Scorpio Bulkers Inc. Announces Agreement to Sell Kamsarmax Newbuilding
(firmenpresse) - MONACO -- (Marketwired) -- 12/19/14 -- Scorpio Bulkers Inc. (NYSE: SALT) (the "Company") announced today that it has entered into an agreement to sell a Kamsarmax newbuilding dry bulk vessel for approximately $30.7 million. The vessel is currently being constructed at Tsuneishi Group (Zhoushan) Shipbuilding Inc., and has an expected delivery date in the third quarter of 2015.
Scorpio Bulkers Inc. is a provider of marine transportation of dry bulk commodities. Scorpio Bulkers Inc. currently owns two Kamsarmax vessels, time charters-in 22 dry bulk vessels (one Handymax, one Ultramax, four Supramax, five Panamax, eight Kamsarmax and three Post-Panamax vessels) and has contracted for 71 dry bulk vessels consisting of 29 Ultramax, 20 Kamsarmax and 22 Capesize vessels from shipyards in Japan, South Korea, China and Romania. The Company also has six LR2 tankers under construction from shipyards in South Korea and Romania, four of which the company has agreed to sell and two of which are held for sale. Upon final delivery of all of the vessels, the owned fleet is expected to have a total carrying capacity of approximately 7.5 million deadweight tonnes. Additional information about the Company is available on the Company''s website , which is not a part of this press release.
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," "intends," "estimate," "forecast," "project," "plan," "potential," "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.
In addition to these important factors, other important factors that, in our view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include the failure of counterparties to fully perform their contracts with us, the strength of world economies and currencies, general market conditions, including fluctuations in charter rates and vessel values, changes in demand for dry bulk vessel capacity, changes in our operating expenses, including bunker prices, drydocking and insurance costs, the market for our vessels, availability of financing and refinancing, charter counterparty performance, ability to obtain financing and comply with covenants in such financing arrangements, 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, vessels breakdowns and instances of off-hires and other factors.
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+1-646-432-1675 (New York)
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