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Happiness Is 5 Years of Scrubbers: Star Bulk

In a recent event, Bulk carrier owner Star Bulk has shed light on calculations behind their fleet-wide adoption of exhaust gas scrubbers, declaring itself satisfied if they can use the systems for as little as five years, says a report published in Marine Propulsion.

What’s behind the 5-year calculation?

Star Bulk Carriers Corp president Hamish Norton explained that the Nasdaq- and Oslo-listed company had considered upcoming regulatory uncertainty. The consideration included both the sulphur cap...

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Port Scrubber Bans Have ‘No Impact’ on Calculations: Star Bulk

While open-loop scrubbers ban is making shipowners apprehensive and jittery, there are few like the Star Bulk who have gone on record stating that port scrubber bans will have no effect on their calculations, reports the Lloyd List.

Star Bulk’s Outlook

“When we did our calculation on scrubbers we didn’t take into account port time at all. We only took into account sea days, so it doesn’t make a difference,” said CEO Petros Pappas during the company’s Q4 earnings call.

How it doesn’t impact?

“Actuall...

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Star Bulk Set Scrubbers on 15 of Its Large Vessels

  • Fifth consecutive profitable quarter, with $12.3 million Net Income for Star Bulk.
  • Refinancing of loans of approximately $248 million with new debt with an  average margin of 120 bps lower than the debt that was refinanced.
  • Committed financing for the procurement and installation of scrubbers.
  • Star Bulk completing installation of scrubbers on 15 of its larger vessels ahead of the January 1st 2020 implementation date.

Star Bulk Carriers Corp., announced about the company’s financing for...

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Σαρώνουν την αγορά των second hand πλοίων οι Έλληνες εφοπλιστές

Σε «σαφάρι» εξαγορών second hand πλοίων έχουν επιδοθεί οι Έλληνες εφοπλιστές, οι οποίοι αναδεικνύονται σε πρωταγωνιστές στη διεθνή σκακιέρα. Mέχρι το τέλος Oκτωβρίου οι Greeks είχαν δαπανήσει πάνω από 4,3 δισ. δολ. για μεταχειρισμένα πλοία, με τις εκτιμήσεις αναλυτών και brokers να μιλούν και για πιθανότητα να κινηθούν λίγο πάνω από τα 5 δισ. δολ. μέχρι το τέλος του χρόνου, αν συνεχίσουν με τους ίδιους αυξητικούς ρυθμούς εξαγορών.

Περίπου 275 σκαριά της συγκεκριμένης κατηγορίας έχουν προστεθεί...

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