Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation announces delivery of two MR2 product tankers and one-year charter extension for a chemical tanker
Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation, an owner and operator of tanker vessels, announced today that the Nave Capella, a new building MR2 product tanker vessel of 49,995 dwt, was delivered from a South Korean shipyard on July 9, 2013. The Nave Capella has been chartered out to a quality counterparty for one year at a rate of $13,825 net per day, said in the company's press release.
Navios Acquisition also announced:
Delivery of the Nave Pulsar, a 2007-built MR2 Ice Class 1A product tanker vessel of 50,922 dwt. The vessel was delivered on July 9, 2013.
Extension of the existing charter on the Chemical Tanker Nave Cosmos for one additional year ending in Q3 2014 at the increased base rate of $12,188 with 50% profit sharing.
Navios Acquisition has 27 vessels in the water following the delivery of the Nave Capella and the Nave Pulsar.
Navios Acquisition has contracted 89.1% and 53.5% of its available days on a charter-out basis for 2013 and 2014, respectively.
The average charter-out period of Navios Acquisition's fleet is 2.5 years.
About Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation
Navios Acquisition is an owner and operator of tanker vessels focusing in the transportation of petroleum products (clean and dirty) and bulk liquid chemicals.
