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Recent News
1. Limassol, Cyprus, April 9, 2021 – Castor Maritime Inc. (NASDAQ: CTRM), (“Castor” or the “Company”), a diversified global shipping company, announces that it entered, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, into an agreement to purchase a 2011 Japanese-built Panamax dry bulk carrier from an unaffiliated third-party for a purchase price of $18.48 million.
2. “We are pleased to announce the successful delivery of the M/T Wonder Sirius, the second of our two Aframax LR2 tankers. These timely acquisitions into the tanker sector diversify our revenue sources while the attached charters provide us with cashflow security throughout 2021. Our two tankers are projected to generate in aggregate, assuming no off-hire days, approximately $10 million of gross revenues for the minimum scheduled period of the charters, or approximately $21 million should the charterer exercise their options to extend both charters by an additional one-year term. These figures do not take into account any profit sharing that may apply above the minimum daily hire of $15,000.”
3. Limassol, Cyprus, March 19, 2021 – Castor Maritime Inc. (NASDAQ: CTRM), (“Castor”, or the “Company”), a diversified global shipping company, announces that on March 17, 2021, it took delivery of the M/V Magic Orion, a 2006 Japanese-built Capesize dry bulk carrier, and on March 18, 2021, it took delivery of the M/V Magic Argo, a 2009 Japanese-built Kamsarmax dry bulk carrier, pursuant to the transactions previously announced on January 20 and February 3, 2021, respectively. Both acquisitions were financed in their entirety with cash on hand. The M/V Magic Orion is expected to commence employment under a time charter contract on or around March 20, 2021, at a daily gross charter rate of $21,000 and an expected term of about 35 days. The M/V Magic Argo is expected to commence employment under a time charter contract on or around March 21, 2021, at a daily gross charter rate of $25,100 and an expected term of about four months.