Performance Shipping Inc. Extends Time Charter for M/T P. Monterey at US$28,000 Per Day for Twelve Months
ATHENS, Greece, Jan. 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Performance Shipping Inc. (NASDAQ: PSHG), (“we” or the “Company”), a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of tanker vessels, today announced that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has extended the time charter contract with ST Shipping & Transport Pte Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Glencore (“ST” or the “Charterer”), for the 2011-built, 105,525 dwt Aframax tanker vessel, M/T P. Monterey. The gross charter rate will be US$28,000 per day for a period of twelve months +/- 30 days at the option of the Charterer. This charter commenced in mid-January and will generate approximately US$9.38 million of gross revenue for the minimum duration of the charter.
Commenting on this charter, Andreas Michalopoulos, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, stated:
“We are pleased to announce the direct continuation of the previous time charter contract with ST, a testament to our strong, long-standing partnerships and repeat business with reputable and creditworthy counterparties. This charter also increases our current secured revenue backlog to approximately US$62 million, or US$232 million when including the 5-year contracts for our three Aframax LR2 newbuildings. Our fleet deployment now consists of six vessels operating under time charter arrangements and one vessel trading in the spot market through pool participation. Looking ahead, we remain constructive on the tanker market as we expect the redelivery of two more vessels from their period charters in the coming months.”
About the Company
Performance Shipping Inc. is a global provider of shipping transportation services through its ownership of tanker vessels. The Company employs its fleet on spot voyages, through pool arrangements and on time charters.
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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, but are not limited to: the strength of world economies, fluctuations in currencies and interest rates, general market conditions, including fluctuations in charter rates and vessel values, changes in demand in the tanker shipping industry, changes in the supply of vessels, changes in worldwide oil production and consumption and storage, changes in our operating expenses, including bunker prices, crew costs, drydocking and insurance costs, our future operating or financial results, availability of financing and refinancing including with respect to vessels we agree to acquire, 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, the length and severity of epidemics and pandemics, including COVID-19, and their impact on the demand for seaborne transportation of petroleum and other types of products, changes in governmental rules and regulations or actions taken by regulatory authorities, general domestic and international political conditions or events, including “trade wars”, armed conflicts including the war in Ukraine and the war between Israel and Hamas or related regional conflicts, the imposition of new international sanctions, acts by terrorists or acts of piracy on ocean-going vessels, potential disruption of shipping routes due to accidents, labor disputes or political events, vessel breakdowns and instances of off-hires and other important factors. Please see our filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for a more complete discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties.
CONTACT: Corporate Contact: Andreas Michalopoulos Chief Executive Officer, Director and Secretary Telephone: +30-216-600-2400 Email:amichalopoulos@pshipping.com Website:www.pshipping.com Investor and Media Relations: Edward Nebb Comm-Counsellors, LLC Telephone: + 1-203-972-8350 Email:enebb@optonline.net
