Euroseas Ltd. (ESEA) Announces New Charter for One Of Its Vessels, M/V “EM Spetses”
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Euroseas Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESEA, the “Company” or “Euroseas”), an owner and operator of container vessels and provider of seaborne transportation for containerized cargoes, announced today a new time charter contract for its container vessel M/V “EM Spetses”.
Specifically, M/V “EM Spetses”, a 1,740 TEU vessel built in 2007, entered into a new time charter contract for a period between a minimum of thirty-six (36) and a maximum of forty (40) months at the option of the charterer, at a gross daily rate of $29,500. The new rate will commence on August 5, 2021 when the vessel is redelivered from its current charterer.
Aristides Pittas, Chairman and CEO of Euroseas commented: “We are pleased to announce the new charter for our vessel, M/V “EM Spetses”, for about three years at a rate about three and a half times the level of its current employment. EM Spetses’ new daily rate of $29,500 is the second highest rate earned by a vessel in our fleet and, notably, by one of our smallest vessels. This fixture follows the fixture of our M/V “EM Hydra”, a sister vessel of M/V “EM Spetses” built in 2005, that was fixed about three months ago for an approximately two-year long charter at a gross daily rate of $20,000 indicating how strongly the market has risen in the span of just three months. This new charter will secure us with a minimum of $31 million of contracted revenues and have a minimum EBITDA contribution of approximately $24 million. At the same time, Euroseas is well positioned to take advantage of a further rising market with four more ships, about 30% of our fleet on-the-water, which are expected to open up till the end of the year.”
Fleet Profile:
The Euroseas Ltd. fleet profile is as follows:
Name | Type | Dwt | TEU | Year Built | Employment(*) | TCE Rate ($/day) | |
Container Carriers | |||||||
AKINADA BRIDGE (*) | Intermediate | 71,366 | 5,610 | 2001 | TC until Oct-21 plus 10-12 months option | $17,250; option $20,000 | |
SYNERGY BUSAN (+) | Intermediate | 50,726 | 4,253 | 2009 | TC until Aug-21 / TC until Aug-24 | $12,000$25,000 | |
SYNERGY ANTWERP (*) | Intermediate | 50,726 | 4,253 | 2008 | TC until Sep-23 | $18,000 | |
SYNERGY OAKLAND (*) | Intermediate | 50,787 | 4,253 | 2009 | TC until Jun-21 | CONTEX(1) 4,250 less 10% i.e. $64,660 from of 7/22/21 until 10/22/21 | |
SYNERGY KEELUNG (+) | Intermediate | 50,969 | 4,253 | 2009 | TC until Jun-22 plus 8- 12 months option | $10,000 until Jun-21; $11,750 until Jun-22; option $14,500 | |
EM KEA (*) | Feeder | 42,165 | 3,100 | 2007 | TC until May-23 | $22,000 | |
EM ASTORIA (+) | Feeder | 35,600 | 2,788 | 2004 | TC until Feb-22 | $18,650 | |
EVRIDIKI G (+) | Feeder | 34,677 | 2,556 | 2001 | TC until Jan-22 | $15,500 | |
EM CORFU (*) | Feeder | 34,654 | 2,556 | 2001 | TC until Sep-21 | $10,200 | |
DIAMANTIS P (+) | Feeder | 30,360 | 2,008 | 1998 | TC until Aug-21 | $6,500 | |
EM SPETSES (+) | Feeder | 23,224 | 1,740 | 2007 | TC until Aug-24 | $29,500 | |
EM HYDRA (*) | Feeder | 23,351 | 1,740 | 2005 | TC until April-23 | $20,000 | |
JOANNA (*) | Feeder | 22,301 | 1,732 | 1999 | TC until Oct-22 | $16,800 | |
AEGEAN EXPRESS (*) | Feeder | 18,581 | 1,439 | 1997 | TC until Mar-22 | $11,500 | |
Total Fleet “on-the-water” | 14 | 539,487 | 42,281 | ||||
Newbuildings | Type | Dwt | TEU | TBD(2) | |||
H4201 | Feeder | 37,237 | 2,800 | Q1 ‘23 | - | - | |
H4202 | Feeder | 37,237 | 2,800 | Q2 ‘23 | - | - | |
Total Fleet(3) | 16 | 613,961 | 47,881 |
Notes: (*) / (+) TC denotes time charter. All dates listed are the earliest redelivery dates under each time charter unless the contract rate is lower than the current market rate in which cases the latest redelivery date is assumed; vessels with the latest redelivery date shown are marked by (+).(1) The CONTEX (Container Ship Time Charter Assessment Index) has been published by the Hamburg and Bremen Shipbrokers’ Association (VHBS) since October 2007. The CONTEX is a company-independent index of time charter rates for container ships. It is based on assessments of the current day charter rates of six selected container ship types, which are representative of their size categories: Type 1,100 TEU and Type 1,700 TEU with a charter period of one year, and the Types 2,500, 2,700, 3,500 and 4,250 TEU, all with a charter period of two years.(2) Calendar quarter vessel is scheduled to be delivered (“TBD”)(3) On a fully delivered basis
About Euroseas Ltd.Euroseas Ltd. was formed on May 5, 2005 under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands to consolidate the ship owning interests of the Pittas family of Athens, Greece, which has been in the shipping business over the past 140 years. Euroseas trades on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the ticker ESEA. Euroseas operates in the container shipping market. Euroseas' operations are managed by Eurobulk Ltd., an ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001:2004 certified affiliated ship management company, which is responsible for the day-to-day commercial and technical management and operations of the vessels. Euroseas employs its vessels on spot and period charters and through pool arrangements.
The Company has a fleet of 14 vessels on the water, including 9 Feeder containerships and 5 Intermediate Container carriers and two feeder ships under newbuilding contracts. After the delivery of the latter two vessels, Euroseas 16 containerships will have a cargo capacity of 47,881 teu.
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