SEANERGY TAKES DELIVERY OF TWO VESSELS AND COMPLETES
ITS INITIAL FLEET OF SIX DRY BULK CARRIERS
September 25, 2008 -- Athens Greece -- Seanergy Maritime Corp. (AMEX: SRG; SRG.U;
SRG.W) announced today that they took delivery of, through its wholly owned subsidiary,
Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp., and its designated nominees, the M/V Hamburg Max a 1994
built Panamax vessel with a capacity of 73,498 dwt and the M/V African Zebra, a 1985 built
Handysize vessel with a capacity of 38,632 dwt and has now completed all the acquisitions
contemplated by the Master Agreement dated May 20, 2008.
The M/V Hamburg Max is chartered at a rate of $65,000 per day and the M/V African Zebra is
chartered at a rate of $36,000 per day both until on or about September 2009 and are chartered to
South African Marine Corporation, an affiliate of the Restis family.
Dale Ploughman, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer stated: “Within less than one
month since shareholder approval of the Business Combination and well ahead of the
contractually contemplated closing dates, we have completed the acquisition and delivery of the
initial fleet of the six dry bulk carriers we had agreed to acquire. With the addition of the M/V
Hamburg Max and the M/V African Zebra to our fleet we will now benefit from the revenue
generation and profitability of our entire fleet of six vessels. Our goal is to take advantage of the
appropriate market opportunities for additional acquisitions that will expand our fleet and will be
accretive to shareholder value. We believe that with the capital inflow from the exercise of
warrants and our available debt capacity we are strategically positioned to pursue our growth
objectives.”
About Seanergy Maritime Corp.
Seanergy Maritime is a Marshall Islands corporation with its principal offices in Athens, Greece.
Seanergy purchased and took delivery of six dry bulk carriers from companies associated with
members of the Restis family pursuant to the Master Agreement dated May 20, 2008. Its current
fleet is comprised of two Panamax, two Supramax and two Handysize dry bulk carriers with a
combined cargo-carrying capacity of 317,743 dwt and an average fleet age of approximately
10.5 years.
Seanergy's common stock, warrants and units trade on the America Stock Exchange under the
symbols SRG, SRG.W, and SRG.U, respectively. Risks and uncertainties are described in
reports filed by Seanergy Maritime Corp. with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission, which
can be obtained free of charge on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
For further information please visit our website at www.seanergymaritime.com
Seanergy Maritime Corp. press release
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