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FILED AS OF DATE:		20071001

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Star Bulk Carriers Corp.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001386716
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	DEEP SEA FOREIGN TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT [4412]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			1T
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		40 AG. KONSTANTINOU AVENUE
		STREET 2:		AETHRION CENTER, SUITE B34, MAROUSSI 151
		CITY:			ATHENS
		STATE:			J3
		ZIP:			00000
		BUSINESS PHONE:		011-30-210-638-7399

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		40 AG. KONSTANTINOU AVENUE
		STREET 2:		AETHRION CENTER, SUITE B34, MAROUSSI 151
		CITY:			ATHENS
		STATE:			J3
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      Accounting Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the &#8220;Accounting Staff&#8221;)
      with respect to the Registration Statement on Form F-1/F-4, as amended, filed
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      Statement on Schedule 14A filed by Star Maritime Acquisition Corp. (&#8220;Star
      Maritime&#8221; and, together with Star Bulk, the &#8220;Companies&#8221;).&#160;&#160;We supply
      supplemental information as requested by the Accounting Staff to assist it
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      terminated at the time the vessels are purchased by Star Bulk, and Star Bulk
      will deliver those vessels to their new charterers under time
      charters.&#160;&#160;Five of the vessels are currently under time
      charters.&#160;&#160;As discussed with the Accounting Staff, the time charters
      prohibit the sale of the vessels without the charterers&#8217;
consent.&#160;&#160;Simultaneously with the delivery of the time-chartered
      vessels to Star Bulk, Novation Agreements among TMT, the present time charterers
      and Star Bulk will become effective whereby:</font></div>
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      discussed with the Accounting Staff and as shown on the enclosed spreadsheet,
      the vessels&#8217; operations under TMT&#8217;s ownership are currently managed by three
      different technical managers:&#160;&#160;Ishima Pte. Ltd. of Singapore, TMT
      itself (Taiwan) and Univan of Hong Kong.&#160;&#160;The technical managers do
      not deal with the chartering of the vessels, but rather handle the technical
      aspects of vessel operation such as provision of crews, maintenance and all
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      discussed with the Accounting Staff, there are many independent technical
      managers available from which ship owners may choose.</font></div>
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      Accounting Staff asked Star Bulk to confirm that the technical management of
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      technical managers would not be affiliates of TMT or the current technical
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      following their purchase by Star Bulk.&#160;&#160;Star Bulk confirms that
      Combine Marine is not related to any of the three technical managers presently
      used by TMT, and that Combine Marine is not related to TMT
      itself.&#160;&#160;Star Bulk also advises the Staff that Star Bulk is presently
      in advanced stages of negotiations with Hanseatic, a large independent technical
      manager that is a member of the Schulte Group of Germany, whereby Hanseatic
      would assume the technical management of all of the vessels when the arrangement
      with Combine Marine terminates.&#160;&#160;Star Bulk confirms that Hanseatic is
      not related to any of the present technical managers, TMT or Combine
      Marine.</font></div>
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      to page 104 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, the Accounting Staff has asked
      whether the leased equipment on board the vessels will be replaced on their
      delivery to Star Bulk.&#160;&#160;Star Bulk confirms that the leased equipment
      aboard the vessels consists of (i) gas cylinders and (ii) communications
      equipment used for crew training.&#160;&#160;Pursuant to the purchase
      agreements, this leased equipment will be removed from the vessels at the time
      of the vessels&#8217; delivery to Star Bulk.&#160;&#160;Star Bulk&#8217;s technical managers
      (Combine Marine to be succeeded by Hanseatic) will enter into their own lease
      agreements to replace the necessary equipment with vendors of their
      choice.</font></div>
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          and Exchange
          Commission</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;

          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif;">October
            1, 2007</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif;">Page&#160;3</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Status
                of Insurance</u></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif;">Referring
      to page 104 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, the Accounting Staff has asked
      whether the insurance relating to the vessels will be changed on the sale of
      the
      vessels to Star Bulk.&#160;&#160;Star Bulk confirms that Star Bulk will place
      its own insurance on the vessels and will not assume any of TMT&#8217;s insurance
      arrangements.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif;">There
      are four types of insurance that apply to the vessels.</font></div>
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            <td>
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                and Machinery Insurance.&#160;&#160;</em>Hull and Machinery Insurance
                covers physical damage to the vessels.&#160;&#160;As set forth on Schedule
                A, TMT places its hull and machinery insurance in-house.&#160;&#160;By
                contrast, Star Bulk uses a number of brokers and will place its insurance
                with a completely different syndicate of insurers from that placed
                by
                TMT.</font></div>
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              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt;" face="Symbol, serif">&#183;
                &#160;</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif;"><em>War
                Risk Insurance</em>.&#160;&#160;War risk insurance covers damage from war,
                piracy and similar causes.&#160;&#160;As set forth on Schedule A, TMT
                places its war risk insurance in-house.&#160;&#160;Star Bulk&#8217;s war risk
                insurance is underwritten by a different insurer from that placed
                by
                TMT.</font></div>
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              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt;" face="Symbol, serif">&#183;
                &#160;</font></div>
            </td>
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                and Indemnity (P&amp;I) Coverage.&#160;&#160;</em>P&amp;I coverage is not
                insurance but rather indemnity coverage given by protection and indemnity
                associations, or &#8220;clubs&#8221; of ship owners and operators covering tort
                liability to third parties, including pollution coverage.&#160;&#160;It is
                possible for a single owner or operator to divide its fleet and place
                different vessels with different P&amp;I associations.&#160;&#160;As set
                forth on Schedule A, TMT has entered the vessels in the Brittania
                Club
                through AON as brokers, while Star Bulk intends to enter the vessels
                in
                the Standard Club through P.L. Ferrari as
                brokers.</font></div>
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              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt;" face="Symbol, serif">&#183;
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                Defense and Demurrage Coverage.&#160;&#160;</em>Freight, Defense and
                Demurrage, or FD&amp;D, coverage is usually offered by a P&amp;I
                association.&#160;&#160;FD&amp;D covers breach of contract
                claims.&#160;&#160;As set forth on Schedule A, TMT has procured its
                FD&amp;D coverage from the Brittania Club through AON as brokers, while
                Star Bulk intends to procure its FD&amp;D coverage from the UK Freight,
                Defence and Demurrage Association
                directly.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif;">Accordingly,
      there will be no continuity of insurance coverage for the vessels from TMT
      to
      Star Bulk.</font></div>
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                Value of Arranged Charter</u>.</em></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif;">The
      Accounting Staff has asked whether there is any intrinsic value in and of itself
      to a charter&#8217;s being arranged for a vessel upon its acquisition, wholly separate
      from the relationship of the charter rate to the prevailing market rate at
      the
      time.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif;">As
      discussed with the Accounting Staff, the charter market for dry bulk carriers
      is
      highly liquid.&#160;&#160;Charters may be obtained through a worldwide network
      of charter brokers.&#160;&#160;With respect to the time charters that TMT, as a
      condition of the purchase, has arranged for Star Bulk, Star Bulk advises the
      Staff that consistent with industry practice, at the time of the purchase
      agreements there was no premium or discount ascribed to the price for a vessel
      with an at-the-market charter to be arranged for it.&#160;&#160;Accordingly,
      Star Bulk advises the Staff that it would have paid the same price for the
      vessels charter-free, or with an agreement to provide one, three or five-year
      time charters, so long as those charters were at prevailing market levels at
      the
      time of entering into the purchase agreements.</font></div>
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          and Exchange
          Commission</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;

          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif;">October
            1, 2007</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif;">Page&#160;4</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif;">For
      example, Star Bulk did not ascribe a price difference to the sisterships A
      Duckling (Star Alpha) and B Duckling (Star Beta) where the Star Beta was to
      be
      acquired charter-free and the Star Alpha was to be acquired with a 3-year
      charter at a hire rate equal to the market level at the time of the
      agreement.&#160;&#160;The difference in the purchase price for the two vessels
      related solely to their difference in age of approximately one
      year.&#160;&#160;Star Bulk also advises the Staff that the rates warranted by
      TMT similarly were at market rates at the time the purchase agreements were
      concluded.</font></div>
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                &#8220;Earn-Out&#8221;).</u></em></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif;">The
      Accounting Staff has asked whether the issuance of Additional Stock (as that
      term is used in the Registration Statement and the Preliminary Proxy Statement),
      also referred to as the &#8220;earn-out&#8221;, is certain to be effected or contingent upon
      performance of Star Bulk&#8217;s acquired fleet of vessels from TMT.&#160;&#160;Star
      Bulk advises the Accounting Staff that the inclusion of the Additional Stock
      feature of the transaction was as a response to concerns raised by TMT
      that&#160;its percentage ownership in Star Bulk, in the future, could be diluted
      by exercise of warrants, and not in order to capture additional consideration
      as
      a result of fleet performance.&#160;&#160;At all times during and after the
      negotiation, the parties&#8217; intent was for Star Bulk to issue the Additional Stock
      to TMT without any material conditions.&#160;&#160;Once TMT had arranged the
      charters for the vessels, the provisions of the Master Agreement between the
      parties were amended to provide that the Additional Stock would be issued based
      upon Star Bulk achieving revenue targets for (1) the remainder of 2007 and
      (2)
      2008 based on forecasted revenue targets, which targets were selected in light
      of the arranged charter rates and terms, such that the issuance of the
      Additional Stock was reasonably certain to be made.&#160;&#160;However, at the
      time the amendment was effected in February 2007, the parties presumed that
      the
      vessels would be delivered to Star Bulk by, or shortly following, June 30,
      2007,
      but not later than the end of the third quarter of 2007.&#160;&#160;Star Bulk
      advises the Accounting Staff that as a result of the passage of time, the
      parties will within the next several days enter into a further amendment to
      the
      Master Agreement to provide for the issuance of the Additional Stock, without
      regard to any revenue or other financial performance threshold, on the dates
      specified, consistent with the parties&#8217; intentions.</font></div>
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      a result of the elimination of the &#8220;earn-out&#8221; provision, Star Bulk will treat
      the issuance of the Additional Stock in the same manner as the 12,537,645 common
      shares of Star Bulk to be issued in connection with the acquisition of the
      fleet
      of vessels, namely as additional purchase price. Additionally, the issuance
      of
      the Additional Stock will be reflected in the pro forma balance sheet in the
      next amendment of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus.</font></div>
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      would greatly appreciate the Staff&#8217;s additional comments, if any, as soon as
      practicable.&#160;&#160;If you have any questions or comments concerning the
      enclosed, please feel free to telephone the undersigned at (212)&#160;574-1223,
      Robert E. Lustrin at (212) 574-1420 or Christine Westbrook at (212)
      574-1371.</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif;">%</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="21%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 0.5pt solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif;">Hull
                &amp;Machinery Brokers</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 0.5pt solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif;">Direct,
                no broker</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" colspan="3" valign="top" width="49%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 0.5pt solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif;">AON
                (London), EMS (Oslo), National Insurance Brokers (Athens), Groupe
                Eyssautier (Paris), Seatrust Int&#8217;l (Athens)</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="21%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 0.5pt solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif;">P&amp;I
                Underwriters</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 0.5pt solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif;">Britannia
                Club</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" colspan="3" valign="top" width="49%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 0.5pt solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif;">The
                Standard Club</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="21%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 0.5pt solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif;">P&amp;I
                Brokers</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 0.5pt solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif;">AON</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" colspan="3" valign="top" width="49%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 0.5pt solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif;">P.L.
                Ferrari, Genoa</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="21%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 0.5pt solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif;">War
                Risk Underwriters</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 0.5pt solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif;">Cathay
                Century Insurance</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" colspan="3" valign="top" width="49%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 0.5pt solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif;">Hellenic
                War Risks Association</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="21%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 0.5pt solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif;">War
                Risk Brokers</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 0.5pt solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif;">Direct,
                no broker</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" colspan="3" valign="top" width="49%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 0.5pt solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif;">Direct,
                no broker</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="21%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 0.5pt solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif;">Freight,
                Demurage &amp; Defense Underwriters</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 0.5pt solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif;">Britannia
                Club</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" colspan="3" valign="top" width="49%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 0.5pt solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif;">UK
                Freight Demurrage and Defence Association, London</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="21%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 0.5pt solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif;">Freight,
                Demurage &amp; Defense Brokers</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 0.5pt solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif;">AON</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" colspan="3" valign="top" width="49%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 0.5pt solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif;">Direct,
                no broker</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>

      </table>
    </div>
    <div><br></div><br>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
        </div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="2">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right">
        </div>
      </div>
    </div><br>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">

          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" width="10%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">Vessel</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="10%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">Acquisition
                by TMT</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="9%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">Present
                Charter</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="10%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">Present
                Charter Commenced</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="9%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">Present
                charterer</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="19%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">Charter
                status on delivery to Star</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="14%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">TMT
                Technical Manager</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="18%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">Star
                Bulk Technical Manager</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr bgcolor="#cceeff">
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="10%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">A
                Duckling</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="10%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">6/26/2006</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="9%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">time
                charter</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="10%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">8/5/2006</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="9%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">Worldlink</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="19%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">time
                charter to be novated to Star</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="14%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">Ishima
                Pte Ltd - Singapore</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="18%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">Combine
                Marine - Athens</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="10%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">B
                Duckling</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="10%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">5/26/2006</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="9%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">spot</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="10%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">N/A</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="9%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">unknown</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="19%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">new
                charter will commence on delivery</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="14%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">Ishima
                Pte Ltd - Singapore</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="18%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">Combine
                Marine - Athens</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr bgcolor="#cceeff">
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="10%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">C
                Duckling</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="10%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">6/2/2006</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="9%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">spot</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="10%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">N/A</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="9%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">unknown</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="19%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">new
                charter will commence on Delivery</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="14%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">TMT
                - Taiwan</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="18%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">Combine
                Marine - Athens</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="10%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">F
                Duckling</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="10%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">5/5/2006</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="9%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">time
                charter</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="10%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">5/7/2007</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="9%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">Essar</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="19%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">time
                charter to be novated to Star</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="14%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">TMT
                - Taiwan</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="18%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">Combine
                Marine - Athens</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr bgcolor="#cceeff">
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="10%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">G
                Duckling</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="10%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">7/12/2006</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="9%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">time
                charter</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="10%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">1/30/2007</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="9%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">NCS</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="19%">
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                charter to be novated to Star</font></div>
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                Marine - Athens</font></div>
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                charter</font></div>
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                charter to be novated to Star</font></div>
            </td>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif;">TMT
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                Marine - Athens</font></div>
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                Marine - Athens</font></div>
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