Castor Maritime Inc. Announces $15.3 Million Debt Financing
January 22 2021 - 9:00AM
Castor Maritime Inc. (NASDAQ: CTRM), (“Castor” or the “Company”), a
global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk
vessels, announces the closing, through two of its ship-owning
subsidiaries, of a $15.3 million senior term loan facility with a
reputable European financial institution (“the $15.3 Million
Financing”), secured by two of its vessels. The loan is expected to
be drawn down before the end of this month. The Company intends to
use the net proceeds from the $15.3 Million Financing to support
the Company’s growth plans.
The $15.3 Million Financing will have a tenor of
four years from the drawdown date and will bear interest at 3.30%
plus LIBOR per annum.
Petros Panagiotidis, Chief Executive
Officer of Castor, commented:
“We are very pleased that this financing
opportunity came to a successful completion. This new debt
financing, our largest to date, with its attractive cost of funds,
will provide additional liquidity enabling us to continue
pursuing our strategic goals of expanding our fleet and delivering
long-term profitability to our shareholders.”
About Castor Maritime Inc.
Castor Maritime Inc. is an international
provider of shipping transportation services through its ownership
of dry bulk vessels. The Company’s vessels are employed primarily
on short to medium-term charters and transport a range of dry bulk
cargoes, including such commodities as coal, grain and other
materials along worldwide shipping routes.
The Company's fleet currently consists of six
Panamax dry bulk carriers and, upon completion of the previously
announced acquisition of its first Capesize bulk carrier, the
Company's fleet will consist of seven dry bulk carriers.
For more information please visit the company’s
website at www.castormaritime.com
Cautionary Statement Regarding
Forward-Looking Statements
Matters discussed in this press release may
constitute forward-looking statements. The Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides safe harbor protections for
forward-looking statements in order to encourage companies to
provide prospective information about their business.
Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans,
objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and
underlying assumptions and other statements, which are other than
statements of historical facts. The Company desires to take
advantage of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and is including this cautionary
statement in connection with this safe harbor legislation. The
words “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “forecast,”
“project,” “plan,” “potential,” “will,” “may,” “should,” “expect,”
“pending” and similar expressions identify forward-looking
statements. The forward-looking statements in this press release
are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in
turn, upon further assumptions, including without limitation, our
management’s examination of historical operating trends, data
contained in our records and other data available from third
parties. Although we believe that these assumptions were reasonable
when made, because these assumptions are inherently subject to
significant uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or
impossible to predict and are beyond our control, we cannot assure
you that we will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs
or projections. We undertake no obligation to update any
forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise. In addition to these important factors,
other important factors that, in the Company’s view, could cause
actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the
forward-looking statements include general dry bulk shipping market
conditions, including fluctuations in charter hire rates and vessel
values, the strength of world economies the stability of Europe and
the Euro, fluctuations in interest rates and foreign exchange
rates, changes in demand in the dry bulk shipping industry,
including the market for our vessels, changes in our operating
expenses, including bunker prices, dry docking and insurance costs,
changes in governmental rules and regulations or actions taken by
regulatory authorities, potential liability from pending or future
litigation, general domestic and international political
conditions, potential disruption of shipping routes due to
accidents or political events, the length and severity of the
COVID-19 outbreak, the impact of public health threats and
outbreaks of other highly communicable diseases, the impact of the
expected discontinuance of LIBOR after 2021 on interest rates of
our debt that reference LIBOR, the availability of financing and
refinancing and grow our business, vessel breakdowns and instances
of off-hire, risks associated with vessel construction, potential
exposure or loss from investment in derivative instruments,
potential conflicts of interest involving our Chief Executive
Officer, his family and other members of our senior management, and
our ability to complete acquisition transactions as planned. Please
see our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a
more complete discussion of these and other risks and
uncertainties. The information set forth herein speaks only as of
the date hereof, and the Company disclaims any intention or
obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of
developments occurring after the date of this communication.
CONTACT DETAILS For further information please
contact:
Petros PanagiotidisCastor Maritime Inc. Email:
ir@castormaritime.com
Media Contact: Kevin Karlis Capital LinkEmail:
castormaritime@capitallink.com
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