Castor Maritime Inc. Announces the Sale and Leaseback of the M/V Magic Thunder
LIMASSOL, Cyprus, July 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Castor Maritime Inc. (NASDAQ:CTRM), ("Castor" or the "Company"), a diversified global shipping and energy company, announces that on July 29, 2025, it successfully completed a sale and leaseback transaction for the M/V Magic Thunder, a 2011-built Kamsarmax bulk carrier vessel with a Japanese counterparty.
The bareboat financing amounts to $14.6 million, has a duration of five years, and a purchase option for the Company, beginning at the end of the second year of the bareboat charter period.
About Castor Maritime Inc.
Castor Maritime Inc. is a diversified global shipping and energy company, with activities directly and indirectly in asset management, vessel ownership, technical and commercial ship management and energy infrastructure projects.
Castor's fleet comprises 9 vessels, with an aggregate capacity of 0.6 million dwt. Castor is also the majority shareholder of the Frankfurt-listed asset manager MPC Münchmeyer Petersen Capital AG.
For more information, please visit the Company's website at www.castormaritime.com. Information on our website does not constitute a part of this press release.
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