Euroseas Ltd. Announces Delivery of its 17th Vessel

07/23/09 Maroussi, Athens, Greece - July 23, 2009 - Euroseas Ltd. (NASDAQ:ESEA), owner and operator of drybulk carriers and container vessels and provider of seaborne transportation for drybulk and containerized cargoes, announced today, that it has taken delivery of the M/V Four Coal to be renamed M/V Pantelis, a Panamax drybulk carrier of 74,020 dwt, built in 2000 in Japan. As previously disclosed, the vessel was acquired for approximately $27.5 million and comes with a time charter back to the seller until December 2009 at a gross daily rate of $25,200 per day. The vessel will be partly financed with a bank loan of approximately $13 million.

After the acquisition of M/V Pantelis, approximately 70% of Euroseas' total fleet days remaining in 2009 and approximately 40% in 2010 are fixed under time charters, FFA contracts, spot charters, or otherwise protected from market fluctuations.

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 17 vessels, including 4 Panamax drybulk carriers, 1 Handymax drybulk carrier, 1 Handysize drybulk carrier, 3 Intermediate container ships, 5 Handysize container ships, 2 Feeder container ships and a multipurpose dry cargo vessel. Euroseas` 6 drybulk carriers have a total cargo capacity of 370,499 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.

Euroseas Ltd. Press Release