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Mr. Petros Panagiotidis, Chief Executive Officer of Castor, commented:

 

“In the third quarter of 2024, we continued to enjoy robust cash flows from operations which allowed us to invest in modern vessels to expand our fleet and further reduce our debt and strengthen our balance sheet.

 

In September, we repaid the vast majority of our debt, reducing our finance costs further and announced the acquisition of one Kamsarmax bulk carrier and one containership vessel, all of which have since been delivered, increasing our fleet size to 13 vessels today from ten at the end of June 2024.

 

由於我們的流動性狀況仍然相當可觀，我們致力於通過尋找進一步的機會來實現在航運領域的增長軌跡，包括現代化我們的船隊。

 

收益評述：

 

每日定期租船（"TCE"）費率。 The 每日 定期租船等價費率（"每日TCE費率）是衡量船舶每日營業收入表現的指標。 每日定期租船等價費率（"TCE"費率）是衡量船舶每日營業收入表現的指標。 The 每日TCE費率不是根據美國通用會計準則（非通用會計準則）的財務業績衡量標準，不應被視爲美國通用會計準則根據呈現的任何業績衡量標準的替代方案。 每日TCE費率不是根據美國通用會計準則（非通用會計準則）的財務業績衡量標準，不應被視爲美國通用會計準則根據呈現的任何業績衡量標準的替代方案。 每日TCE費率不是根據美國通用會計準則（非通用會計準則）的財務業績衡量標準，不應被視爲美國通用會計準則根據呈現的任何業績衡量標準的替代方案。 每日TCE費率不是根據美國通用會計準則（非通用會計準則）的財務業績衡量標準，不應被視爲美國通用會計準則根據呈現的任何業績衡量標準的替代方案。 每日TCE費率通過將總營收（定期租船和/或航次租船收入，以及/或排池收入，扣除承租人佣金），減去航次費用，除以該期間的可用天數來計算。在定期租船下，承租人支付幾乎所有船舶航行相關費用。但是，我們可能會在定位或重新定位船舶之前或之後以及在定期或其他租賃期間，商業等待時間期間或停航期間發生航行相關費用。在航次租金下，大部分航行費用通常由我們承擔，而在排池內的船舶，這些費用由排池運營商承擔。 The 每日TCE費率是主要用於比較公司業績的一項標準航運行業績衡量標準，管理層認爲每日TCE費率能夠爲我們的投資者提供有意義的信息，因爲它比較了 每日TCE費率是主要用於比較公司業績的一項標準航運行業績衡量標準，管理層認爲每日TCE費率能夠爲我們的投資者提供有意義的信息，因爲它比較了 daily net earnings generated by our vessels irrespective of the mix of charter types (i.e., time charter, voyage charter, or other) under which our vessels are employed between the periods while it further assists our management in making decisions regarding the deployment and use of our vessels and in evaluating our financial performance. Our calculation of the Daily TCE Rates may be different from and may not be comparable to that reported by other companies.

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are not measures of financial performance under U.S. GAAP, do not represent and should not be considered as an alternative to net income, operating income, cash flow from operating activities or any other measure of financial performance presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. We define EBITDA as earnings before interest and finance costs (if any), net of interest income, taxes (when incurred), depreciation and amortization of deferred dry-docking costs. Adjusted EBITDA represents EBITDA adjusted to exclude unrealized gain/loss on equity securities, which the Company believes are not indicative of the ongoing performance of its core operations. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are used as supplemental financial measure by management and external users of financial statements to assess our operating performance. We believe that EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA assists our management by providing useful information that increases the comparability of our operating performance from period to period and against the operating performance of other companies in our industry that provide EBITDA information. This increased comparability is achieved by excluding the potentially disparate effects between periods or companies of interest, other financial items, depreciation and amortization and taxes for EBITDA, and further excluding unrealized gains/loss on securities for Adjusted EBITDA, which items are affected by various and possibly changing financing methods, capital structure and historical cost basis and which items may significantly affect net income between periods. We believe that including EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA as measures of operating performance benefits investors in (a) selecting between investing in us and other investment alternatives and (b) monitoring our ongoing financial and operational strength. Our basis of computing EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA as presented below may be different from and may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies.

 

以下表格將EBITDA和調整後的EBITDA與持續經營的淨利潤/（損失）進行了調和， 最直接可比的 美國通用會計準則財務指標，所呈現期間：

 

 

 

 

本新聞稿討論的事項可能構成前瞻性陳述。我們打算讓此類前瞻性陳述受到包含在《1933年證券法》第27A條修正案中的前瞻性陳述安全港條款的保護 「1933年證券法」第27A條修正案（以下簡稱“Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). 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. We are including this cautionary statement in connection with this safe harbor legislation. The words 「believe」, 「anticipate」, 「intend」, 「estimate」, 「forecast」, 「project」, 「plan」, 「potential」, 「will」, 「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 current or 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 forward-looking statements, including 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 generally: the effects of the spin-off of our tanker business, our business strategy, expected capital spending and other plans and objectives for future operations, dry bulk and containership market conditions and trends, including volatility in charter rates (particularly for vessels employed in short-term time charters or index linked period time charters), factors affecting supply and demand, fluctuating vessel values, opportunities for the profitable operations of dry bulk and container vessels and the strength of world economies, changes in the size and composition of our fleet, our ability to realize the expected benefits from our past or future vessel acquisitions, our ability to realize the expected benefits of vessel acquisitions, increased transactions costs and other adverse effects (such as lost profit) due to any failure to consummate any sale of our vessels, our relationships with our current and future service providers and customers, including the ongoing performance of their obligations, dependence on their expertise, compliance with applicable laws, and any impacts on our reputation due to our association with them, our ability to borrow under existing or future debt agreements or to refinance our debt on favorable terms and our ability to comply with the covenants contained therein, in particular due to economic, financial or operational reasons, our continued ability to enter into time or voyage charters with existing and new customers and to re-charter our vessels upon the expiry of the existing charters, changes in our operating and capitalized expenses, including bunker prices, dry-docking, insurance costs, costs associated with regulatory compliance, and costs associated with climate change, our ability to fund future capital expenditures and investments in the acquisition and refurbishment of our vessels (including the amount and nature thereof and the timing of completion thereof, the delivery and commencement of operations dates, expected downtime and lost revenue), instances of off-hire, due to vessel upgrades and repairs, fluctuations in interest rates and currencies, including the value of the U.S. dollar relative to other currencies, any malfunction or disruption of information technology systems and networks that our operations rely on or any impact of a possible cybersecurity breach, existing or future disputes, proceedings or litigation, future sales of our securities in the public market and our ability to maintain compliance with applicable listing standards, volatility in our share price, including due to high volume transactions in our shares by retail investors, potential conflicts of interest involving affiliated entities and/or members of our 董事會、高級管理人員以及我們的某些服務提供商都屬於關聯方，一般國內和國際政治形勢或事件，包括武裝衝突，如烏克蘭戰爭 烏克蘭戰爭和中東衝突等海盜活動或海上攻擊，如最近涉及紅海及周邊船隻的海上事件 紅海附近的海上事件，制裁，「貿易戰」，全球公共衛生威脅和重大疫病爆發，海上和其他運輸方式的變化，包括紅海及周邊海上事件造成的船隻，幹散貨和集裝箱船隻的需求波動和/或航線中斷，由於事故、政治事件、國際制裁、國際敵對行動和動盪，海盜活動或恐怖主義行爲，政府規則和法規的變化或監管機構採取的行動，包括適用於航運業的環境法規的變化，事故，不良天氣的影響, 自然災害以及我們向美國證券交易委員會提交文件中描述的任何其他因素。此處所載信息僅截至本通訊日期，我們不承擔更新任何前瞻性陳述的意圖或義務以回應本通訊日期後發生的事件，除非適用法律要求。新因素不時出現，我們無法預測所有這些因素。此外，我們無法評估每個因素對我們業務的影響，或任何因素或多個因素可能導致實際結果與任何前瞻性陳述中包含的結果有實質不同。請參閱我們向證券交易委員會提交的文件，以獲取有關這些前述和其他風險和不確定性更全面的討論。這些因素和本新聞公告中描述的其他風險因素不一定是可能導致實際結果或發展與我們任何前瞻性陳述中所述不同的重要因素的全部因素。鑑於這些不確定性，投資者被告誡不要過分依賴這些前瞻性陳述。 紅海附近的運輸方式和其他因事故、政治事件、國際制裁、國際敵對行動和動盪、海盜活動或恐怖主義行爲、政府規則和法規的變化或監管機構採取的行動、包括適用於航運業的環保法規的變化、事故、不良天氣和自然災害以及我們向美國證券交易委員會提交文件中描述的任何其他因素的動盪，會引起幹散貨和集裝箱船隻的需求波動和/或航線中斷。此處所載信息僅截至此處日期，我們不承擔更新任何前瞻性陳述的意圖或義務，以回應本通訊日期後發生的事件，除非適用法律要求。 新因素不時出現，我們無法預測所有或任何這些因素。此外，我們無法評估每個這樣的因素對我們業務的影響，以及任何一個或多個因素可能導致實際結果與任何前瞻性陳述中包含的結果有實質不同。請參閱我們向美國證券交易委員會提交的文件，以獲取與我們任何前瞻性陳述中所表達的實際結果或發展有實質不同的這些重要因素的更全面討論。鑑於這些不確定性，投資者被告誡不要過分依賴這些前瞻性陳述。

聯繫細節

要了解更多信息，請聯繫：

Petros Panagiotidis

首席執行官 & 首席財務官

卡斯托爾海運公司

郵件： ir@castormaritime.com

媒體聯繫：

Kevin Karlis

Capital Link

郵件： castormaritime@capitallink.com