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03 Sep 2013

Iron Ore and Coal World Shipping Summit 2013

The fifth annual Iron Ore and Coal World Shipping Summit will take place on October 1 in Athens, Greece. The conference will focus on the maritime transportation of iron ore and coal, making an attempt to forecast the trends of global economy; iron ore, coal and other commodities, production and distribution; the trading markets, shipping capacities, shipbuilding and shipping requirements; the financing and investment climate, shipping innovation effects on ship-values and the environmental imperatives. •    Nicky Pappadakis, President Emeritus Intercargo and Chairman, I.G. Pappadakis & Co. •    Harris Vafias President & CEO, StealthGas Inc. •    George D. •    John Su Managing Director, Keen Maritime Services Inc. •    Janos Koenig Managing Director, Eurofin International Ltd.

08 Feb 2011

Capralos Star Bulk CEO & President

Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (NASDAQ: SBLK), announced that Spyros Capralos has been appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer, to succeed Akis Tsirigakis, effective as of February 7, 2011. Capralos has also been appointed to the Board of Directors which is now comprised of eight members. Tsirigakis will continue to serve as a director. Tsirigakis' parting was mutually agreed, so he may pursue other interests. Capralos served, until October 2010, as Chairman of the Athens Exchange and Chief Executive Officer of the Hellenic Exchanges Group and was the President of the Federation of European Securities Exchanges. He was formerly Vice Chairman of the National Bank of Greece…

13 Jan 2011

Star Bulk: Financing for Cape Size Newbuild

Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (NASDAQ: SBLK), announced that debt finance had been agreed for a pair of  Capesize newbuildings.The Company signed commitment letters with a major European bank for senior debt financing of both capesize vessels, currently under construction, for up to 60% of the vessels' price at favorable financing cost and terms. The loans cover the entire remaining payments to the shipyard for both vessels, therefore the Company is not required to contribute any additional equity until their completion. Star Epsilon: One Year Time Charter: The company has entered into a time charter contract with Norden for the Star Epsilon for one year, plus an option for one additional year, at a gross daily rate of $16,100. The Star Epsilon is a Supramax vessel of 52,402 dwt built in 2001.

26 Oct 2010

Star Bulk Receives $24.3M for Star Ypsilon Settlement

Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (NASDAQ: SBLK), announced that the claim involving the vessel Star Ypsilon has been settled. Under the settlement, the Company has received the amount of $22.22m as settlement for the unrealized revenues due to the interruption of the time charter of  the Star Ypsilon that occurred in July 2009. Star Bulk received separately the amount of $2.08m for unpaid charter hire, bunkers and interest, bringing the total amount collected to $24.3m in relation to full and final settlement of this claim. Akis Tsirigakis, President and CEO of Star Bulk, commented: "We are delighted to have collected $24.3 million, or approximately $0.39 per Star Bulk share outstanding, as settlement for the Star Ypsilon claim.

13 Aug 2010

Euroseas Results, Six-Months Quarter

Euroseas Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESEA), an owner and operator of drybulk and container carrier vessels and provider of seaborne transportation for drybulk and containerized cargoes, announced today its results for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2010. • Net income of $0.5 million or $0.02 per share basic and diluted on total net revenues of $13.7 million. Excluding the effect of unrealized gain and realized loss on derivatives and unrealized loss on trading securities and amortization of the fair value of charters acquired, the net income for the period would have been $0.5 million, or $0.02 per share basic and diluted. • Adjusted EBITDA was $5.0 million. Please refer to a subsequent section of the Press Release for a reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA to net income.

20 May 2010

Star Bulk Carriers Q1 Results

Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (NASDAQ: SBLK) announced its unaudited financial and operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010. Akis Tsirigakis, President and CEO of Star Bulk commented: "We are pleased that our continued cost reduction campaign contributed to our financial results for the first quarter of 2010 being $0.02 per share better than expected. We also entered into contracts to grow and renew our fleet, taking advantage of attractive asset valuations and opportune timing. During the quarter, we entered into agreements to sell one of our oldest vessels, a 1993 Capesize and replace it with a 2000 Capesize vessel. We also placed orders for two newbuilding Capesize vessels with deliveries scheduled in late 2011.

12 Apr 2010

Star Bulk Second Capesize Newbuild

Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (NASDAQ: SBLK) has signed a contract with ship-builder Hanjin to build a second capesize vessel of 180,000 deadweight tons, a sistership to the first vessel ordered, with expected delivery in November 2011. The company intends to finance both newbuildings through a combination of company cash and bank debt. Star Bulk has received offers for debt financing at favorable financing cost/terms. The company has not yet decided the ratio of company cash to bank debt that it will utilize. Akis Tsirigakis, President and CEO of Star Bulk, commented: "We are pleased to continue our organic growth through another most competitive acquisition of a newbuilding capesize vessel from a high quality ship builder.

29 Mar 2010

Star Bulk Capesize Newbuilding Contract

Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (NASDAQ: SBLK) announced that it has signed a contract with ship builder Hanjin to build a Capesize vessel of 180,000 deadweight tons, at a price of $53.5m with expected delivery in September 2011. The company has also entered into a ten year time charter agreement for the vessel with STX Panocean at a gross daily hire of $24,750. Star Bulk has also received offers for debt financing of up to 70% of the vessel's price at favorable financing cost/terms and expects to complete the financing within the second quarter of 2010. The company has not yet decided the ratio of Company cash to senior debt that it will utilize in this acquisition.

22 Mar 2010

Star Bulk Charter to Rio Tinto for Star Aurora

Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (NASDAQ: SBLK) announced that it has entered into a time charter agreement with Rio Tinto for the Star Aurora, a capsize vessel of 171,199 dwt, built in 2000 in Japan, for a period of about three years at a gross daily rate of $27,500. The vessel was recently purchased for $42.5m and is expected to be delivered to its new charterers in the fourth quarter 2010. Star Bulk will finance the acquisition with a mix of own cash and bank debt, has received offers for debt financing of up to 60% of the vessel's price at favorable financing cost and terms and expects to have agreed such financing within the second quarter of 2010.

23 Feb 2010

Star Bulk Q4 & Year End Results

Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (Nasdaq: SBLK), a global shipping company focusing on the transportation of dry bulk cargoes, announced its unaudited financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and the year ended December 31, 2009. Akis Tsirigakis, President and CEO of Star Bulk commented: "We are pleased to report that the Company completed its 2009 financial year, a challenging year, in a strong financial condition. As we look forward into 2010, our approach will be one of conservative growth by seeking value-enhancing assets, while maintaining the strength of our balance sheet. In this context, we believe that the recently announced acquisition of the capesize vessel…

03 Feb 2010

Star Bulk Sells Capesize Vessel Star Beta

Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (NASDAQ: SBLK), a global shipping company focusing on transportation of dry bulk cargoes, announced it has entered into an agreement to sell the Star Beta, a 174,691 dwt Capesize vessel, built 1993, to a third party for a contracted sale price of $22m. The company expects to deliver the vessel to the buyers in the second quarter of 2010 upon its redelivery from the current time charter. Akis Tsirigakis, President and CEO of Star Bulk, said, "We are pleased having agreed to sell one of our oldest vessels. We look forward to concentrate on renewing and growing our fleet.

26 Jun 2009

Star Bulk Declares Dividend, $.05 Per Share

Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (NASDAQ: SBLK) announced that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.05 per outstanding share of the company's common stock for the three months ending June 30, 2009. The dividend is payable on or about July 14, 2009 to shareholders of record as of July 7, 2009. The company received written consent from each of its lenders for the declaration and payment of this dividend in respect of the second quarter of 2009. Under the terms of the company's waiver agreements with its lenders, in effect up to February 2010, any payment of dividends during the applicable waiver period is subject to the lenders' prior written consent.

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.

17 Feb 2009

Star Bulk New Charter for Capesize Star Beta

Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (Nasdaq: SBLK), a global maritime transportation company focusing on dry bulk cargoes announced the Star Beta, a Capesize vessel of 174,691 dwt, built in 1993, has been time chartered for a period of 13 to 15 months at a gross daily rate of $32,500. The vessel is expected to be delivered to its new charterers within February 2009. The company has reached agreements in principle with its lenders to obtain waivers for certain covenants including minimum asset coverage covenants contained in its loan agreements. With respect to the $120m facility, the lender will waive the loan-to-value ratio covenant through January 31, 2010.

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.

26 Nov 2008

Star Bulk 3Q, 9 Mo Results

Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (Nasdaq: SBLK), a global shipping company focusing on transportation of dry bulk cargoes, announced its operating results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2008. •    The Company reported net income of $35.24 million for the third quarter of 2008 compared to net income of $0.94 million for the third quarter of 2007. •    Voyage and time charter revenues were $65.18 million for the third quarter of 2008. This figure includes revenues of $16.89 million attributable to the amortization of the fair value of below/above market acquired time charters. •    Earnings per share, basic and diluted for the third quarter of 2008 were $0.63 and $0.62, respectively.

03 Nov 2008

Star Beta Enters Time Charter

Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (NASDAQ:SBLK) announced that the 1993-built Capesize vessel M/V Star Beta has entered into period employment with Brazil's Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (Vale) for a minimum of two and a maximum of four months at the gross daily rate of $15,500 for the first 50 days and $25,000 for the days beyond 50 plus a repositioning ballast bonus of $525,000. Following this employment, Star Bulk's contracted fleet operating days under time charter in 2008, 2009 and 2010 is currently 100%, 80% and 66% respectively. Star Bulk is a global shipping company providing seaborne transportation solutions in the dry bulk sector. Star Bulk's vessels transport major bulks, which include iron ore, coal and grain and minor bulks such as bauxite, fertilizers and steel products.

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.

24 Jan 2008

Star Bulk Approves Finance Moves

Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (NASDAQ:SBLK) announced that its board of directors has approved a plan for the repurchase of up to an aggregate of $50 million of its Common Stock and Warrants which may be repurchased by the Company from time to time until December 31, 2008. The plan calls for the repurchases of both Common Stock and Warrants to be made in open market or privately negotiated transactions in compliance with Rule 10b-18 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, subject to market and business conditions, applicable legal requirements and other factors. The plan will be implemented by the Company's management at its discretion. The plan calls for the repurchased shares and warrants to be retired as soon as practicable following the repurchase.

06 Dec 2007

Star Bulk Acquires Vessel

Star Bulk Carriers Corp. agreed to acquire the vessel E Duckling (to be renamed Star Kappa), for $72 million from a company affiliated with our Co-Chairman, Nobu Su. The Star Kappa, a Supramax vessel of 52,055 dwt built in 2001 in Japan, will have a three-year Time Charter employment contract attached at a gross daily rate of USD 47,800 with earliest and latest redelivery of September 23, 2010 and November 23, 2010, respectively. Akis Tsirigakis, President and CEO of Star Maritime sid: "We are pleased to announce our first vessel acquisition since the completion of the redomiciliation merger which will expand the fleet to nine vessels. Our low leverage affords us the flexibility to continue to seek growth opportunities in the dry bulk sector as they may arise."