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Athens, Greece - July 22, 2015
Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (the “Company” or “Star Bulk”) (Nasdaq: SBLK) today announced that on July 15, 2015 it took delivery of M/V Goliath (ex HN NE 167) and M/V Maharaj (ex HN NE 184), two 209,000 dwt Newcastlemax bulk carriers built by Nantong COSCO KHI-Ship Engineering Co. (“NACKS”). In addition, on July 22, 2015 Star Bulk took delivery of M/V Star Aquarius (ex HN 5040), a 61,000 dwt Ultramax bulk carrier built by Japan Marine United (“JMU”).
Following these deliveries, Star Bulk owns seventy-two dry bulk vessels on the water, consisting of three Newcastlemax, eighteen Capesize, four Post-Panamax, twenty Kamsarmax, seven Panamax, nine Ultramax, ten Supramax vessels and one Handymax vessel, with a total carrying capacity of 7.5 million dwt.
In addition, Star Bulk has twenty-two vessels currently under construction at high quality shipyards in Japan and China, including nine Newcastlemax, six Capesize and seven Ultramax vessels with expected deliveries in 2015 and 2016.
To view the remainder of the press release including the updated fleet table please click on the following link:
http://www.starbulk.com/UserFiles/sblk072215.pdf
Star Bulk Carriers Corp. press release