Star Bulk announces delivery of two Newcastlemax and one Ultramax bulk carriers
Star Bulk Carriers Corp. has 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.