Seanergy announces time charter and financing agreements

Moreover, Seanergy successfully concluded the financing of two of its new acquisitions, the 2012-built Capesize M/V Hellasship and the 2010-built M/V Patriotship through a sale and leaseback agreement with a major Chinese financial institution.

Time charter agreement for M/V Worldship

The M/V Worldship has been fixed on a T/C with a world-leading US commodity trading company, at a gross daily rate of US$31 750 for a period of about 12 - 16 months. The T/C is expected to commence immediately upon the M/V Worldship’s upcoming delivery, which is anticipated within August 2021.

Financing of the M/V Hellasship and the M/V Patriotship

The vessels were sold and chartered back on a bareboat basis for a five-year period and the combined financing amount is US$30.9 million and the applicable interest rate is LIBOR + 3.50%. Following the second anniversary of the bareboat charter, the company has continuous options to repurchase the vessels while at the end of the five-year bareboat period, it has the option to repurchase the two vessels for US$15.3 million in total.

Stamatis Tsantanis, the company’s Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, stated:

“I am very pleased to announce these important transactions for our company. The debt financings we have secured so far for our recent vessel acquisitions are competitively priced and conservatively structured, resulting in low break-even rates that enhance our significant free cash-flow generating capacity.

On the chartering front, we are taking advantage of the current strong rate environment to increase exposure to fixed-rate T/Cs. The M/V Worldship is the second vessel that will be deployed in a T/C with duration longer than 12 months and at a fixed rate exceeding US$30 000/d. The repeat business with our existing charterers affirms the operating and commercial excellence of our Capesize fleet. Following the delivery of the M/V Worldship to her charterer, 93% of our fleet will be employed under medium- to long-term time charters.

The consistent implementation of our strategy through 2021 is delivering significant value to the company. We continue to explore partnerships and opportunities to further increase value for our shareholders.”

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