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GENERAL INFORMATION
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
General Information
GENERAL INFORMATION
 
Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd. and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company” or “Pangaea”) provides seaborne drybulk logistics and transportation services. Pangaea utilizes its logistics expertise to service a broad base of industrial customers who require the transportation of a wide variety of drybulk cargoes, including grains, pig iron, hot briquetted iron, bauxite, alumina, cement clinker, dolomite and limestone. The Company addresses the logistics needs of its customers by undertaking a comprehensive set of services and activities, including cargo loading, cargo discharge, vessel chartering, voyage planning, and technical vessel management.

The Company owns three Panamax, two Ultramax Ice Class 1C, six Supramax, and two Handymax Ice Class 1A drybulk vessels, which includes four vessels financed under capital lease obligations. The Company also owns one-third of Nordic Bulk Holding Company Ltd. (“NBHC”), a consolidated joint venture with a fleet of six Panamax Ice Class 1A drybulk vessels which are time-chartered to the Company for operations. The Company acquired a 50% interest in a deck barge in November 2017. The Company had a deposit on a Supramax at December 31, 2018. This vessel was delivered in February 2019.

On January 27, 2017, the Company acquired its consolidated joint venture partner's interest in Nordic Bulk Ventures Holding Company Ltd. (“BVH”). BVH owns m/v Bulk Destiny and m/v Bulk Endurance through wholly-owned subsidiaries. BVH is wholly-owned by the Company after the acquisition.

On March 21, 2017, the Company's Board of Directors (the “Board”) approved, and on June 27, 2017 the shareholders holding a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of our Common Stock approved, by unanimous written consent, the issuance of shares of our Common Stock in connection with two stock purchase agreements, both dated as of June 15, 2017 (the “Agreements”).

Shares of common stock sold under the Agreements totaled 6,533,443. These shares were issued on June 29, 2017 and August 9, 2017 for aggregate net proceeds of $14.1 million of which approximately $4.3 million was issued as in-kind payment of accrued dividends.