Genco Shipping to Sign Time Charter for the Genco Vigour

Genco Shipping & Trading Limited announced it has reached an agreement to enter into a time charter for the Genco Vigour, a 1999-built Panamax vessel, with STX Panocean (UK) Co. Ltd. The time charter will be for 23 to 25 months at an average rate of approximately $29,000(1) per day, less a 5% third party brokerage commission. Specifically, the time charter rate will be $33,000 per day for the first 11 months, $25,000 per day for the following 11 months and $29,000 per day thereafter. The time charter will commence following the expiration of the vessel's current time charter.