Euroseas Ltd. Announces Signing Memorandum of Agreement to Purchase Handymax Drybulk Carrier, Extension of the Period Charter of One of its Container Ships and Conclusion of FFA Contract

12/5/08 Maroussi, Athens, Greece - December 5, 2008 - Euroseas Ltd., (NASDAQ:ESEA) an owner and operator of drybulk carriers and container vessels and provider of seaborne transportation for dry bulk and containerized cargoes, announced today, that it signed a memorandum of agreement to purchase the M/V Solar Europe, a handymax drybulk carrier of 46,667 dwt built in 1998 in Japan, for approximately $18 million. The vessel is expected to be delivered to the Company`s fleet around January 31, 2009.

The Company also reached an agreement to extend for about one year the charter of one of its feeder containerships, M/V Ninos, at a gross daily rate of $8,060 while reducing the rate of the vessel to the same level for the 4 last months of her current charter. As a result of the extension of the charter of M/V Ninos, 54% of the Company's container ship and multipurpose carrier fleet is under time-charter contracts in 2009. Overall, including the Company`s dry bulk fleet and after delivery of M/V Solar Europe, about 35% of the Company's total fleet days in 2009 are covered under time-charter contracts.

The Company also announced that it sold a Freight Forward Agreement (FFA) on the panamax index for Calendar 2010 for a modern panamax equivalent at about $10,500/day. Such a contract serves as an approximate hedge to one of our panamax vessels for 2010 effectively locking in a rate of about $9,500/day.

Aristides Pittas, Chairman and CEO of Euroseas commented: "We are delighted to announce the acquisition of M/V Solar Europe, a 10-year old Japanese built handymax bulker as part of our fleet renewal and expansion program.

Over the last 2 years, we generally avoided investing in the drybulk market acquiring only a couple of elder units, an age group that allowed us to maximize returns on investment while minimizing residual value and charter renegotiation risk. However, the recent drop in vessel prices has made fleet renewal economically attractive again. The extension of the charter of Ninos and the FFA contract are part of our strategy to increase the visibility of our cash flow for the next two years.

While we maintain our cautious short term outlook for both the drybulk and container markets, we are confident that the strength of our balance sheet and the low cost structure of our operations (one of the lowest amongst the public companies) will enable us to successfully navigate through the challenging times ahead. We further believe that vessel price levels over the next twelve months will provide us with a unique opportunity to gradually renew our fleet as well as acquire additional vessels."

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 136 years. Euroseas trades on the NASDAQ Global Market under the ticker ESEA.

Euroseas operates in the dry cargo, drybulk and container shipping markets. Euroseas` operations are managed by Eurobulk Ltd., an ISO 9001:2000 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 16 vessels, including 3 Panamax drybulk carriers, 2 Handysize drybulk carriers, 3 Intermediate container ship, 5 Handysize container ships, 2 Feeder container ships and a multipurpose dry cargo vessel. Euroseas` 5 drybulk carriers have a total cargo capacity of 277,316 dwt, its 10 container ships have a cargo capacity of 17,787 teu and its 1 multipurpose vessel has a cargo capacity of 22,568 dwt or 950 teu.

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