in the spot market for 2009, effectively locking-in the approximate amount of revenue that the company expects to receive from such vessel for the period.

16 Apr 2008

Star Bulk Takes Delivery of Vessel

Star Bulk Carriers Corp. announced that it has taken delivery of the Star Sigma, a Japanese built Capesize vessel of 184,400 dwt built in 1991. On delivery, Star Sigma has also commenced her one-year time charter employment at a gross daily rate of $100,000 followed by a three-year time charter employment at an average gross daily rate of $63,000. Star Bulk's fleet consists of eleven dry bulk vessels including three Capesize, one Panamax and seven Supramax vessels. As of today, the company's operational fleet is ten vessels consisting of three Capesize, one Panamax and six Supramax vessels. The eleventh vessel, a Supramax, is scheduled for delivery later this month.

12 Mar 2008

Star Bulk Announces Charter

Star Bulk Carriers Corp. announced it has agreed to a further three-year time charter for its capesize vessel Star Sigma. The three-year charter will commence in April 2009 when the current one-year time charter at a gross daily rate of USD 100,000 will expire. The three-year charter has gross daily charter average rate of $63,000 staggered as follows: USD 69,000 for the first year (April 2009-April 2010), USD 63,000 for the second year (April 2010-April 2011) and USD 57,000 for the third year (April 2011-April 2012). Star Sigma is a 1991-built Capesize vessel of 184,400 dwt. Star Bulk expects to take delivery of the Star Sigma within April 2008 at which time the one-year time charter will commence.

28 Jan 2008

Star Bulk Acquires Bulk Carrier

Star Bulk Carriers Corp. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a Capesize bulk carrier of approx. 180,000 dwt, built in 1991 in Japan, for approximately $83.7 million from Japanese interests. The vessel will be financed through a combination of company cash and bank debt. The vessel to be renamed the M/V Star Sigma, is scheduled to be delivered to Star Bulk within April/May 2008. It comes with a one-year time charter back to its present owners which will commence on the day of its delivery to Star Bulk at a gross rate of $100,000 daily thereby expected to add revenue in excess of $ 35 million during its twelve month employment under the time charter.