Stelmar Shipping Ltd. announced it has secured the Vessel Jamar, a double hull product carrier, on a one-year time charter contract for $12,500 per day.
Peter Goodfellow, CEO and president commented, "We continue to sign profitable time charter contracts aimed at providing our shareholders with significant earnings visibility. Stelmar has secured 77 percent of the net operating days on profitable time charters for 2002 and 44 percent for 2003, which is equivalent to $128 million and $87 million in revenue, respectively."