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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000919574-18-000284

CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DRS/A

PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		6

FILED AS OF DATE:		20180110

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DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180502


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	COMPANY DATA:	

		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Castor Maritime Inc.

		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001720161

		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	DEEP SEA FOREIGN TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT [4412]

		IRS NUMBER:				000000000

		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			1T

		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930



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		FORM TYPE:		DRS/A

		SEC ACT:		1933 Act

		SEC FILE NUMBER:	377-01811

		FILM NUMBER:		18521381



	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	

		STREET 1:		VICTORY HOUSE

		STREET 2:		205 ARCHBISHOP MAKARIOS AVENUE

		CITY:			LIMASSOL

		STATE:			G4

		ZIP:			3030

		BUSINESS PHONE:		357 25 040 157



	MAIL ADDRESS:	

		STREET 1:		VICTORY HOUSE

		STREET 2:		205 ARCHBISHOP MAKARIOS AVENUE

		CITY:			LIMASSOL

		STATE:			G4

		ZIP:			3030



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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Submitted on a confidential basis on January 10, 2018</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: right">Registration No. 377-01811</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee required by Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The proposed maximum aggregate offering price is being calculated pursuant to Rule 457(f)(2) under the Securities Act, based on&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; shares of the Company being exchanged and the book value per share of $&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; as of the date of the most recently completed sales of such shares on&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;&#160; , 2018.</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #de1a1e; TEXT-ALIGN: left">The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">We are offering to exchange, commencing on&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;&#160; , 2018, an aggregate of&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;&#160; our common shares that have been registered for exchange, or the Exchange Shares, for an equivalent number of our common shares, previously sold in private offerings, or the Original Shares. We refer to this offer to exchange as the Exchange Offer.</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">The terms of the Exchange Shares are identical to the terms of the Original Shares, except for the transfer restrictions relating to the Original Shares.</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">We will exchange all Original Shares that are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn.</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">The Exchange Offer will expire at 4:59 p.m., New York City time (10:59 p.m. Central European Time), on&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;&#160; , 2018, unless we determine to extend it.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Following the completion of the Exchange Offer, holders of Original Shares that are not tendered or that are tendered but not accepted by us may resell Original Shares only if an exemption from registration under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws is available or, outside of the United States, to non-U.S. persons in accordance with the requirements of Regulation S under the Securities Act. Original Shares may not be sold by non-affiliates pursuant to the exemption provided by Rule 144 until&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;&#160; , 2018 because such rule requires that we have been subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, for more than 90 days.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">This summary highlights certain of the information that appears later in this prospectus. This summary may not contain all of the information that may be important to you. You should carefully review the entire prospectus, including the section of this prospectus entitled "Risk Factors" and the more detailed information that appears later in this prospectus before exchanging your common shares.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Unless otherwise indicated, references to "Castor Maritime," the "Company," "we," "our," "us," or similar terms refer to the registrant, Castor Maritime Inc., and its subsidiary, except where the context otherwise requires. We use the term deadweight tons, or dwt, expressed in metric tons, each of which is equivalent to 1,000 kilograms, in describing the size of our vessel. Unless otherwise indicated, all references to "U.S. dollars," "dollars," "USD" and "$" in this prospectus are to the lawful currency of the United States of America.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We are an international company that was recently incorporated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands for the purpose of acquiring, owning, chartering and operating drybulk vessels. Currently, we own one Panamax vessel with a carrying capacity of 76,453 dwt. With this vessel, we are a provider of worldwide seaborne transportation services for drybulk cargo, including, among others, iron ore, coal and grain, collectively referred to as "major bulks," and steel products, fertilizers, cement, bauxite, sugar and scrap metal, collectively referred to as "minor bulks."</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Our vessel is currently employed under a time charter trip until it expires upon redelivery of the Vessel, which is currently expected at the end of January 2018.&#160; We intend to acquire other vessels, which we intend to deploy on a mix of period time charters and spot charters according to our assessment of market conditions, adjusting the mix of these charters to take advantage of the relatively stable cash flow and high utilization rates associated with period time charters or to profit from attractive spot charter rates during periods of strong charter market conditions.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">In September 2017, we purchased our wholly-owned subsidiary Spetses Shipping Co., a Marshall Islands corporation, or Spetses, which owns a 76,453 dwt drybulk carrier, the Magic P, or our Vessel.&#160; Our Vessel, which was acquired charter free&#160;from an unrelated third-party, was delivered to Spetses on February 21, 2017 and commenced operations on February 22, 2017.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The following table summarizes key information about our Vessel as of the date of this prospectus:</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The ship management of our Vessel is provided by Pavimar S.A., or Pavimar, a company controlled by Ismini Panagiotidi, the sister of our Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Petros Panagiotidis. Under the management agreement, Pavimar provides us with a wide range of shipping services such as crew management, technical management, operational employment management, insurance arrangements, provisioning, bunkering, accounting services, general administration and audit support, in exchange for a fixed daily fee of $250. The level of our daily fixed fee is subject to an annual review on the anniversary of the management agreement dated December 16, 2016. The agreed upon daily fixed fee with Pavimar from December 16, 2017 is $320 and will remain at this level until December 16, 2019, at which time the daily management fee may be revised.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">On November 21, 2017, we declared a dividend of one preferred share purchase right for each outstanding common share and adopted a shareholder rights plan, as set forth in a Stockholders Rights Agreement dated as of November 20, 2017, by and between us and American Stock Transfer and Trust Company, LLC, or AST, as rights agent. For more information, please see "&#8212;Stockholders Rights Agreement" herein. In connection with the Stockholders Rights Agreement, we designated 1,000,000 shares as Series C Participating Preferred Stock, none of which are outstanding as of the date of this prospectus.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">On September 29, 2017, our shareholders authorized one or more amendments to our Articles of Incorporation to effect one or more reverse stock splits of the our issued common shares at a ratio of not less than one-for-two and not more than one-for-1000 and in the aggregate at a ratio of not more than one-for-1000, inclusive, with the exact ratio to be set at a whole number within this range to be determined by the Company's board of directors, or the Board, or any duly constituted committee thereof, at any time after approval of each amendment in its discretion, and to authorize the Board to implement any such reverse stock split by filing any such amendment with the Registrar of Corporations of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.&#160; As of the date of this prospectus no reverse stock splits have been effected under this authorization.</div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">During October and November 2017, our Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Petros Panagiotidis, sold 102,000 Original Shares outside of the U.S. to&#160;various unaffiliated&#160;third parties, none of whom are U.S. persons.&#160; The sales were completed at various prices ranging from $5.30 to $5.50.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We face a number of risks associated with our business and industry and must overcome a variety of challenges to utilize our strengths and implement our business strategies. These risks relate to, among others, changes in the international shipping industry, including supply and demand, charter hire rates, a downturn in the global economy, hazards inherent in our industry and operations resulting in liability for damage to or destruction of property and equipment, pollution or environmental damage, inability to finance capital projects, and inability to successfully employ our Vessel.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We have based these statements on assumptions and analyses formed by applying our experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors we believe are appropriate in the circumstances. All future written and verbal forward-looking statements attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this section. We undertake no obligation, and specifically decline any obligation, except as required by law, to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events discussed in this prospectus might not occur.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">See the section entitled "Risk Factors," beginning on page&#160;7 of this prospectus for a more complete discussion of these risks and uncertainties and for other risks and uncertainties. These factors and the other risk factors described in this prospectus are not necessarily all of the important factors that could cause actual results or developments to differ materially from those expressed in any of our forward-looking statements. Other unknown or unpredictable factors also could harm our results. Consequently, there can be no assurance that actual results or developments anticipated by us will be realized or, even if substantially realized, that they will have the expected consequences to, or effects on, us. Given these uncertainties, prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">You should carefully consider the risks described below, as well as the other information included in this prospectus before deciding to participate in the Exchange Offer. We operate in an intensely competitive industry. Some of the following risks relate principally to the industry in which we operate and our business in general. Other risks relate principally to the securities market, national and global economic conditions and the ownership of our common shares. The occurrence of any of the events described in this section could cause our results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements made in this report, and could significantly and negatively affect our business, financial condition or operating results, which may reduce our ability to pay dividends and lower the trading price of our common shares.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Charter hire rates for dry bulk vessels are volatile and have declined significantly since their historic highs and may remain at low levels or decrease in the future, which may adversely affect our earnings, revenue and our profitability.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The dry bulk shipping industry is cyclical with attendant volatility in charter hire rates and profitability. The current downturn in the dry bulk charter market, from which we derive and plan to continue to derive our revenues, has severely affected the entire dry bulk shipping industry. The degree of charter hire rate volatility among different types of dry bulk vessels has varied widely, and charter hire rates for dry bulk vessels have declined significantly from historically high levels. For example, in the past time charter and spot market rates for dry bulk vessels have declined below operating costs of vessels. The Baltic Dry Index, or BDI, an index published by the Baltic Exchange Limited of shipping rates for 20 key dry bulk routes, fell 97% from a peak of 11,793 in May 2008 to a low of 290 in February 2016. While the BDI was 1,522 as of October 31, 2017, there can be no assurance that the dry bulk charter market will recover and the market could continue to decline.</div>
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Fluctuations in charter rates result from changes in the supply and demand for vessel capacity and changes in the supply and demand for the major commodities carried by water internationally. Because the factors affecting the supply and demand for vessels are outside of our control and are unpredictable, the nature, timing, direction and degree of changes in charter rates are also unpredictable.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Furthermore, a significant decrease in charter rates would cause asset values to decline, and we may have to record an impairment charge in our consolidated financial statements which could adversely affect our financial results. Because the market value of our Vessel may fluctuate significantly, we may also incur losses when we sell vessels, which may adversely affect our earnings. If we sell vessels at a time when vessel prices have fallen and before we have recorded an impairment adjustment to our financial statements, the sale may be at less than the vessel's carrying amount in our financial statements, resulting in a loss and a reduction in earnings.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Demand for our Vessel is dependent upon economic growth in the world's economies, seasonal and regional changes in demand, changes in the capacity of the global dry bulk fleet and the sources and supply of dry bulk cargo transported by sea. Given the large number of new dry bulk vessels currently on order with shipyards, the capacity of the global dry bulk vessels fleet seems likely to increase and economic growth may not resume in areas that have experienced a recession or continue in other areas. As such, adverse economic, political, social or other developments could have a material adverse effect on our business and operating results.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Factors that influence the supply of vessel capacity include:</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">In addition to the prevailing and anticipated freight rates, factors that affect the rate of newbuilding, scrapping and laying-up include newbuilding prices, secondhand vessel values in relation to scrap prices, costs of bunkers and other operating costs, costs associated with classification society surveys, normal maintenance costs, insurance coverage costs, the efficiency and age profile of the existing dry bulk fleet in the market, and government and industry regulation of maritime transportation practices, particularly environmental protection laws and regulations. These factors influencing the supply of and demand for shipping capacity are outside of our control, and we may not be able to correctly assess the nature, timing and degree of changes in industry conditions.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">In the current global economy, operating businesses are faced with tightening credit, weak demand for goods and services, and weak international liquidity conditions. There has similarly been a general decline in the willingness by banks and other financial institutions to extend credit, particularly in the shipping industry, due to the historically volatile asset values of vessels. As the shipping industry is highly dependent on the availability of credit to finance and expand operations, it has been negatively affected by this decline. In particular, lower demand for dry bulk cargoes as well as diminished trade credit available for the delivery of such cargoes have led to decreased demand for dry bulk vessels, creating downward pressure on charter rates and vessel values. Any further weakening in global economic conditions may have a number of adverse consequences for dry bulk and other shipping sectors, including, among other things:</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: left">The over-supply of dry bulk vessel capacity may continue to prolong or further depress the current low charter rates, which has and may continue to limit our ability to operate our dry bulk vessels profitably.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The supply of dry bulk vessels has outpaced vessel demand growth over the past few years, thereby causing downward pressure on charter rates. As of September 30, 2017, the newbuilding orderbook stands at approximately 7% of the existing fleet capacity. Until the new supply of vessels is fully absorbed by the market, charter rates may continue to be under pressure in the near to medium term.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Our Vessel has operated under time charters but may be placed on spot charter in the future and any decrease in spot charter rates may adversely affect our earnings.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Our Vessel has operated under time charters but may be placed on the spot market in the future, exposing us to fluctuations in spot market charter rates.&#160; Further, we may employ any additional vessels that we acquire in the spot market.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Although the number of vessels in our fleet that may participate in the spot market will vary from time to time, we anticipate that a significant portion of our fleet will participate in this market. As a result, our financial performance will be significantly affected by conditions in the dry bulk spot market and only our vessels that may operate under fixed-rate time charters may, during the period such vessels operate under such time charters, provide a fixed source of revenue to us.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Historically, the dry bulk markets have been volatile as a result of the many conditions and factors that can affect the price, supply of and demand for dry bulk capacity. The weak global economic trends may further reduce demand for transportation of dry bulk cargoes over longer distances, which may materially affect our revenues, profitability and cash flows. The spot charter market may fluctuate significantly based upon supply of and demand of vessels and cargoes. The successful operation of our Vessel in the competitive spot charter market depends upon, among other things, obtaining profitable spot charters and minimizing, to the extent possible, time spent waiting for charters and time spent traveling unladen to pick up cargo. The spot market is very volatile, and, in the past, there have been periods when spot rates have declined below the operating cost of vessels. If future spot charter rates decline, then we may be unable to operate our Vessel trading in the spot market profitably, or meet our obligations. Furthermore, as charter rates for spot charters are fixed for a single voyage, which may last up to several weeks, during periods in which spot charter rates are rising, we will generally experience delays in realizing the benefits from such increases.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Any of these circumstances or events could increase our costs or lower our revenues. The involvement of our Vessel in an oil spill or other environmental disaster may harm our reputation as a safe and reliable dry bulk operator.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Past terrorist attacks, as well as the threat of future terrorist attacks around the world, continue to cause uncertainty in the world's financial markets and may affect our business, operating results and financial condition. Continuing conflicts, instability and other recent developments in the Middle East and elsewhere, and the presence of U.S. or other armed forces in Afghanistan and Syria, may lead to additional acts of terrorism and armed conflict around the world, which may contribute to further economic instability in the global financial markets. Any of these occurrences could have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: left">We face risks attendant to changes in economic and regulatory conditions around the world.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We face risks attendant to changes in economic environments, changes in interest rates, instability in the banking and securities markets and trade regulation around the world, among other factors. Major market disruptions and adverse changes in market conditions and regulatory climate in China, the United States and worldwide may adversely affect our business or impair our ability to borrow amounts under any future financial arrangements.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">For example, the economic slowdown in the Asia-Pacific region, especially in China, could negatively affect global economic markets and the market for dry bulk shipping. Chinese dry bulk imports have accounted for the majority of global dry bulk transportation growth annually over the last decade, with recent demand growth driven by stronger iron ore and coal imports into China. Before the global economic financial crisis that began in 2008, China had one of the world's fastest growing economies in terms of gross domestic product, or GDP, which had a significant impact on shipping demand. The growth rate of China's GDP for the year ended December 31, 2016, was 6.7%, down from a growth rate of 6.9% for the year ended December 31, 2015, and remaining well below pre-2008 levels. China and other countries in the Asia Pacific region may continue to experience slowed or even negative economic growth in the future. Our financial condition and results of operations, as well as our future prospects, would likely be hindered by a continuing or worsening economic downturn in any of these countries or geographic regions.</div>
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The United States, the European Union and other parts of the world have likewise experienced relatively slow growth and weak economic trends since 2008. Over the past several years, the credit markets in the United States and Europe have remained contracted, deleveraged and less liquid, and the U.S. federal and state governments and European authorities have implemented governmental action and/or new regulation of the financial markets and may implement additional regulations in the future. While credit conditions are beginning to stabilize, global financial markets have been, and continue to be, disrupted and volatile. Specifically, concerns persist regarding the debt burden of certain European countries and their ability to meet future financial obligations. Potential adverse developments in the outlook for European countries, or market perceptions concerning these and related issues, could reduce the overall demand for dry bulk cargoes and for our service, which could negatively affect our financial position, results of operations and cash flow.</div>
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Further, governments may turn to trade barriers to protect their domestic industries against foreign imports, thereby depressing shipping demand. In particular, leaders in the United States have indicated the United States may seek to implement more protective trade measures. The new U.S. president was elected on a platform promoting trade protectionism. The results of the presidential election have thus created significant uncertainty about the future relationship between the United States and China and other exporting countries, including with respect to trade policies, treaties, government regulations and tariffs. On January 23, 2017, the U.S. President signed an executive order withdrawing the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a global trade agreement intended to include the United States, Canada, Mexico, Peru and a number of Asian countries. Protectionist developments, or the perception they may occur, may have a material adverse effect on global economic conditions, and may significantly reduce global trade. Moreover, increasing trade protectionism may cause an increase in (a) the cost of goods exported from regions globally, particularly the Asia-Pacific region, (b) the length of time required to transport goods and (c) the risks associated with exporting goods. Such increases may significantly affect the quantity of goods to be shipped, shipping time schedules, voyage costs and other associated costs.</div>
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">While global economic conditions have generally improved, renewed adverse and developing economic and governmental factors, together with the concurrent volatility in charter rates and vessel values, may have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial condition and cash flows and could cause the price of our common shares to decline. An extended period of deterioration in the outlook for the world economy could reduce the overall demand for our services and could also adversely affect our ability to obtain financing on acceptable terms or at all.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Changes in the economic and political environment in China and policies adopted by the government to regulate its economy may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The Chinese economy differs from the economies of western countries in such respects as structure, government involvement, level of development, growth rate, capital reinvestment, allocation of resources, bank regulation, currency and monetary policy, rate of inflation and balance of payments position. Prior to 1978, the Chinese economy was a "planned economy." Since 1978, increasing emphasis has been placed on the utilization of market forces in the development of the Chinese economy. Annual and five year State Plans are adopted by the Chinese government in connection with the development of the economy. Although state-owned enterprises still account for a substantial portion of the Chinese industrial output, in general, the Chinese government is reducing the level of direct control that it exercises over the economy through State Plans and other measures. There is an increasing level of freedom and autonomy in areas such as allocation of resources, production, pricing and management and a gradual shift in emphasis to a "market economy" and enterprise reform. Limited price reforms were undertaken with the result that prices for certain commodities are principally determined by market forces. In addition, economic reforms may include reforms to the banking and credit sector and may produce a shift away from the export-driven growth model that has characterized the Chinese economy over the past few decades. Many of the reforms are unprecedented or experimental and may be subject to revision, change or abolition based upon the outcome of such experiments. The level of imports to and exports from China could be adversely affected by the failure to continue market reforms or changes to existing pro-export economic policies. The level of imports to and exports from China may also be adversely affected by changes in political, economic and social conditions (including a slowing of economic growth) or other relevant policies of the Chinese government, such as changes in laws, regulations or export and import restrictions, internal political instability, changes in currency policies, changes in trade policies and territorial or trade disputes. A decrease in the level of imports to and exports from China could adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">As a result of concerns about the stability of financial markets generally and the solvency of counterparties specifically, the ability to obtain money from the credit markets has become more difficult as many lenders have increased interest rates, enacted tighter lending standards, refused to refinance existing debt at all or on terms similar to current debt and reduced, and in some cases ceased, to provide funding to borrowers. Due to these factors, we cannot be certain that financing will be available if needed and to the extent required, on acceptable terms. If financing is not available when needed, or is available only on unfavorable terms, we may be unable to enhance our existing business, complete additional vessel acquisitions or otherwise take advantage of business opportunities as they arise.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Acts of piracy on ocean-going vessels could adversely affect our business.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Acts of piracy have historically affected ocean-going vessels trading in regions of the world such as the South China Sea, the Indian Ocean and in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia. Sea piracy incidents continue to occur, increasingly in the Sulu Sea and the Gulf of Guinea, with dry bulk vessels and tankers particularly vulnerable to such attacks. In the past, political conflicts have also resulted in attacks on vessels, mining of waterways and other efforts to disrupt international shipping. The perception that our Vessel is a potential piracy or terrorist target could have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Further, if these piracy attacks occur in regions in which our Vessel is deployed that insurers characterize as "war risk" zones or by the Joint War Committee as "war and strikes" listed areas, premiums payable for such coverage could increase significantly and such insurance coverage may be more difficult to obtain, if available at all. In addition, crew costs, including costs that may be incurred to the extent we employ on-board security guards, could increase in such circumstances. We may not be adequately insured to cover losses from these incidents, which could have a material adverse effect on us. In addition, detention hijacking as a result of an act of piracy against our Vessel, or an increase in cost, or unavailability of insurance for our Vessel, could have a material adverse impact on our business, results of operations, cash flows, financial condition and may result in loss of revenues, increased costs and decreased cash flows to our customers, which could impair their ability to make payments to us under our charters.</div>
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Our Vessel may call on ports located in countries that are subject to restrictions imposed by the U.S. or other governments, which could adversely affect our reputation and the market for our common shares.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">From time to time on charterers' instructions, our Vessel may call on ports located in countries subject to sanctions and embargoes imposed by the United States government and countries identified by the U.S. government as state sponsors of terrorism, such as Iran, Sudan and Syria. From February 21, 2017 to the date of this prospectus, our Vessel had no port calls in countries subject to sanctions and embargoes imposed by the U.S. government and countries identified by the U.S. government as state sponsors of terrorism.&#160; The U.S. sanctions and embargo laws and regulations vary in their application, as they do not all apply to the same covered persons or proscribe the same activities, and such sanctions and embargo laws and regulations may be amended or strengthened over time. With effect from July 1, 2010, the U.S. enacted the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions Accountability and Divestment Act, or CISADA, which expanded the scope of the Iran Sanctions Act. Among other things, CISADA expands the application of the prohibitions to companies, such as ours, and introduces limits on the ability of companies and persons to do business or trade with Iran when such activities relate to the investment, supply or export of refined petroleum or petroleum products. In addition, on May 1, 2012, President Obama signed Executive Order 13608 which prohibits foreign persons from violating or attempting to violate, or causing a violation of any sanctions in effect against Iran or facilitating any deceptive transactions for or on behalf of any person subject to U.S. sanctions.</div>
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Any persons found to be in violation of Executive Order 13608 will be deemed a foreign sanctions evader and will be banned from all contacts with the United States, including conducting business in U.S. dollars. Also in 2012, President Obama signed into law the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, or the Iran Threat Reduction Act, which created new sanctions and strengthened existing sanctions. Among other things, the Iran Threat Reduction Act intensifies existing sanctions regarding the provision of goods, services, infrastructure or technology to Iran's petroleum or petrochemical sector. On July 14, 2015, the P5+1 (the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Russia and China) and the E.U. announced that they reached a landmark agreement with Iran titled the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action Regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran's Nuclear Program, or the JCPOA, which is intended to significantly restrict Iran's ability to develop and produce nuclear weapons for ten years while simultaneously easing sanctions directed toward non-U.S. persons for conduct involving Iran, but taking place outside of U.S. jurisdiction and does not involve U.S. persons. On January 16, 2016, or Implementation Day, the United States joined the E.U. and the United Nations in lifting a significant number of their nuclear-related sanctions on Iran following an announcement by the International Atomic Energy Agency, or IAEA that Iran had satisfied its respective obligations under the JCPOA.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">U.S. sanctions prohibiting certain conduct that is now permitted under the JCPOA have not actually been repealed or permanently terminated at this time. Rather, the U.S. government has implemented changes to the sanctions regime by: (1) issuing waivers of certain statutory sanctions provisions; (2) committing to refrain from exercising certain discretionary sanctions authorities; (3) removing certain individuals and entities from OFAC's sanctions lists; and (4) revoking certain Executive Orders and specified sections of Executive Orders. These sanctions will not be permanently "lifted" until the earlier of "Transition Day," set to occur on October 20, 2023, or upon a report from the IAEA stating that all nuclear material in Iran is being used for peaceful activities.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Although we believe that we have been in compliance with all applicable sanctions and embargo laws and regulations, and intend to maintain such compliance, there can be no assurance that we will be in compliance in the future, particularly as the scope of certain laws may be unclear and may be subject to changing interpretations. Any such violation could result in fines, penalties or other sanctions that could severely impact our ability to access U.S. capital markets and conduct our business, and could result in some investors deciding, or being required, to divest their interest, or not to invest, in us. In addition, certain institutional investors may have investment policies or restrictions that prevent them from holding securities of companies that have contracts with countries identified by the U.S. government as state sponsors of terrorism. The determination by these investors not to invest in, or to divest from, our common shares may adversely affect the price at which our common shares trade. Moreover, our charterers may violate applicable sanctions and embargo laws and regulations as a result of actions that do not involve us or our Vessel, and those violations could in turn negatively affect our reputation. In addition, our reputation and the market for our securities may be adversely affected if we engage in certain other activities, such as entering into charters with individuals or entities in countries subject to U.S. sanctions and embargo laws that are not controlled by the governments of those countries, or engaging in operations associated with those countries pursuant to contracts with third parties that are unrelated to those countries or entities controlled by their governments. Investor perception of the value of our common shares may be adversely affected by the consequences of war, the effects of terrorism, civil unrest and governmental actions in these and surrounding countries.</div>
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Compliance with safety and other vessel requirements imposed by classification societies may be costly and could reduce our net cash flows and net income.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The hull and machinery of every commercial vessel must be certified as being "in class" by a classification society authorized by its country of registry. The classification society certifies that a vessel is safe and seaworthy in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations of the country of registry of the vessel and the Safety of Life at Sea Convention.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">A vessel must undergo annual surveys, intermediate surveys and special surveys. In lieu of a special survey, a vessel's machinery may be placed on a continuous survey cycle, under which the machinery would be surveyed periodically over a five-year period. We expect our vessels to be on special survey cycles for hull inspection and continuous survey cycles for machinery inspection. Most vessels are also required to be drydocked, or inspected by divers, every two to three years for inspection of its underwater parts.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Compliance with the above requirements may result in significant expense. If any vessel does not maintain its class or fails any annual, intermediate or special survey, the vessel will be unable to trade between ports and will be unemployable, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: left">We are subject to complex laws and regulations, including environmental regulations that can adversely affect the cost, manner or feasibility of doing business.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Our operations are subject to numerous international, national, state and local laws, regulations, treaties and conventions in force in international waters and the jurisdictions in which our Vessel operates or is registered, which can significantly affect the ownership and operation of our Vessel. These regulations include, but are not limited to, the U.S. Oil Pollution Act of 1990, or OPA, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, or CERCLA, the U.S. Clean Air Act, the U.S. Clean Water Act and the U.S. Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002, or the MTSA, and treaties and conventions of the IMO, including the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships of 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto, collectively referred to as MARPOL 73/78 and herein as MARPOL, SOLAS and the International Convention on Load Lines of 1966. Compliance with such laws, regulations and standards, where applicable, may require installation of costly equipment or implementation of operational changes and may affect the resale value or useful life of our Vessel. These costs could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition. A failure to comply with applicable laws and regulations may result in administrative and civil penalties, criminal sanctions or the suspension or termination of our operations. Because such conventions, laws, and regulations are often revised, we cannot predict the ultimate cost of complying with them or the impact thereof on the resale prices or useful life of our Vessel. Additional conventions, laws and regulations may be adopted which could limit our ability to do business or increase the cost of our doing business and which may materially adversely affect our operations.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Environmental laws often impose strict liability for remediation of spills and releases of oil and hazardous substances, which could subject us to liability without regard to whether we were negligent or at fault. Under OPA, for example, owners, operators and bareboat charterers are jointly and severally strictly liable for the discharge of oil within the 200-mile exclusive economic zone around the United States. Furthermore, the 2010 explosion of the<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-STYLE: italic"> Deepwater Horizon</font> well and the subsequent release of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, or other similar events, may result in further regulation of the shipping industry, and modifications to statutory liability schemes, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. An oil spill could result in significant liability, including fines, penalties and criminal liability and remediation costs for natural resource damages under other federal, state and local laws, as well as third-party damages.</div>
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We are required by various governmental and quasi-governmental agencies to obtain certain permits, licenses, and certificates with respect to our operations, and satisfy insurance and financial responsibility requirements for potential oil (including marine fuel) spills and other pollution incidents. Although we will, when available, arrange insurance to cover certain environmental risks, there can be no assurance that such insurance will be sufficient to cover all such risks or that any claims will not have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition and our ability to pay dividends, if any, in the future.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: left">We are subject to international safety standards and the failure to comply with these regulations may subject us to increased liability, may adversely affect our insurance coverage and may result in a denial of access to, or detention in, certain ports.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The operation of our Vessel is affected by the requirements set forth in the International Safety Management Code, or the ISM Code, promulgated by the IMO under SOLAS. The ISM Code requires ship owners, ship managers and bareboat charterers to develop and maintain an extensive "Safety Management System" that includes the adoption of a safety and environmental protection policy setting forth instructions and procedures for safe operation of vessels and describing procedures for dealing with emergencies. In addition, vessel classification societies impose significant safety and other requirements on our Vessel.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The failure of a ship owner or bareboat charterer to comply with the ISM Code may subject it to increased liability, may invalidate existing insurance or decrease available insurance coverage for the affected vessels and may result in a denial of access to, or detention in, certain ports. Our Vessel and each of the vessels that we will acquire will be ISM Code-certified when delivered to us. However, if we are subject to increased liability for non-compliance or if our insurance coverage is adversely impacted as a result of non-compliance, it may negatively affect our ability to pay dividends, if any, in the future. If our Vessel is denied access to, or detained in, certain ports as a result of non-compliance with the ISM Code, our revenues may be adversely impacted.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Maritime claimants could arrest our Vessel, which could interrupt our cash flow.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Crew members, suppliers of goods and services to a vessel, shippers of cargo and other parties may be entitled to a maritime lien against a vessel for unsatisfied debts, claims or damages. In many jurisdictions, a maritime lien holder may enforce its lien by "arresting" or "attaching" a vessel through foreclosure proceedings. The arrest or attachment of our Vessel could result in a significant loss of earnings for the related off-hire period. In addition, in jurisdictions where the "sister ship" theory of liability applies, such as South Africa, a claimant may arrest the vessel that is subject to the claimant's maritime lien and any "associated" vessel, which is any vessel owned or controlled by the same owner. In countries with "sister ship" liability laws, claims might be asserted against us or any of our vessels for liabilities of other vessels that we will then own.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Governments could requisition our Vessel during a period of war or emergency resulting in a loss of earnings.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">A government of a vessel's registry could requisition for title or seize a vessel. Requisition for title occurs when a government takes control of a vessel and becomes the owner. A government could also requisition a vessel for hire. Requisition for hire occurs when a government takes control of a vessel and effectively becomes the charterer at dictated charter rates. Generally, requisitions occur during a period of war or emergency. Government requisition of our Vessel could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Increased inspection procedures and tighter import and export controls could increase costs and disrupt our business.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">International shipping is subject to various security and customs inspection and related procedures in countries of origin and destination and trans-shipment points. Inspection procedures may result in the seizure of contents of our Vessel, delays in the loading, offloading, trans-shipment or delivery and the levying of customs duties, fines or other penalties against us.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Our business has inherent operational risks, which may not be adequately covered by insurance.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Our Vessel and its cargoes are at risk of being damaged or lost because of events such as marine disasters, bad weather, mechanical failures, human error, environmental accidents, war, terrorism, piracy and other circumstances or events. In addition, transporting cargoes across a wide variety of international jurisdictions creates a risk of business interruptions due to political circumstances in foreign countries, hostilities, labor strikes and boycotts, the potential for changes in tax rates or policies, and the potential for government expropriation of our Vessel. Any of these events may result in loss of revenues, increased costs and decreased cash flows to our customers, which could impair their ability to make payments to us under our charters.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">In the event of a casualty to our Vessel or other catastrophic event, we will rely on our insurance to pay the insured value of the vessel or the damages incurred. We procure insurance for our Vessel employed under time charters against those risks that we believe the shipping industry commonly insures against. This insurance includes marine hull and machinery insurance, protection and indemnity insurance, which include pollution risks and crew insurance, and war risk insurance. Currently, the amount of coverage for liability for pollution, spillage and leakage available to us on commercially reasonable terms through protection and indemnity associations and providers of excess coverage is $1 billion per occurrence.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We maintain hull and machinery insurance, protection and indemnity insurance for our Vessel, which provides environmental damage and pollution insurance coverage and war risk insurance. We do not maintain, for our Vessel, insurance against loss of hire, which covers business interruptions that result from the loss of use of a vessel. We may not be adequately insured against all risks. We may not be able to obtain adequate insurance coverage for our fleet in the future, and we may not be able to obtain certain insurance coverages. The insurers may not pay particular claims. Our insurance policies may contain deductibles for which we will be responsible and limitations and exclusions which may increase our costs or lower our revenue. Moreover, insurers may default on claims they are required to pay.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We cannot assure you that we will be adequately insured against all risks or that we will be able to obtain adequate insurance coverage at reasonable rates for our Vessel in the future. For example, in the past more stringent environmental regulations have led to increased costs for, and in the future may result in the lack of availability of, insurance against risks of environmental damage or pollution. Additionally, our insurers may refuse to pay particular claims. Any significant loss or liability for which we are not insured could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Failure to comply with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act could result in fines, criminal penalties, charter terminations and an adverse effect on our business.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We may operate in a number of countries throughout the world, including countries known to have a reputation for corruption. We are committed to doing business in accordance with applicable anti-corruption laws and have adopted a code of business conduct and ethics which is consistent and in full compliance with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, or the FCPA. We are subject, however, to the risk that we, our affiliated entities or our or their respective officers, directors, employees and agents may take actions determined to be in violation of such anti-corruption laws, including the FCPA. Any such violation could result in substantial fines, sanctions, civil and/or criminal penalties and curtailment of operations in certain jurisdictions, and might adversely affect our business, results of operations or financial condition. In addition, actual or alleged violations could damage our reputation and ability to do business. Furthermore, detecting, investigating, and resolving actual or alleged violations is expensive and can consume significant time and attention of our senior management.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt">We are a recently formed company with a limited history of operations.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We are a recently formed company and have a limited performance record, operating history and historical financial statements upon which you can evaluate our operations or our ability to implement and achieve our business strategy. We cannot assure you that we will be successful in implementing our business strategy. We have only one vessel with a relatively short operating history, and as such, we will face certain operational challenges not faced by companies with a longer operating history and more vessels.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: left">We may not be able to re-charter or obtain new and favorable charters for our Vessel, which could adversely affect our revenues and profitability.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Our Vessel is employed on a time charter which will expire upon redelivery of the Vessel, which is currently expected at the end of January 2018.&#160; Our ability to renew charters or obtain new charters will depend on the prevailing market conditions at the time. Additionally, we expect to continue to employ our Vessel in the spot charter market, exposing us to fluctuations in the spot charter rates. The spot charter market may fluctuate significantly based upon drybulk vessel supply and demand. The successful operation of our Vessel in the competitive spot charter market depends on, among other things, obtaining profitable spot charters and minimizing, to the extent possible, time spent waiting for charters. If future spot charter rates decline, we may be unable to operate our Vessel trading in the spot market profitably.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">If we are not able to obtain new charters, either on time charter or in the spot market, in direct continuation with our existing charter or if new charters are entered into at rates substantially below the existing rates or on terms otherwise less favorable compared to existing charter terms, our revenues and profitability could be adversely affected and we may have difficulty meeting our obligations or paying dividends in the future.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: left">We are subject to certain risks with respect to our counterparties on contracts, and failure of such counterparties to meet their obligations could cause us to suffer losses or negatively impact our results of operations and cash flows.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We have entered into, and may enter into in the future, various contracts, including charter agreements, shipbuilding contracts and credit facilities. Such agreements subject us to counterparty risks. The ability of each of our counterparties to perform its obligations under a contract with us will depend on a number of factors that are beyond our control and may include, among other things, general economic conditions, the condition of the maritime and offshore industries, the overall financial condition of the counterparty, charter rates received for specific types of vessels, and various expenses. For example, the combination of a reduction of cash flow resulting from declines in world trade, a reduction in borrowing bases under reserve-based credit facilities and the lack of availability of debt or equity financing may result in a significant reduction in the ability of our charterers to make charter payments to us. In addition, in depressed market conditions, our charterers and customers may no longer need a vessel that is then under charter or contract or may be able to obtain a comparable vessel at lower rates. As a result, charterers and customers may seek to renegotiate the terms of their existing charter agreements or avoid their obligations under those contracts. Should a counterparty fail to honor its obligations under agreements with us, we could sustain significant losses which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.</div>
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: left">The failure of our charterers to meet their obligations under our charter agreement, on which we depend for our revenues, could cause us to suffer losses or otherwise adversely affect our business.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We expect to employ our Vessel under short-term, medium or long-term charter agreements as well as in the spot market. The ability and willingness of each of our counterparties to perform their obligations under a time charter, spot charter or other agreement with us, will depend on a number of factors that are beyond our control and may include, among other things, general economic conditions, the condition of the offshore supply industry and the overall financial condition of the counterparties. In addition, in depressed market conditions, there have been reports of charterers renegotiating their charters or defaulting on their obligations under charters. Our customers may fail to pay charter hire or attempt to renegotiate charter rates. Should a counterparty fail to honor its obligations under agreements with us, it may be difficult to secure substitute employment for such vessel, and any new charter arrangements we secure in the spot market or on time charters may be at lower rates. If our charterers fail to meet their obligations to us or attempt to renegotiate our charter agreements, we could sustain significant losses which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, as well as our ability to pay dividends, if any, in the future.</div>
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: left">We cannot assure you that our Board will declare dividends.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Our Board will continue to assess our dividend policy and may in the future determine to pay dividends. The declaration and payment of dividends, if any, will always be subject to the discretion of our Board, restrictions contained in debt agreements that we may enter into in the future and the requirements of Marshall Islands law. The timing and amount of any dividends declared will depend on, among other things, our earnings, financial condition and cash requirements and availability, our ability to obtain debt and equity financing on acceptable terms as contemplated by our growth strategy, the terms of our outstanding indebtedness and the ability of our subsidiaries to distribute funds to us. The offshore supply industry is highly volatile, and we cannot predict with certainty the amount of cash, if any, that will be available for distribution as dividends in any period. Also, there may be a high degree of variability from period to period in the amount of cash that is available for the payment of dividends. It may take substantial time following the closing of this offering before it would be possible for us to pay any dividends. Accordingly, it may take substantial time following the closing of the IPO before it would be possible for us to pay any dividends.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We may incur expenses or liabilities or be subject to other circumstances in the future that reduce or eliminate the amount of cash that we have available for distribution as dividends, including as a result of the risks described herein. Our growth strategy contemplates that we will finance our acquisitions of additional vessels through debt financings or the net proceeds of future equity issuances on terms acceptable to us. If financing is not available to us on acceptable terms or at all, our Board may determine to finance or refinance acquisitions with cash from operations, which would reduce the amount of any cash available for the payment of dividends.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The Republic of Marshall Islands laws generally prohibit the payment of dividends other than from surplus (retained earnings and the excess of consideration received for the sale of shares above the par value of the shares) or while a company is insolvent or would be rendered insolvent by the payment of such a dividend. We may not have sufficient surplus in the future to pay dividends and our subsidiaries may not have sufficient funds or surplus to make distributions to us. We can give no assurance that dividends will be paid at all.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We are a newly incorporated company formed for the purpose of acquiring, owning, chartering and operating drybulk vessels. One of our principal strategies is to continue to grow by expanding our operations and adding to our fleet. As our business grows, we intend to acquire additional drybulk vessels and expand our activities. Our future growth will primarily depend upon a number of factors, some of which may not be within our control. These factors include our ability to:</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Our failure to effectively identify, acquire, develop and integrate any vessels could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. The number of employees that perform services for us and our current operating and financial systems may not be adequate as we implement our plan to expand the size of our fleet, and we may not be able to effectively hire more employees or adequately improve those systems. Finally, acquisitions may require additional equity issuances, which may dilute our common shareholders if issued at lower prices than the price they acquired their shares, or debt issuances (with amortization payments), both of which could lower our available cash. If any such events occur, our financial condition may be adversely affected.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Growing any business by acquisition presents numerous risks such as undisclosed liabilities and obligations, difficulty in obtaining additional qualified personnel and managing relationships with customers and suppliers and integrating newly acquired operations into existing infrastructures. The expansion of our fleet may impose significant additional responsibilities on our management and the management and staff of our commercial and technical managers, and may necessitate that we, and they, increase the number of personnel. We cannot give any assurance that we will be successful in executing our growth plans or that we will not incur significant expenses and losses in connection with our future growth.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: left">As we expand our business, we may need to improve our operating and financial systems and will need to recruit suitable employees and crew for our vessels.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Our current operating and financial systems may not be adequate as we implement our plan to expand the size of our fleet and our attempts to improve those systems may be ineffective. In addition, if we further expand our fleet, we will need to recruit suitable additional seafarers and shore-side administrative and management personnel. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to hire suitable employees as we expand our fleet. If we encounter business or financial difficulties, we may not be able to adequately staff our vessels. If we are unable to grow our financial and operating systems or to recruit suitable employees as we expand our fleet, our financial performance may be adversely affected and, among other things, the amount of cash available for distribution as dividends to our shareholders may be reduced.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We may generate our revenues and incur some of our operating expenses and general and administrative expenses in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. This difference could lead to fluctuations in our revenues and vessel operating expenses, which would affect our financial results. Expenses incurred in foreign currencies increase when the value of the U.S. dollar falls, which would reduce our profitability. Our operating results could suffer as a result.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: left">We operate a secondhand vessel, and we are exposed to increased operating costs which could adversely affect our earnings and, as our Vessel ages, the risks associated with our Vessel could adversely affect our ability to obtain profitable charters.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">While we have inspected our Vessel, this does not provide us with the same knowledge about its condition that we would have had if the vessel had been built for and operated exclusively by us. Generally, purchasers of secondhand vessels do not receive the benefit of warranties from the builders for the secondhand vessels that they acquire.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: left">The aging of our Vessel may result in increased operating costs in the future, which could adversely affect our earnings.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Our Vessel was built in 2004 and is currently 14 years old.&#160; In general, the cost of maintaining a vessel in good operating condition increases with the age of the vessel. As our Vessel ages typically it will become less fuel-efficient and more costly to maintain than more recently constructed vessels due to improvements in engine technology. Cargo insurance rates increase with the age of a vessel, making older vessels less desirable to charterers. Governmental regulations and safety or other equipment standards related to the age of vessels may also require expenditures for alterations or the addition of new equipment, to our Vessel and may restrict the type of activities in which our Vessel may engage. We cannot assure you that, as our Vessel ages, market conditions will justify those expenditures or enable us to operate our Vessel profitably during the remainder of its useful life.</div>
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Technological innovation could reduce our charter hire income and the value of our Vessel.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The charter hire rates and the value and operational life of a vessel are determined by a number of factors including the vessel's efficiency, operational flexibility and physical life. Efficiency includes speed, fuel economy and the ability to load and discharge cargo quickly. Flexibility includes the ability to enter harbors, operate in extreme climates, utilize related docking facilities and pass through canals and straits. The length of a vessel's physical life is related to its original design and construction, its maintenance and the impact of the stress of operations. If new drybulk vessels are built that are more efficient or more flexible or have longer physical lives than our vessels, competition from these more technologically advanced vessels could adversely affect the amount of charter hire payments we receive for our vessels once their initial charters expire and the resale value of our vessels could significantly decrease. As a result, our business, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition could be adversely affected.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We conduct our operations through a subsidiary which can trade worldwide. Tax laws and regulations are highly complex and subject to interpretation. Consequently, we are subject to changing tax laws, treaties and regulations in and between countries in which we operate. Our income tax expense is based upon our interpretation of tax laws in effect in various countries at the time that the expense was incurred. A change in these tax laws, treaties or regulations, or in the interpretation thereof, could result in a materially higher tax expense or a higher effective tax rate on our worldwide earnings, and such change could be significant to our financial results. If any tax authority successfully challenges our operational structure, or the taxable presence of our operating subsidiaries in certain countries; or if the terms of certain income tax treaties are interpreted in a manner that is adverse to our structure; or if we lose a material tax dispute in any country our effective tax rate on our worldwide earnings could increase substantially and our earnings and cash flows from these operations could be materially adversely affected.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Investors are encouraged to consult their own tax advisors concerning the overall tax consequences of the ownership of the common shares arising in an investor's particular situation under U.S. federal, state, local or foreign law.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: left">We are dependent on our management and their ability to hire and retain key personnel, in particular our Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Petros Panagiotidis.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Our success will depend upon our and our management's ability to hire and retain key members of our management team, including Petros Panagiotidis. The loss of Mr. Panagiotidis could adversely affect our business prospects and financial condition.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Difficulty in hiring and retaining personnel could adversely affect our results of operations. We do not maintain "key man" life insurance on any of our officers.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: left">We are incorporated in the Marshall Islands, which does not have a well-developed body of corporate and case law.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We are organized in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, which does not have a well-developed body of corporate or case law, and as a result, shareholders may have fewer rights and protections under Marshall Islands law than under a typical jurisdiction in the United States. Our corporate affairs are governed by our amended and restated articles of incorporation and bylaws and by the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act, or the BCA. The provisions of the BCA resemble provisions of the corporation laws of a number of states in the United States. However, there have been few judicial cases in the Marshall Islands interpreting the BCA. The rights and fiduciary responsibilities of directors under the laws of the Marshall Islands are not as clearly established as the rights and fiduciary responsibilities of directors under statutes or judicial precedent in existence in the United States. The rights of shareholders of companies incorporated in the Marshall Islands may differ from the rights of shareholders of companies incorporated in the United States. While the BCA provides that it is to be interpreted according to the laws of the State of Delaware and other states with substantially similar legislative provisions, there have been few, if any, court cases interpreting the BCA in the Marshall Islands and we can't predict whether Marshall Islands courts would reach the same conclusions as U.S. courts. Thus, you may have more difficulty in protecting your interests in the face of actions by the management, directors or controlling shareholders than would shareholders of a corporation incorporated in a United States jurisdiction which has developed a relatively more substantial body of case law.</div>
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: left">We are incorporated in the Marshall Islands and all of our officers and directors are non-U.S. residents. It may be difficult to serve legal process or enforce judgments against us, our directors or our management.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We are incorporated under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and substantially all of our assets are located outside of the United States. Our principal executive office is located in Cyprus. In addition, all of our directors and officers are non-residents of the United States, and substantially all of their assets are located outside the United States. As a result, it may be difficult or impossible for you to bring an action against us or against these individuals in the United States if you believe that your rights have been infringed under securities laws or otherwise. Even if you are successful in bringing an action of this kind, the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and of other jurisdictions may prevent or restrict you from enforcing a judgment against our assets or our directors and officers. Although you may bring an original action against us or our affiliates in the courts of the Marshall Islands, and the courts of the Marshall Islands may impose civil liability, including monetary damages, against us or our affiliates for a cause of action arising under Marshall Islands law, it may be impracticable for you to do so. See "Enforcement of Civil Liabilities and Indemnification for Securities Act Liabilities."</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: left">An active and liquid market for our common shares may not develop or be sustained.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Currently, there is no established trading market for our common shares. We will apply to list our common shares on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol "CTOR." There is no guarantee that an active trading market will develop. Shareholders therefore have limited access to information about prior market history on which to base their investment decision. If an active trading market for our common shares does not develop, the price of our common shares may be more volatile and it may be more difficult and time consuming to complete a transaction in common shares, which could have an adverse effect on the price of the common shares.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Future sales of our common shares could cause the market price of our common shares to decline.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The market price for our common shares could decline as a result of sales by existing shareholders of large numbers of our common shares after the Exchange Offer, or as a result of the perception that such sales may occur. Sales of our common shares by these shareholders also might make it more difficult for us to sell equity or equity-related securities in the future at a time and at the prices that we deem appropriate. After the Exchange Offer, approximately&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; shares will be freely tradable unless purchased by persons deemed our "affiliates," as the term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, and&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; will not be freely tradable shares and may only be sold under a registration under the Securities Act, compliance with the requirements of Rule 144 or the availability of an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We may issue additional common shares or other equity securities of equal or senior rank in the future in connection with, among other things, future vessel acquisitions, or an equity incentive plan, without shareholder approval, in a number of circumstances.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: left">We are an "emerging growth company" and we cannot be certain if the reduced disclosure requirements applicable to emerging growth companies will make our common shares less attractive to investors.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We are an "emerging growth company," as defined in the JOBS Act, and we may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not "emerging growth companies" as described under "Prospectus Summary&#8212;Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company." We cannot predict if investors will find our common shares less attractive because we may rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our common shares less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our common shares and our share price may be more volatile.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">In addition, under the JOBS Act, our independent registered public accounting firm will not be required to attest to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for so long as we are an emerging growth company.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">For as long as we take advantage of the reduced reporting obligations, the information that we provide shareholders may be different from information provided by other public companies.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Our costs of operating as a public company will be significant, and our management will be required to devote substantial time to complying with public company regulations.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Upon completion of our Exchange Offer, we will be a public company, and as such, we will have significant legal, accounting and other expenses in addition to our initial registration and listing expenses that we did not incur as a private company. In addition, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or Sarbanes-Oxley, as well as rules subsequently implemented by the SEC and the NASDAQ, have imposed various requirements on public companies, including changes in corporate governance practices, and these requirements may continue to evolve. We and our management personnel, and other personnel, if any, will need to devote a substantial amount of time to comply with these requirements. Moreover, these rules and regulations increase our legal and financial compliance costs and make some activities more time-consuming and costly.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Sarbanes-Oxley requires, among other things, that we maintain and periodically evaluate our internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures. In particular, we need to perform system and process evaluation and testing of our internal control over financial reporting to allow management and our independent registered public accounting firm to report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, as required by Section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley, subject to the reduced disclosure requirements for emerging growth companies set forth above. Our compliance with Section 404 may require that we incur substantial accounting expenses and expend significant management efforts.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">A foreign corporation will be treated as a "passive foreign investment company," or PFIC, for U.S. federal income tax purposes if either (1) at least 75% of its gross income for any taxable year consists of certain types of "passive income" or (2) at least 50% of the average value of the corporation's assets produce or are held for the production of those types of "passive income." For purposes of these tests, "passive income" includes dividends, interest, and gains from the sale or exchange of investment property and rents and royalties other than rents and royalties which are received from unrelated parties in connection with the active conduct of a trade or business. For purposes of these tests, income derived from the performance of services does not constitute "passive income," whereas rental income would generally constitute "passive income" to the extent not attributable to the active conduct of a trade or business. U.S. shareholders of a PFIC are subject to a disadvantageous U.S. federal income tax regime with respect to the income derived by the PFIC, the distributions they receive from the PFIC and the gain, if any, they derive from the sale or other disposition of their shares in the PFIC.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">There is, however, no direct legal authority under the PFIC rules addressing our method of operation. Accordingly, no assurance can be given that the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, or a court of law will accept our position, and there is a risk that the IRS or a court of law could determine that we are a PFIC. Moreover, no assurance can be given that we would not constitute a PFIC for any taxable year we become unable to acquire vessels in a timely fashion or if there were to be changes in the nature and extent of our operations.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">If the IRS were to find that we are or have been a PFIC for any taxable year, our U.S. shareholders would face adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences and information reporting obligations. Under the PFIC rules, unless those shareholders made an election available under the Internal Revenue Code (which election could itself have adverse consequences for such shareholders, as discussed below under "Taxation&#8212;U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations&#8212;Passive Foreign Investment Company Status and Significant Tax Consequences"), such shareholders would be liable to pay U.S. federal income tax upon excess distributions and upon any gain from the disposition of our common shares at the then prevailing income tax rates applicable to ordinary income plus interest as if the excess distribution or gain had been recognized ratably over the shareholder's holding period of our common shares. Please see the section of this prospectus entitled "Taxation&#8212;U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations&#8212;Passive Foreign Investment Company Status and Significant Tax Consequences" for a more comprehensive discussion of the U.S. federal income tax consequences to U.S. shareholders if we are treated as a PFIC.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Under our Bylaws, our Board may declare and pay dividends in cash, stock or other property of the Company. Any dividends declared will be in the sole discretion of the Board and will depend upon earnings, restrictions in any of our agreements, market prospects, current capital expenditure programs and investment opportunities, the provisions of Marshall Islands law affecting the payment of distributions to shareholders and other factors.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Until the shares become traded on an established securities market in the United States, any dividends paid by us will be treated as ordinary income to a U.S. shareholder, and may continue to be so treated even after we become publicly traded. Please see the section of this prospectus entitled "Taxation&#8212;U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations&#8212;U.S. Federal Income Taxation of U.S. Holders&#8212;Distributions" for additional information relating to the U.S. federal income tax treatment of our dividend payments, if any are declared in the future.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">In addition, we may incur expenses or liabilities, including extraordinary expenses, decreases in revenues, including as a result of unanticipated off-hire days or loss of a vessel, or increased cash needs that could reduce or eliminate the amount of cash that we have available for distribution as dividends. The drybulk charter market is cyclical and volatile. We cannot predict with accuracy the amount of cash flows our operations will generate in any given period. Factors beyond our control may affect the charter market for our Vessel and our charterer's ability to satisfy their contractual obligations to us, and we cannot assure you that dividends will actually be declared or paid in the future. We are a recently formed company and have a limited performance record and operating history. Accordingly, we cannot assure you that we will be able to pay dividends at all, and our ability to pay dividends will be subject to the limitations set forth above and in the section of this prospectus titled "Risk Factors."</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Dividends on our Series A Preferred Shares accrue and are cumulative from the date the Series A Preferred Shares were originally issued on September 22, 2017 and are payable on each June 15 and December 15, when, as and if declared by our Board or any authorized committee thereof out of legally available funds for such purpose. The dividend rate for our Series A Preferred Shares is 9.75% per annum per share and is not subject to adjustment. At any time on or after March 22, 2018, we may redeem, in whole or from time to time in part, the Series A Preferred Shares at a redemption price of $25.00 per share plus an amount equal to all accumulated and unpaid dividends thereon to the date of redemption, whether or not declared.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Marshall Islands law provides that we may pay dividends on and redeem any shares of capital stock, inlcuding the Series A Preferred Shares, only to the extent that assets are legally available for such purposes. Legally available assets generally are limited to our surplus, which essentially represents our retained earnings and the excess of consideration received by us for the sale of shares above the par value of the shares. In addition, under Marshall Islands law we may not pay dividends on or redeem any shares of capital stock, including the Series A Preferred Shares, if we are insolvent or would be rendered insolvent by the payment of such a dividend or the making of such redemption.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The following table presents for the period and as of the date indicated, our selected historical financial data.</div>

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<td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top" valign="bottom" colspan="2">&#160;</td>
<td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">Revenues</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">2,018,061</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">)</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">)</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">(55,500</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">)</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">(182,346</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">)</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: ; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">General and administrative expenses</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: ; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">(94,440</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">)</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Operating income</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">409,927</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">Bank charges</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">(532</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">)</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Gain on derivative financial instruments</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">475,530</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<tr>
<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">(7,021</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">)</div>
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<tr>
<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">Other, net</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Net income</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">878,644</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
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</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<tr>
<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
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</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">2,400,000</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<tr>
<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" colspan="2">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: right">As of September 30, 2017</div>
</td>
<td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle" valign="bottom" colspan="2">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: center">(In U.S. dollars)</div>
</td>
<td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">BALANCE SHEET DATA:</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">Cash and cash equivalents</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">836,468</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
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</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">1,350,983</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
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</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">7,366,935</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">Total assets</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">8,717,918</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">Total current liabilities</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</div>
</td>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the "Selected Financial Data" and the accompanying financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus. The following discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our future plans, estimates, beliefs and expected performance. The forward-looking statements are dependent upon events, risks and uncertainties that may be outside our control. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in these forward-looking statements. Please read "Risk Factors" and "Forward-Looking Statements." In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events discussed may not occur.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We were incorporated on September 11, 2017. On September 22, 2017, we entered into an exchange agreement ("Exchange Agreement"), with Spetses Shipping Co. ("Spetses"). Spetses was founded on December 13, 2016 and is the owner of vessel <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-STYLE: italic">Magic P</font>. Under the terms of the Exchange Agreement, <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">Thalassa Investment Co. S.A. or "Thalassa", a company wholly owned and controlled by </font>Petros Panagiotidis, our Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, and our founding shareholders, received 2,400,000 of our common shares proportionally to the then shareholders of Spetses, 480,000 of our Series A Preferred Shares to the then shareholders of Spetses excluding Thalassa and 12,000 of our Series B Preferred Shares to Thalassa, the then controlling shareholder of Spetses, in exchange for all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Spetses. Thus, Spetses became our subsidiary and <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-STYLE: italic">Magic P</font> became our vessel. See also section "Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions".</div>
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Our fiscal year-end is September 30, and the period from December 13, 2016 to September 30, 2017 is the first period of our operations.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">This Management's discussion and analysis provides a review of our performance since the date we began our operations and as we began our business in December 2016, there are no comparatives for the preceding year.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">This discussion also provides an indication of future developments along with issues and risks that can be expected to impact future operations. This discussion should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements for the period from December 13, 2016 to September 30, 2017 and the related notes thereto, included elsewhere in this Prospectus. All dollar amounts referred to in this discussion and analysis are expressed in United States dollars except where indicated otherwise.<br>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000">We are a provider of worldwide seaborne transportation services for drybulk cargo, including, among others, iron ore, coal and grain, collectively referred to as "major bulks," and steel products, fertilizers, cement, bauxite, sugar and scrap metal, collectively referred to as "minor bulks." Our vessel is managed by Pavimar, under the supervision of our executive officer and our board of directors.</font>&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000">Pavimar is controlled by the sister of our Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer. See also section "Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions" for more information.</font></div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Currently, we own the <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-STYLE: italic">Magic P</font>, a Panamax vessel with a carrying capacity of 76,453 dwt.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We have deployed our Vessel on period time charters and plan to deploy our Vessel on a mix of period time charters and spot charters according to our assessment of market conditions, adjusting the mix of these charters to take advantage of the relatively stable cash flow and high utilization rates associated with period time charters or to profit from attractive spot charter rates during periods of strong charter market conditions.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">In the period from December 13, 2016 to September 30, 2017, we generated voyage revenues of $2,018,061. Our revenues were positively impacted by the continuing trend of low growth in capacity on the supply side and increased ship-chartering activity on the demand side.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">In the period from December 13, 2016 to September 30, 2017, we generated a net income of $878,644, primarily due to the revenues we generated by the employment of our vessel under time charters that we entered following the delivery of our vessel in February 2017. In the same period, we generated $770,749 of cash from operating activities and invested $7,549,281 of cash in the acquisition of our vessel, which we funded from the contributions we received from our shareholders of $7,615,000.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">One of the factors that impact our profitability is the freight and hire rates that we are able to charge. The drybulk shipping industry is cyclical with attendant volatility in charter hire rates and profitability. The drybulk industry has often been characterized by periods of imbalances between supply and demand, causing charter hire rates to be volatile. The degree of charter hire rate volatility among different types of drybulk vessels has varied widely, and charter hire rates for drybulk vessels have also varied significantly in recent years. Fluctuations in charter rates result from changes in the supply and demand for vessel capacity and changes in the supply and demand for the major commodities carried by sea internationally. Because the factors affecting the supply and demand for vessels are outside of our control and are unpredictable, the nature, timing, direction and degree of changes in industry conditions are also unpredictable.</div>
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Our vessel deployment strategy seeks to maximize charter revenue throughout industry cycles while maintaining cash flow stability. Our gross revenues for the period from December 13, 2016 to September 30, 2017 consisted primarily of hire earned under time charter contracts, where charterers pay a fixed daily hire. In the future, our revenues may also consist of amounts earned under voyage charter contracts, where charterers pay a fixed amount per ton of cargo carried. Our future gross revenues may be affected by the mix of voyage and time charters, since revenues from voyage charters are generally higher than equivalent time charter hire revenues, as they are of a shorter duration and cover all costs relating to a given voyage, including port expenses, canal dues and fuel (bunker) costs. Accordingly, year-to-year comparisons of gross revenues are not necessarily indicative of vessel performance. We believe that the time charter equivalent per vessel, or TCE, which is defined below, is a better measure of vessel performance to compare period-to-period changes as it measures a shipping company's performance despite period-to-period changes in the mix of charter types (i.e., spot voyage charters, period time charters and bareboat charters) under which a shipping company's vessels may be employed between periods.<br></div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left">(1) Available days are the total calendar days we possessed our vessel during the relevant period after subtracting off hire days associated with major repairs, drydockings or special or intermediate surveys.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left">(2) Calendar days are the total days we possessed our vessel during the relevant period including off hire days associated with major repairs, drydockings or special or intermediate surveys.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">216</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">8,969</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We evaluate the carrying amount of our Vessel to determine if events have occurred that would require modification to her carrying value or useful life. In evaluating useful lives and carrying values of long-lived assets, we review certain indicators of potential impairment, such as vessel sales and purchases, business plans and overall market conditions, including trends in charter rates in the drybulk charter market, drybulk vessel values, and overall global credit market climate.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">In order to determine the fair value of our Series A Preferred Shares, our management used the income approach to estimate their value. In application of the income approach, a discounted cash flow method, or DCF, was utilized. The DCF method estimates value based on the estimated present value of future net cash flows expected to be generated over a forecasted period.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We are an "emerging growth company," as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, or JOBS Act. and we may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and reduced disclosure obligations. Further, the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such election to opt out is irrevocable.</div>
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We have elected not to opt out of such extended transition period, which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, we, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of our financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.<br>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">On November 21, 2017, we declared a dividend of one preferred share purchase right for each outstanding common share and adopted a shareholder rights plan, as set forth in a Stockholders Rights Agreement dated as of November 20, 2017, by and between us and American Stock Transfer and Trust Company, LLC, or AST, as rights agent. For more information, please see "&#8212;Stockholders Rights Agreement" herein. In connection with the Stockholders Rights Agreement, we designated 1,000,000 shares as Series C Participating Preferred Stock, none of which are outstanding as of the date of this prospectus.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">On September 29, 2017, our shareholders authorized one or more amendments to our Articles of Incorporation to effect one or more reverse stock splits of the our issued common shares at a ratio of not less than one-for-two and not more than one-for-1000 and in the aggregate at a ratio of not more than one-for-1000, inclusive, with the exact ratio to be set at a whole number within this range to be determined by the Company's board of directors, or the Board, or any duly constituted committee thereof, at any time after approval of each amendment in its discretion, and to authorize the Board to implement any such reverse stock split by filing any such amendment with the Registrar of Corporations of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.&#160; As of the date of this prospectus no reverse stock splits have been effected under this authorization.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">During October and November 2017, our Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Petros Panagiotidis, sold 102,000 Original Shares outside of the U.S. to&#160;various unaffiliated&#160;third parties, none of whom are U.S. persons.&#160; The sales were completed at various prices ranging from $5.30 to $5.50.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We did not declare or pay any dividends to our common shareholders or to the holders of our 9.75% Series A cumulative redeemable perpetual preferred shares (see also Section "Description of Capital Stock - Description of Series A Preferred Shares" for a discussion of our Series A preferred shares) during the period from December 13, 2016 to September 30, 2017.<br>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">780</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000">The table does not include the daily fixed fee payable to Pavimar, for the management of our Vessel.</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000">The amount relates to the rental of office premises. The monthly rental payment is approximately $260 and the agreement expires in December 2018.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center">THE INTERNATIONAL DRY BULK SHIPPING INDUSTRY</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Dry bulk cargo is cargo that is shipped in large quantities and can be easily stowed in a single hold with little risk of cargo damage.&#160; In 2016, it is estimated that approximately 4.9 billion tons of dry bulk cargo was transported by sea.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The demand for dry bulk carrier capacity is derived from the underlying demand for commodities transported in dry bulk carriers, which is influenced by various factors such as broader macroeconomic dynamics, globalization trends, industry specific factors, geological structure of ores, political factors, and weather.&#160; The demand for dry bulk carriers is determined by the volume and geographical distribution of seaborne dry bulk trade, which in turn is influenced by general trends in the global economy and factors affecting demand for commodities.&#160; During the 1980s and 1990s seaborne dry bulk trade increased by 1-2% per annum.&#160; However, over the last decade, between 2006 and 2016, seaborne dry bulk trade increased at a compound annual growth rate of 4.1%, substantially influenced by the entrance of China in the World Trade Organization.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The supply of dry bulk carriers is dependent on the delivery of new vessels and the removal of vessels from the global fleet, either through scrapping or loss.&#160; As of the beginning of October 2017, the global dry bulk carrier order book amounted to approximately 7% of the existing fleet at that time.&#160; The level of scrapping activity is generally a function of scrapping prices in relation to current and prospective charter market conditions, as well as operating, repair and survey costs.&#160; Generally, dry bulk carriers at or over 25 years old are likely to be scrapped.&#160; At the end of the second quarter 2017, a total of 7.8 million dwt was scrapped.&#160; Historically, from 2006 to 2016, annual vessel demolition rates ranged from 0.5 million dwt to 33.4 million dwt.&#160; We have also observed the conversion of a number of newbuilding dry bulk vessels to tanker and container vessels, which we consider has the positive consequence of reducing dry bulk vessel deliveries and hence supply.&#160; We expect that the relatively weak freight rate environment will continue to dissuade ship owners from ordering further dry bulk vessels.&#160; By reducing vessel supply, we believe that the above three factors will have a positive effect on freight rates in the future.</div>
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Charterhire Rates</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Charterhire rates paid for dry bulk carriers are primarily a function of the underlying balance between vessel supply and demand, although at times other factors may play a role.&#160; Furthermore, the pattern seen in charter rates is broadly similar across the different charter types and between the different dry bulk carrier categories.&#160; However, because demand for larger dry bulk carriers is affected by the volume and pattern of trade in a relatively small number of commodities, charterhire rates (and vessel values) of larger ships tend to be more volatile than those for smaller vessels.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">In the time charter market, rates vary depending on the length of the charter period and vessel specific factors such as age, speed and fuel consumption.&#160; In the voyage charter market, rates are also influenced by cargo size, commodity, port dues and canal transit fees, as well as delivery and redelivery regions.&#160; In general, a larger cargo size is quoted at a lower rate per ton than a smaller cargo size.&#160; Routes with costly ports or canals generally command higher rates than routes with low port dues and no canals to transit.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Voyages with a load port within a region that includes ports where vessels usually discharge cargo or a discharge port within a region with ports where vessels load cargo are generally quoted at lower rates, because such voyages generally increase vessel utilization by reducing the unloaded portion (or ballast leg) that is included in the calculation of the return charter to a loading area.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Within the dry bulk shipping industry, the charterhire rate references most likely to be monitored are the freight rate indices issued by the Baltic Exchange, such as the Baltic Dry Index ("BDI").&#160; These references are based on actual charterhire rates under charter entered into by market participants, as well as daily assessments provided to the Baltic Exchange by a panel of major shipbrokers.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The BDI declined 94% in 2008, from a peak of 11,793 in May 2008 to a low of 663 in December 2008, and has remained volatile since then. The BDI recorded an all-time low of 290 on February 10, 2016, and even though freight levels have increased since then to 1,522 on October 31, 2017, there can be no assurance that they will increase further, and the market could decline again.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">As of the end of 2016, dry bulk vessel values increased as compared to 2015. Consistent with these trends, the market value of our dry bulk carriers had also increased. As charter rates and vessel values remain at relatively low levels, there can be no assurance as to how long charter rates and vessel values will remain at their current levels or whether they will decrease or improve to any significant degree in the near future.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">History and Development of the Company</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Castor Maritime Inc. was established on September 11, 2017 under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands for the purpose of acquiring, owning, chartering and operating drybulk vessels.&#160; In September 2017, we purchased our wholly-owned subsidiary Spetses Shipping Co., a Marshall Islands corporation, or Spetses, which owns a 76,453 dwt drybulk carrier, the Magic P, or our Vessel.&#160; Our Vessel was delivered to Spetses on February 21, 2017 and commenced operations on February 22, 2017. <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000">We are a provider of worldwide seaborne transportation services for drybulk cargo, including, among others, iron ore, coal and grain, collectively referred to as "major bulks," and steel products, fertilizers, cement, bauxite, sugar and scrap metal, collectively referred to as "minor bulks."</font></div>
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Business Overview</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Our primary objectives are to profitably grow our business and emerge as a successful owner and operator of drybulk vessels.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Our Vessel</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The following table summarizes key information about our Vessel as of the date of this prospectus:</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">76,453</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Our Vessel is employed on a time charter with Glencore Agriculture B.V.&#160;at a rate of $9,750 per day until it expires upon redelivery of the Vessel, which is currently expected at the end of January 2018.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The ship management of our vessel is provided by Pavimar, a company controlled by Ismini Panagiotidi, the sister of our Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Petros Panagiotidis. Under the management agreement, Pavimar provides us with a wide range of shipping services such as crew management, technical management, operational employment management, insurance arrangements, provisioning, bunkering, accounting services, general administration and audit support, in exchange for a fixed daily fee.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Our management company, Pavimar S.A., employs approximately 22 officers and crew which serve on our Vessel.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Our Customers</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We believe that developing strong relationships with the end users of our services allow us to better satisfy their needs with appropriate and capable vessels. A prospective charterer's financial condition, creditworthiness, and reliability track record are important factors in negotiating our Vessel's employment.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We operate in markets that are highly competitive and based primarily on supply and demand. We compete for charters on the basis of price, vessel location, size, age and condition of the vessel, as well as on our reputation. We compete primarily with other independent and state-owned vessel owners. Our competitors may have more resources than us and may operate vessels that are newer, and therefore more attractive to charterers, than our Vessel. Ownership of drybulk vessels is highly fragmented and is divided among publicly listed companies, state-controlled owners and private ship owners.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Demand for vessel capacity has historically exhibited seasonal variations and, as a result, fluctuations in charter rates.&#160; This seasonality may result in quarter-to-quarter volatility in our operating results for our Vessel when trading in the spot market or if on time charter when a new time charter is being entered into. The drybulk sector is typically stronger in the fall and winter months in anticipation of increased consumption of coal and other raw materials in the northern hemisphere.&#160; Seasonality in the sector in which we operate could materially affect our operating results and cash available for dividends.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Government regulation significantly affects the ownership and operation of our fleet. We are subject to international conventions and treaties and national, state and local laws and regulations relating to safety and health and environmental protection in force in the countries in which our vessels may operate or are registered. These regulations include requirements relating to the storage, handling, emission, transportation and discharge of hazardous and non-hazardous materials, and the remediation of contamination and liability for damage to natural resources. Compliance with such laws, regulations and other requirements may entail significant expense, including vessel modifications and implementation of certain operating procedures.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">A variety of government and private entities subject our Vessel to both scheduled and unscheduled inspections. These entities include the local port authorities (applicable national authorities such as the United States Coast Guard, harbor master or equivalent), classification societies; flag state administrations (countries of registry) and charterers, particularly terminal operators. Certain of these entities require us to obtain permits, licenses, certificates and other authorizations for the operation of our Vessel. Failure to maintain necessary permits or approvals could require us to incur substantial costs or temporarily suspend the operation of our Vessel.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We believe that the heightened level of environmental and quality concerns among insurance underwriters, regulators and charterers is leading to greater inspection and safety requirements on all vessels and may accelerate the scrapping of older vessels throughout the industry. Increasing environmental concerns have created a demand for vessels that conform to the stricter environmental standards. We are required to maintain operating standards for our Vessel that emphasize operational safety, quality maintenance, continuous training of our officers and crews and compliance with United States and international regulations. We believe that the operation of our Vessel will be in substantial compliance with applicable environmental laws and regulations and that our Vessel will have all material permits licenses, certificates or other authorizations necessary for the conduct of our operations. However, because such laws and regulations are frequently changed and may impose increasingly stricter requirements, we cannot predict the ultimate cost of complying with these requirements, or the impact of these requirements on the resale value or useful life of our Vessel. In addition, a future serious marine incident that causes significant adverse environmental impact, such as the 2010 BP plc <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-STYLE: italic">Deepwater Horizon</font> oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, could result in additional legislation or regulations that could negatively affect our profitability.</div>
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Recent action by the IMO's Maritime Safety Committee and U.S. agencies indicate that cybersecurity regulations for the maritime industry are likely to be further developed in the near future in an attempt to combat cybersecurity threats. This might cause companies to cultivate additional procedures for monitoring cybersecurity, which could require additional expenses and/or capital expenditures. However, the impact of such regulations is hard to predict at this time.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The International Maritime Organization, the United Nations agency for maritime safety and the prevention of pollution by ships, or the IMO, has adopted MARPOL. MARPOL entered into force on October 2, 1983. It has been adopted by over 150 nations, including many of the jurisdictions in which our vessels will operate.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">MARPOL is broken into six Annexes, each of which regulates a different source of pollution. Annex I relates to oil leakage or spilling; Annexes II and III relate to harmful substances carried, in bulk, in liquid or packaged form, respectively; Annexes IV and V relate to sewage and garbage management, respectively; and Annex VI relates to air emissions. Annex VI was separately adopted by the IMO in September of 1997.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">In September of 1997, the IMO adopted Annex VI to MARPOL to address air pollution. Effective May 2005, Annex VI sets limits on nitrogen oxide emissions from ships whose diesel engines were constructed (or underwent major conversions) on or after January 1, 2000. It also prohibits "deliberate emissions" of "ozone depleting substances," defined to include certain halons and chlorofluorocarbons. "Deliberate emissions" are not limited to times when the ship is at sea; they can for example include discharges occurring in the course of the ship's repair and maintenance. Emissions of "volatile organic compounds" from certain vessels, and the shipboard incineration (from incinerators installed after January 1, 2000) of certain substances (such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)) are also prohibited. Annex VI also includes a global cap on the sulfur content of fuel oil (see below).</div>
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The IMO's Maritime Environment Protection Committee, or MEPC, adopted amendments to Annex VI on October 10, 2008, which entered into force on July 1, 2010. The amended Annex VI seeks to further reduce air pollution by, among other things, implementing a progressive reduction of the amount of sulphur contained in any fuel oil used on board ships. On October 27, 2016 at its 70th session MEPC announced its decision concerning the implementation of regulations mandating a reduction in sulfur emissions from 3.5% currently to 0.5% as of the beginning of 2020 rather than pushing the deadline back to 2025.&#160; By 2020 ships will now have to either remove sulfur from emissions through the use of emission scrubbers or buy fuel with low sulfur content.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Sulfur content standards are even stricter within certain "Emission Control Areas," or "ECAs." As of January 1, 2015, ships operating within an ECA are not permitted to use fuel with sulfur content in excess of 0.1%. Amended Annex VI establishes procedures for designating new ECAs. Currently, the Baltic Sea and the North Sea have been so designated.&#160; Effective August 1, 2012, the area extending 200 nautical miles from the Atlantic/Gulf and Pacific coasts of the U.S., Canada and the Hawaiian Islands were also designated as an ECA.&#160; Applicable areas of the U.S. Caribbean Sea were designated as an ECA effective January 1, 2014.&#160; This subjects ocean-going vessels in these areas to stringent emissions controls, and may cause us to incur additional costs. If other ECAs are approved by the IMO or other new or more stringent requirements relating to emissions from marine diesel engines or port operations by vessels are adopted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, or the EPA, or the states where we operate, compliance with these regulations could entail significant capital expenditures or otherwise increase the costs of our operations.</div>
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">As of January 1, 2013, MARPOL made mandatory certain measures relating to energy efficiency for ships. This included the requirement that all new ships utilize the Energy Efficiency Design Index, or "EEDI," and all ships use the Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP).</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Amended Annex VI also establishes new tiers of stringent nitrogen oxide emissions standards for new marine engines, depending on their date of installation.&#160; At MEPC 70 and MEPC 71, MEPC approved the North Sea and Baltic Sea as ECAs for nitrogen oxide, effective January 1, 2021. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency promulgated equivalent (and in some senses stricter) emissions standards in late 2009.&#160; At the MEPC meeting held from March to April 2014, amendments to Annex VI were adopted which address the date on which Tier III Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) standards in ECAs will go into effect.&#160; Under the amendments, Tier III NOx standards apply to ships that operate in North American and U.S. Caribbean Sea ECAs designed for the control of NOx with a marine diesel engine installed and constructed on or after January 1, 2016.&#160; Tier III requirements could apply to areas that will be designated for Tier III NOx in the future. As a result of these designations or similar future designations, we may be required to incur additional operating or other costs.</div>
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We believe that our Vessel will be compliant in all material respects with these regulations. Additional or new conventions, laws and regulations may be adopted that could require the installation of expensive emission control systems and could adversely affect our business, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">IMO adopted the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments, or the BWM Convention, in February 2004. The BWM Convention entered into force on September 9, 2017. Many of the implementation dates originally written in the BWM Convention have already passed, so now that the BWM Convention has entered into force, the period for installation of mandatory ballast water exchange requirements would be extremely short, with several thousand ships a year needing to install ballast water management systems (BWMS). For this reason, on December 4, 2013, the IMO Assembly passed a resolution revising the application dates of the BWM Convention so that they are triggered by the entry into force date and not the dates originally in the BWM Convention. This in effect makes all vessels constructed before the entry into force date 'existing' vessels, and allows for the installation of a BWMS on such vessels at the first International Oil Pollution Prevention renewal survey following entry into force. The MEPC adopted updated "guidelines for approval of ballast water management systems (G8)" at MEPC 70.&#160; At MEPC 71, the schedule regarding the BWM Convention's implementation dates was also discussed and amendments were introduced to extend the date existing vessels are subject to certain ballast water standards.&#160; Once mid-ocean ballast exchange ballast water treatment requirements become mandatory, the cost of compliance could increase for ocean carriers. The costs of such compliance could be material, and it is difficult to predict the overall impact of such a requirement on our operations.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The IMO has also adopted the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, or SOLAS and the International Convention on Load Lines, or the LL Convention, which impose a variety of standards that regulate the design and operational features of ships. The IMO periodically revises the SOLAS and LL Convention standards. Certain amendments were made to SOLAS in May 2012, and entered into force January 1, 2014. The Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims (LLMC) was recently amended and the amendments went into effect on June 8, 2015. The amendments alter the limits of liability for loss of life or personal injury claims and property claims against ship owners. We believe that our Vessel will be in substantial compliance with SOLAS and LL Convention standards.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Under Chapter IX of SOLAS, the International Safety Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention, or ISM Code, our operations are also subject to environmental standards and requirements. The ISM Code requires the owner of a vessel, or any person who has taken responsibility for operation of a vessel, to develop an extensive safety management system that includes, among other things, the adoption of a safety and environmental protection policy setting forth instructions and procedures for operating its vessels safely and describing procedures for responding to emergencies. We rely upon the safety management system that we and our technical manager have developed for compliance with the ISM Code. The failure of a ship owner or bareboat charterer to comply with the ISM Code may subject such party to increased liability, may decrease available insurance coverage for the affected vessels and may result in a denial of access to, or detention in, certain ports.</div>
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The ISM Code requires that vessel operators obtain a safety management certificate for each vessel they operate. This certificate evidences compliance by a vessel's management with the ISM Code requirements for a safety management system. No vessel can obtain a safety management certificate unless its manager has been awarded a document of compliance, issued by classification societies under the authority of each flag state, under the ISM Code. <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">Our Vessel is ISM Code-certified and we expect that each other vessel, that we will acquire in the future, will be ISM Code-certified. Moreover, our appointed ship manager has obtained </font>the document of compliance, or the DOC for its office, and safety management certificate, or the SMC, for our Vessel. <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">The DOCs and the SMCs are renewed as required.</font></div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The IMO adopted the International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, or the Bunker Convention, to impose strict liability on ship owners for pollution damage in jurisdictional waters of ratifying states caused by discharges of bunker fuel. The Bunker Convention requires registered owners of ships over 1,000 gross tons to maintain insurance for pollution damage in an amount equal to the limits of liability under the applicable national or international limitation regime (but not exceeding the amount calculated in accordance with the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims of 1976, as amended). With respect to non-ratifying states, liability for spills or releases of oil carried as fuel in ship's bunkers typically is determined by the national or other domestic laws in the jurisdiction where the events or damages occur.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">IMO regulations also require owners and operators of vessels to adopt shipboard oil pollution emergency plans and/or shipboard marine pollution emergency plans for noxious liquid substances in accordance with the guidelines developed by the IMO.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt">Compliance Enforcement</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The flag state, as defined by the United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea, has overall responsibility for implementing and enforcing a broad range of international maritime regulations with respect to all ships granted the right to fly its flag. The "Shipping Industry Guidelines on Flag State Performance" evaluates and reports on flag states based on factors such as sufficiency of infrastructure, ratification, implementation, and enforcement of principal international maritime treaties and regulations, supervision of statutory ship surveys, casualty investigations and participation at IMO and ILO meetings. All of our vessels will be flagged in the Marshall Islands.&#160; Marshall Islands flagged vessels have historically received a good assessment in the shipping industry. We recognize the importance of a credible flag state and do not intend to use flags of convenience or flag states with poor performance indicators. Noncompliance with the ISM Code or other IMO regulations may subject the ship owner or bareboat charterer to increased liability, may lead to decreases in available insurance coverage for affected vessels and may result in the denial of access to, or detention in, some ports. The U.S. Coast Guard and European Union authorities have indicated that vessels not in compliance with the ISM Code by the applicable deadlines will be prohibited from trading in U.S. and European Union ports, respectively. Each of our vessels will be ISM Code certified. However, there can be no assurance that such certificate will be maintained.</div>
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The IMO continues to review and introduce new regulations. It is impossible to predict what additional regulations, if any, may be passed by the IMO and what effect, if any, such regulations might have on our operations.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The U.S. Oil Pollution Act of 1990, or OPA, established an extensive regulatory and liability regime for the protection and cleanup of the environment from oil spills. OPA affects all "owners and operators" whose vessels trade in the United States, its territories and possessions or whose vessels operate in United States waters, which includes the United States' territorial sea and its 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone. The United States has also enacted the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, or CERCLA, which applies to the discharge of hazardous substances other than oil, whether on land or at sea. OPA and CERCLA both define "owner and operator" in the case of a vessel as any person owning, operating or chartering by demise, the vessel. OPA applies to oil tankers (which are not operated by us), as well as non-tanker ships with respect to the fuel oil, or bunkers, used to power such ships. CERCLA also applies to our operations.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">OPA contains statutory caps on liability and damages; such caps do not apply to direct cleanup costs. Effective December 31, 2015, the U.S. Coast Guard adjusted the limits of OPA liability for non-tank vessels, edible oil tank vessels, and any oil spill response vessels (e.g. drybulk) to the greater of $1,100 per gross ton or $939,800 (subject to periodic adjustment for inflation). These limits of liability do not apply if an incident was proximately caused by the violation of an applicable U.S. federal safety, construction or operating regulation by a responsible party (or its agent, employee or a person acting pursuant to a contractual relationship), or a responsible party's gross negligence or willful misconduct. The limitation on liability similarly does not apply if the responsible party fails or refuses to (i) report the incident where the responsibility party knows or has reason to know of the incident; (ii) reasonably cooperate and assist as requested in connection with oil removal activities; or (iii) without sufficient cause, comply with an order issued under the Clean Water Act (Section 311(c) or (e)) or the Intervention on the High Seas Act. The 2010 <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-STYLE: italic">Deepwater Horizon</font> oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico may also result in additional regulatory initiatives or statutes, including the raising of liability caps under OPA.</div>
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">CERCLA contains a similar liability regime whereby owners and operators of vessels are liable for cleanup, removal and remedial costs, as well as damage for injury to, or destruction or loss of, natural resources, including the reasonable costs associated with assessing same, and health assessments or health effects studies. There is no liability if the discharge of a hazardous substance results solely from the act or omission of a third party, an act of God or an act of war. Liability under CERCLA is limited to the greater of $300 per gross ton or $5.0 million for vessels carrying a hazardous substance as cargo and the greater of $300 per gross ton or $500,000 for any other vessel. These limits do not apply (rendering the responsible person liable for the total cost of response and damages) if the release or threat of release of a hazardous substance resulted from willful misconduct or negligence, or the primary cause of the release was a violation of applicable safety, construction or operating standards or regulations. The limitation on liability also does not apply if the responsible person fails or refused to provide all reasonable cooperation and assistance as requested in connection with response activities where the vessel is subject to OPA.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">OPA and CERCLA both require owners and operators of vessels to establish and maintain with the U.S. Coast Guard evidence of financial responsibility sufficient to meet the maximum amount of liability to which the particular responsible person may be subject. Vessel owners and operators may satisfy their financial responsibility obligations by providing a proof of insurance, a surety bond, qualification as a self-insurer or a guarantee. We plan to comply with the U.S. Coast Guard's financial responsibility regulations by providing a certificate of responsibility evidencing sufficient self-insurance.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We currently maintain pollution liability coverage insurance in the amount of $1.0 billion per incident for our Vessel. If the damages from a catastrophic spill were to exceed our insurance coverage it could have an adverse effect on our business and results of operation. OPA specifically permits individual states to impose their own liability regimes with regard to oil pollution incidents occurring within their boundaries, provided they accept, at a minimum, the levels of liability established under OPA. Some states have enacted legislation providing for unlimited liability for oil spills. In some cases, states which have enacted such legislation have not yet issued implementing regulations defining vessels owners' responsibilities under these laws. We intend to comply with all existing and future applicable state regulations in the ports where our vessels call.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The U.S. Clean Water Act, or CWA, prohibits the discharge of oil or hazardous substances in U.S. navigable waters unless authorized by a duly-issued permit or exemption, and imposes strict liability in the form of penalties for any unauthorized discharges. The CWA also imposes substantial liability for the costs of removal, remediation and damages and complements the remedies available under OPA and CERCLA. In addition, many U.S. states that border a navigable waterway have enacted environmental pollution laws that impose strict liability on a person for removal costs and damages resulting from a discharge of oil or a release of a hazardous substance. These laws may be more stringent than U.S. federal law.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The EPA and U.S. Coast Guard, or USCG, have enacted rules relating to ballast water discharge, compliance with which requires the installation of equipment on our vessels to treat ballast water before it is discharged or the implementation of other port facility disposal arrangements or procedures at potentially substantial cost, and/or otherwise restrict our vessels from entering U.S. waters.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The EPA regulates the discharge of ballast water and other substances in U.S. waters under the CWA. EPA regulations require vessels 79 feet in length or longer (other than commercial fishing and recreational vessels) to comply with a Vessel General Permit authorizing ballast water discharges and other discharges incidental to the operation of vessels. The Vessel General Permit imposes technology and water-quality based effluent limits for certain types of discharges and establishes specific inspection, monitoring, record keeping and reporting requirements to ensure the effluent limits are met. In March 2013, the EPA re-issued the Vessel General Permit, the "2013 VGP," which took effect December 19, 2013. The 2013 VGP also contains numeric ballast water discharge limits for most vessels to reduce the risk of invasive species in U.S. waters, more stringent requirements for exhaust gas scrubbers and requires the use of environmentally acceptable lubricants.</div>
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">U.S. Coast Guard regulations adopted under the U.S. National Invasive Species Act, or NISA, also impose mandatory ballast water management practices for all vessels equipped with ballast water tanks entering or operating in U.S. waters, including restrictions on the allowable concentration of living organisms in ballast water discharged from ships in U.S. waters. The Coast Guard ballast water standards are consistent with those adopted by the IMO in 2004. Compliance with the EPA and the U.S. Coast Guard regulations could require the installation of equipment on our vessels to treat ballast water before it is discharged or the implementation of other port facility disposal arrangements or procedures at potentially substantial cost, or may otherwise restrict our vessels from entering U.S. waters.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">In addition, under Section 401 of the CWA, the VGP must be certified by the state where the discharge is to take place. Certain states have enacted additional discharge standards as conditions to their certification of the VGP. These local standards bring the VGP into compliance with more stringent state requirements, such as those further restricting ballast water discharges and preventing the introduction of non-indigenous species considered to be invasive. The VGP and its state-specific regulations and any similar restrictions enacted in the future will increase the costs of operating in the relevant waters.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Despite the U.S. Coast Guard's delay in granting required approvals of specific ballast water treatment technologies, as of January 1, 2014, vessels are technically subject to the phasing-in of these standards. The USCG first approved said technology in December 2016.&#160; Vessels seeking a waiver must show why they cannot install the approved technology.&#160; The EPA, on the other hand, has taken a different approach to enforcing ballast discharge standards under the VGP. On December 27, 2013, the EPA issued an enforcement response policy in connection with the new VGP in which the EPA indicated that it would take into account the reasons why vessels do not have the requisite technology installed, but will not grant any waivers.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The U.S. Clean Air Act of 1970, including its amendments of 1977 and 1990, or the CAA, requires the EPA to promulgate standards applicable to emissions of volatile organic compounds and other air contaminants. The CAA also requires states to draft State Implementation Plans, or SIPs, designed to attain national health-based air quality standards in each state. Although state-specific, SIPs may include regulations relating to emissions resulting from vessel loading and unloading operations by requiring the installation of vapor control equipment.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">In October 2009, the European Union (EU) amended a directive to impose criminal sanctions for illicit ship-source discharges of polluting substances, including minor discharges, if committed with intent, recklessly or with serious negligence and the discharges individually or in the aggregate result in deterioration of the quality of water. Aiding and abetting the discharge of a polluting substance may also lead to criminal penalties. Member States were required to enact laws or regulations to comply with the directive by the end of 2010. Criminal liability for pollution may result in substantial penalties or fines and increased civil liability claims. The directive applies to all types of vessels, irrespective of their flag, but certain exceptions apply to warships or where human safety or that of the ship is in danger.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Currently, the emissions of greenhouse gases from international shipping are not subject to the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which entered into force in 2005 and pursuant to which adopting countries have been required to implement national programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. However, in July 2011 MEPC adopted two new sets of mandatory requirements to address greenhouse gas emissions from ships that entered into force in January 2013. Currently operating ships are required to develop SEEMPs, and minimum energy efficiency levels per capacity mile will apply to new ships. These requirements could cause us to incur additional compliance costs. The EU has indicated that it intends to propose an expansion of the existing European Union emissions trading scheme to include emissions of greenhouse gases from marine vessels. The EU has also made a unilateral commitment to reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions from its member states by 20% of 1990 levels, and has committed to reduce its emissions by 20% under the Kyoto Protocol's second period, from 2013 to 2020. In the United States, the EPA has issued a finding that greenhouse gases endanger the public health and safety, has adopted regulations to limit greenhouse gas emissions from certain mobile sources and has proposed regulations to limit greenhouse gas emissions from large stationary sources. Although the mobile source emissions regulations do not apply to greenhouse gas emissions from vessels, the EPA is considering a petition from the California Attorney General and environmental groups to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from ocean-going vessels. Any passage of climate control legislation or other regulatory initiatives by the IMO, European Union, the U.S. or other countries where we operate, or any treaty adopted at the international level to succeed the Kyoto Protocol, that restrict emissions of greenhouse gases could require us to make significant financial expenditures which we cannot predict with certainty at this time. Even in the absence of climate control legislation, our business may be indirectly affected to the extent that limits change may result in sea level changes or more intense weather events.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a specialized agency of the UN with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The ILO has adopted the Maritime Labor Convention 2006 (MLC 2006). A Maritime Labor Certificate and a Declaration of Maritime Labor Compliance is required to ensure compliance with the MLC 2006 for all ships above 500 gross tons in international trade. The MLC 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013 and amendments were adopted in 2014 and 2016. We are in compliance with these requirements.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, there have been a variety of initiatives intended to enhance vessel security. On November 25, 2002, the U.S. Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002, or the MTSA, came into effect. To implement certain portions of the MTSA, in July 2003, the U.S. Coast Guard issued regulations requiring the implementation of certain security requirements aboard vessels operating in waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. The regulations also impose requirements on certain ports and facilities, some of which are regulated by the EPA.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Similarly, in December 2002, amendments to SOLAS created a new chapter of the convention dealing specifically with maritime security. The new Chapter XI-2 became effective in July 2004.&#160; It imposes various detailed security obligations on vessels and port authorities, and mandates compliance with the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code, or the ISPS Code. The ISPS Code is designed to enhance the security of ports and ships against terrorism. To trade internationally, a vessel must attain an International Ship Security Certificate, or ISSC, from a recognized security organization approved by the vessel's flag state. The following are among the various requirements, some of which are found in SOLAS:</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Any vessel operating without a valid certificate may be detained at port until it obtains an ISSC, or it may be expelled from port, or refused entry at port.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The U.S. Coast Guard regulations, intended to align with international maritime security standards, exempt from MTSA vessel security measures non-U.S. vessels provided such vessels have on board a valid ISSC that attests to the vessel's compliance with SOLAS security requirements and the ISPS Code. Our manager intends to implement the various security measures addressed by MTSA, SOLAS and the ISPS Code, and we intend that our fleet will comply with applicable security requirements.&#160; We have implemented the various security measures addressed by the MTSA, SOLAS and the ISPS Code.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Every oceangoing vessel must be "classed" by a classification society. The classification society certifies that the vessel is "in class," signifying that the vessel has been built and maintained in accordance with the rules of the classification society and complies with applicable rules and regulations of the vessel's country of registry and the international conventions of which that country is a member. In addition, where surveys are required by international conventions and corresponding laws and ordinances of a flag state, the classification society will undertake them on application or by official order, acting on behalf of the authorities concerned.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The classification society also undertakes on request other surveys and checks that are required by regulations and requirements of the flag state. These surveys are subject to agreements made in each individual case and/or to the regulations of the country concerned.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">For maintenance of the class certification, regular and extraordinary surveys of hull, machinery, including the electrical plant, and any special equipment classed are required to be performed as follows:</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">All areas subject to survey as defined by the classification society are required to be surveyed at least once per class period, unless shorter intervals between surveys are prescribed elsewhere. The period between two subsequent surveys of each area must not exceed five years. Vessels under five years of age can waive drydocking in order to increase available days and decrease capital expenditures, provided the vessel is inspected underwater.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Most vessels are also drydocked every 30 to 36 months for inspection of the underwater parts and for repairs related to inspections. If any defects are found, the classification surveyor will issue a "recommendation" which must be rectified by the ship owner within prescribed time limits.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Most insurance underwriters make it a condition for insurance coverage that a vessel be certified as "in class" by a classification society which is a member of the International Association of Classification Societies, or the IACS. In December 2013, the IACS adopted new harmonized Common Structure Rules that align with the IMO goals standards. Our Vessel is certified as being "in class" by the American Bureau of Shipping, or ABS, and Det Norske Veritas, or DNV, major classification societies. All new and secondhand vessels that we acquire must be certified prior to their delivery under our standard purchase contracts and memorandum of agreement. If the vessel is not certified on the date of closing, we have no obligation to take delivery of the vessel.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The operation of any offshore supply vessel includes risks such as mechanical and structural failure, hull damage, collision, property loss, cargo loss or damage and business interruption due to political circumstances in foreign countries, piracy, hostilities and labor strikes. In addition, there is always an inherent possibility of marine disaster, including oil spills and other environmental incidents, and the liabilities arising from owning and operating vessels in international trade. OPA, which imposes virtually unlimited liability upon owners, operators and demise charterers of vessels trading in the United States exclusive economic zone for certain oil pollution accidents in the United States, has made liability insurance more expensive for ship owners and operators trading in the United States market.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We plan to maintain hull and machinery insurance, war risks insurance, protection and indemnity cover, and freight, demurrage and defense cover for our fleet in amounts that we believe to be prudent to cover normal risks in our operations. However, we may not be able to achieve or maintain this level of coverage throughout a vessel's useful life. In addition, while we believe that the insurance coverage that we plan to obtain will be adequate, not all risks can be insured, and there can be no guarantee that any specific claim will be paid, or that we will always be able to obtain adequate insurance coverage at reasonable rates.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We have obtained marine hull and machinery and war risk insurance, which include the risk of actual or constructive total loss, for our Vessel. However, our insurance policies contain deductible amounts for which we will be responsible. We have also arranged additional total loss coverage for our Vessel. This coverage, which is called hull interest and freight interest coverage, provides us additional coverage in the event of the total loss or the constructive total loss of a vessel. The agreed deductible on our Vessel is approximately $100,000.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Protection and indemnity insurance is provided by mutual protection and indemnity associations, or P&amp;I Associations, which insure liabilities to third parties in connection with our shipping activities. This includes third-party liability and other related expenses resulting from the injury or death of crew, passengers and other third parties, the loss or damage to cargo, claims arising from collisions with other vessels, damage to other third-party property, pollution arising from oil or other substances and salvage, towing and other related costs, including wreck removal. Our P&amp;I coverage will be subject to and in accordance with the rules of the P&amp;I Association in which the vessel is entered. Protection and indemnity insurance is a form of mutual indemnity insurance, extended by protection and indemnity mutual associations, or "clubs." Our coverage is expected to be limited to approximately $7.5 billion, except for pollution which is limited $1 billion and passenger and crew which is limited to $3 billion.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We have protection and indemnity insurance coverage for pollution for an amount up to $1 billion per incident. The thirteen P&amp;I Associations that comprise the International Group insure approximately 90% of the world's commercial tonnage and have entered into a pooling agreement to reinsure each association's liabilities. Each P&amp;I Association has capped its exposure to this pooling agreement at $7.5 billion. As a member of a P&amp;I Association which is a member of the International Group, we are subject to calls payable to the associations based on the group's claim records as well as the claim records of all other members of the individual associations and members of the pool of P&amp;I Associations comprising the International Group.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We are required by various governmental and quasi-governmental agencies to obtain certain permits, licenses and certificates with respect to our Vessel. The kinds of permits, licenses and certificates required depend upon several factors, including the commodity transported, the waters in which the vessel operates, the nationality of the vessel's crew and the age of a vessel. We expect to be able to obtain all permits, licenses and certificates currently required to permit our Vessel to operate. Additional laws and regulations, environmental or otherwise, may be adopted which could limit our ability to do business or increase the cost of us doing business.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Legal Proceedings</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">To our knowledge, we are not currently a party to any lawsuit that, if adversely determined, would have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or liquidity. As such, we do not believe that pending legal proceedings, taken as a whole, should have any significant impact on our financial statements. From time to time in the future we may be subject to legal proceedings and claims in the ordinary course of business, principally personal injury and property casualty claims. While we expect that these claims would be covered by our existing insurance policies, those claims, even if lacking merit, could result in the expenditure of significant financial and managerial resources. We have not been involved in any legal proceedings which may have, or have had, a significant effect on our financial position, results of operations or liquidity, nor are we aware of any proceedings that are pending or threatened which may have a significant effect on our financial position, results of operations or liquidity.</div>
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Exchange Controls</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Under Marshall Islands law, there are currently no restrictions on the export or import of capital, including foreign exchange controls or restrictions that affect the remittance of dividends, interest or other payments to non-resident holders of our common shares.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Set forth below are the names, ages and positions of our directors and executive officers. Our Board currently consists of three directors and is elected annually on a staggered basis. Each director elected holds office for a three-year term or until his successor is duly elected and qualified, except in the event of his death, resignation, removal or the earlier termination of his term of office. The initial term of office of each director is follows: our Class A directors will serve for a term expiring at the first annual meeting of shareholders to be held in 2018, our Class B directors will serve for a term expiring at the second annual meeting of shareholders to be held in 2019, and our Class C directors will serve for a term expiring at the third annual meeting of shareholders to be held in 2019. Officers are appointed from time to time by our Board and hold office until a successor is appointed. The business address of each of our directors and executive officers listed below is Castor Maritime Inc., Victory House, 205 Archbishop Makarios Avenue, Limassol 3030, Cyprus.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Biographical information concerning the directors and executive officers listed above is set forth below.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Petros Panagiotidis, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President, Treasurer and Class C Director</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Petros Panagiotidis, 27, is the founder of Castor Maritime Inc.&#160; He has also served as the Chairman of the Board and has served as our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer since our inception in September 2017.&#160; Mr. Panagiotidis has been involved in shipping and investment banking for more than 5 years, during which he has held various positions in finance, operations and management. He has graduated with a Bachelor's degree from Fordham University in International Studies and Mathematics and he earned a Master of Science degree from New York University on Management and Systems with a concentration on Risk Management.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Dionysios Makris, 36, is a lawyer and a member of the Athens Bar Association since September 2005.&#160; Mr. Makris is based in Piraeus, Greece and is licensed to practice law before the Supreme Court of Greece.&#160; He practices mainly shipping, commercial, real estate and company law and has substantial involvement both in litigation as well as in transactional work with the Macris Law Office, where he has worked since September 2011.&#160; He holds a bachelor of laws degree from the University of Athens and a Master of Arts Degree in International Relations from the University of Warwick, United Kingdom.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Georgios Daskalakis, 27, has been a non-executive member of our Board since our establishment in September 2017.&#160; He has&#160;spent all of his professional life in the shipping industry. From May 2013 to January 2015, he was an insurance officer at Minerva Marine Inc. From January 2015 to March 2017, he served as a tanker operator at Trafigura Maritime Logistics PTE Ltd.&#160; He is currently a Commercial officer of M/Maritime Corp. in Athens, Greece.&#160; He holds a Bachelor's degree from Babson College with a concentration on Economics and Finance and Master of Science degree in Shipping, Trade and Finance from the Costas Grammenos Centre for Shipping, Trade and Finance, Cass Business School, City University of London.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Immediately after the effectiveness of this registration statement, we will establish an audit committee comprised of the two independent members of our Board who will be responsible for reviewing our accounting controls and recommending to the Board the engagement of our outside auditors. Our audit committee will also be responsible for reviewing all related party transactions for potential conflicts of interest and all related party transactions will be subject to the approval of the audit committee. The initial members of the audit committee will be Mr. Daskalakis and Mr Makris. We expect Mr. Daskalakis to act as chairperson of the audit committee and qualify as an audit committee financial expert, as such term is defined under Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Pursuant to the NASDAQ listing standards available to foreign private issuers, we are not required to comply with all of the corporate governance practices followed by U.S. companies under the NASDAQ listing standards. The significant differences between our corporate governance practices and the NASDAQ standards applicable to listed U.S. companies are set forth below.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Independence of Directors</font>. We are exempt from certain NASDAQ requirements regarding independence of directors. Consistent with Marshall Islands law, our Board is not required to be composed of a majority of independent directors. Currently, two of the three members of our Board, are independent according to NASDAQ's standards for independence. Our Board does not hold meetings at which only independent directors are present.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Executive Sessions</font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-STYLE: italic">.</font> NASDAQ requires that non-management directors meet regularly in executive sessions without management. As permitted under Marshall Islands law and our bylaws, our non-management directors do not regularly hold executive sessions without management and we do not expect them to do so in the future.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee</font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-STYLE: italic">.</font> NASDAQ requires that a listed U.S. company have a nominating/corporate governance committee composed solely of independent directors. As permitted under Marshall Islands law and our bylaws, we do not currently have a nominating or corporate governance committee. Our Board is responsible for identifying and recommending potential candidates to become board members and recommending directors for appointment to board committees.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Audit Committee</font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-STYLE: italic">. </font>NASDAQ requires, among other things, that a listed U.S company have an audit committee with a minimum of three independent members. As permitted under Marshall Islands law and our bylaws, our audit committee will consist of either one or two members which currently meet the NASDAQ independence requirements.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Compensation Committee</font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-STYLE: italic">.</font> NASDAQ requires that a listed U.S. company have a compensation committee composed solely of independent directors. As permitted under Marshall Islands law and our bylaws, compensation of executive officers is not required to be determined by a committee composed of independent members.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Related Party Transactions</font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-STYLE: italic">.</font> NASDAQ requires that a listed U.S. company conduct appropriate review and oversight of all related party transactions for potential conflict of interest situations on an ongoing basis by the company's audit committee or another independent body of the Board. As permitted under Marshall Islands law and our bylaws, our directors are not prohibited from being a party to, or otherwise interested in, any transaction or arrangement with us or in which we are otherwise interested, provided that the director makes proper disclosure of same as required by our bylaws and Marshall Islands law.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Proxy Materials</font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-STYLE: italic">.</font> NASDAQ requires that a listed U.S. company solicit proxies and provide proxy statements for all shareholder meetings. Such company must also provide copies of its proxy solicitation to NASDAQ. As permitted under Marshall Islands law and our bylaws, we do not currently solicit proxies or provide proxy materials to NASDAQ.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Share Issuance</font>. In lieu of obtaining shareholder approval prior to the issuance of securities, consistent with Marshall Islands law and our bylaws, our Board approves share issuances.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">The compensation payable to our Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer for the period from December 13, 2016 to September 30, 2017 amounted to $0.01 million. We did not pay any compensation to our directors for the period from December 13, 2016 to September 30, 2017.</font></div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">Beginning in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, non-executive directors will receive annual fees in the amount of $1,000 per physical meeting and such meetings are not expected to exceed more than four per year, plus reimbursement for their out-of-pocket expenses. In addition, we plan to form a Compensation Committee to</font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> determine the compensation arrangements of our </font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.</font></div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">On September 22, 2017, we entered into an exchange agreement, or the Exchange Agreement, with Spetses and its shareholders.&#160; Under the terms of the Exchange Agreement, <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">Thalassa Investment Co. S.A. or "Thalassa", a company wholly owned and controlled by </font>Petros Panagiotidis, our Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, received 1,248,000 common shares and 12,000 Series B Preferred Shares of the Company.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The ship management of our vessel is provided by Pavimar, a company controlled by Ismini Panagiotidi, the sister of our Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Petros Panagiotidis. Under the management agreement, Pavimar provides us with a wide range of shipping services such as crew management, technical management, operational employment management, insurance arrangements, provisioning, bunkering, accounting services, general administration and audit support, in exchange for a fixed daily fee of $250.&#160; The level of our daily fixed fee is subject to an annual review on the anniversary of the management agreement dated December 16, 2016. The agreed upon daily fixed fee with Pavimar from December 16, 2017 is $320 and will remain at this level until December 16, 2019, at which time the daily management fee may be revised.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center">SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial owners of 5% or more of our common shares and beneficial ownership of all of our directors and officers as of the date of this prospectus and upon completion of this Exchange Offer. All of our shareholders, including the shareholders listed in the table below, are entitled to one vote for each common share held.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">This section describes the material terms of the Exchange Offer.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Purpose and Effect of this Exchange Offer</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We issued the Original Shares under the Exchange Agreement, which was completed outside of the U.S. with the shareholders of Spetses in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act.&#160; The Original Shares were subsequently sold in private placements in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act by and among shareholders of the Company and third-parties.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">To participate in the Exchange Offer, you must execute or agree to be bound by the letter of transmittal, through which you will represent to us, among other things, that:</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">any Exchange Shares received by you will be, and the Original Shares you are tendering in anticipation of receiving the Exchange Shares were, acquired in the ordinary course of business;</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">you do not have any arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in, are not engaged in, and do not intend to engage in, the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Shares in violation of the provisions of the Securities Act;</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">if you are a broker-dealer, (i) you will receive Exchange Shares for your own account in exchange for Original Shares that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and (ii) you will deliver a prospectus (or, to the extent permitted by law, make available a prospectus to purchasers) meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of those Exchange Shares to the extent required by applicable law or regulation or SEC pronouncement.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used for an offer to resell or other transfer of Exchange Shares only as specified in this prospectus. Only broker-dealers that acquired the Original Shares as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities may participate in this Exchange Offer. Each participating broker-dealer who receives Exchange Shares for its own account in exchange for Original Shares that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities will be required to acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus (or, to the extent permitted by law, make available a prospectus to purchasers) in connection with any resale by it of Exchange Shares to the extent required by applicable law or regulation or SEC pronouncement. The letter of transmittal that accompanies this prospectus states that by acknowledging and delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Following the completion of the Exchange Offer, holders of Original Shares that are not tendered or that are tendered but not accepted by us may resell Original Shares only if an exemption from registration under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws is available or, outside of the United States, to non-U.S. persons in accordance with the requirements of Regulation S under the Securities Act.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Based on interpretations of the SEC staff that did not involve the issuer of securities or its affiliates, Exchange Shares issued pursuant to this Exchange Offer may be offered for resale, resold or otherwise transferred by their holders (other than any such holder that is our "affiliate" within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act) without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act, provided that the holders acquired the Exchange Shares in the ordinary course of business and the holders are not engaged in, have no arrangement with any person to participate in, and do not intend to engage in, any public distribution of the Exchange Shares to be acquired in this Exchange Offer. Any holder who tenders in this Exchange Offer and is engaged in, has an arrangement with any person to participate in, or intends to engage in, any public distribution of the Exchange Shares (i) may not rely on the applicable interpretations of the SEC and (ii) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with a secondary resale transaction.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this prospectus and in the accompanying letter of transmittal, we will accept for exchange any and all Original Shares validly tendered and not properly withdrawn prior to 4:59 p.m., New York City time (11:59 p.m. Central European Time), on the Expiration Date. The Exchange Offer will remain open for at least&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; full business days (as required by Exchange Act Rule 14e-1(a)) and will expire at 4:59 p.m., New York City time (11:59 p.m. Central European Time), on&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;&#160; , 2018, or such later date and time to which we extend it. Holders may tender some or all of their Original Shares pursuant to the Exchange Offer. The date of acceptance for exchange of the Original Shares, and completion of the Exchange Offer, will be the exchange date, which will be one to two business days following the Expiration Date (unless such period is extended as described in this prospectus). The Exchange Shares issued in connection with this Exchange Offer will be delivered promptly following the exchange date or the Original Shares shall be returned promptly upon termination of this Exchange Offer.</div>
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The form of the Exchange Shares will be substantially the same as the form of the Original Shares except that the Exchange Shares have been registered under the Securities Act and, therefore, will not bear legends restricting the transfer thereof.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">As of the date of this prospectus, we have issued 2,400,000 common shares. This prospectus and the letter of transmittal are being sent to all registered holders of Original Shares other than our affiliates.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We intend to conduct this Exchange Offer in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC. Original Shares that are not tendered for exchange in this Exchange Offer will remain outstanding. We shall be deemed to have accepted validly tendered Original Shares when, as and if we have given oral or written notice thereof to the Exchange Agent.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Holders who tender Original Shares in the Exchange Offer will not be required to pay brokerage commissions or fees or, subject to the section below entitled "Transfer Taxes," transfer taxes with respect to the exchange of Original Shares pursuant to the Exchange Offer. We will pay all charges and expenses, other than certain applicable taxes in certain circumstances, in connection with the Exchange Offer. See "Fees and Expenses."</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The term "Expiration Date" means 4:59 p.m., New York City time (10:59 p.m. Central European Time), on&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;&#160; , 2018, unless we, in our sole discretion, extend the Exchange Offer, in which case the term "Expiration Date" means the latest date and time to which we extend the Exchange Offer. To extend the Expiration Date, we will notify the Exchange Agent of any extension by written notice. We will notify holders of the Original Shares of any extension by press release or other public announcement. In the event of an extension of the exchange offer, the Company undertakes to issue public notice thereof no later than 9 a.m. Eastern Time on the next business day after the scheduled expiration date of the exchange offer in accordance with the Exchange Act Rule 14e-1(d). If the Exchange Offer is extended, the maximum period for which the Exchange Offer will remain in effect will be 90 days from the date the registration statement, of which this prospectus is a part, is declared effective by the SEC, unless otherwise required by applicable law or regulation.</div>
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We reserve the right to amend the terms of the Exchange Offer in any manner. In the event of any material change in the Exchange Offer, including the waiver of any material condition of the Exchange Offer, we will extend the offer period for at least five business days following notice of the material change. In addition, if we determine that any of the events set forth under "&#8212;Conditions of the Exchange Offer" has occurred, we also reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to:</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">If we do so, we will give written notice of this delay in acceptance, extension, termination, waiver or exchange to the Exchange Agent. If the amendment constitutes a material change to the Exchange Offer, we will promptly disclose such amendment by giving written notice to the holders of Original Shares, by press release or other public announcement. Any Original Shares that have been tendered for exchange but that are not exchanged for any reason will be returned to you without cost promptly after withdrawal, rejection of tender or termination of the Exchange Offer.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We expect to appoint American Stock Transfer and Trust Company, LLC, or AST, as our Exchange Agent in connection with the Exchange Offer for purposes of obtaining the required documents from our shareholders to tender Original Shares in the Exchange Offer. We expect to appoint AST as our transfer agent who will act as our agent in connection with the Exchange Offer for purposes of exchanging Exchange Shares for Original Shares. The Company will assist the Exchange Agent with the distribution and collection of the required documents from the shareholders. To participate in the Exchange Offer, you must properly tender your Original Shares to the Exchange Agent as described below. We will only issue Exchange Shares in exchange for Original Shares that you timely and properly tender. Therefore, you should allow sufficient time to ensure timely delivery of the letter of transmittal, and you should follow carefully the instructions on how to tender your Original Shares. It is your responsibility to properly tender your Original Shares. We have the right to waive any defects in your tender. However, we are not required to waive any defects, and we and the Exchange Agent are not required to notify you of defects in your tender.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">In no event should a holder submitting a tender for exchange send a letter of transmittal to any agent of ours other than the Exchange Agent or the Company.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">You may elect to receive the Exchange Shares through a Direct Registration System Account at the Company's expected U.S. transfer agent, American Stock Transfer and Trust Company, LLC. The Direct Registration System is a method of recording shares of stock electronically in book-entry form. In order to hold shares of the Company in DRS, a shareholder must open an account with AST. If you elect to hold your Exchange Shares in DRS, you will receive an account statement from AST. Please refer to the letter of transmittal accompanying this prospectus.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Holders may contact the Exchange Agent or the Company for assistance in filling out and delivering letters of transmittal and for additional copies of the Exchange Offer materials.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">To be tendered effectively, a letter of transmittal and other required documents must be received by the Company at its address set forth under "&#8212;Exchange Agent" below prior to the Expiration Date.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">If you do not withdraw your tender before the Expiration Date, your tender will constitute an agreement between you and us in accordance with the terms and conditions in this prospectus and in the letter of transmittal.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The method of delivery of the letter of transmittal and all other required documents to be delivered to the Company is at your election and risk. Instead of delivery by mail, it is recommended that you use an overnight or hand delivery service. In all cases, you should allow sufficient time to ensure delivery to the Company before the Expiration Date. You may request your brokers, dealers, commercial banks, trust companies or nominees to effect these transactions on your behalf.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Exchange Offer, we will not be required to accept for exchange, or to issue Exchange Shares in exchange for, any Original Shares and may terminate or amend the Exchange Offer, if at any time before the Expiration Date, that acceptance or issuance would violate applicable law or any interpretation of the staff of the SEC.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">That condition is for our sole benefit and may be asserted by us regardless of the circumstances giving rise to that condition. Our failure at any time to exercise the foregoing rights shall not be considered a waiver by us of that right. Our rights described in the prior paragraph are ongoing rights, which we may assert at any time and from time to time until the expiration of the Exchange Offer.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">In addition, we will not accept for exchange any Original Shares tendered, and no Exchange Shares will be issued in exchange for any Original Shares, if at any time before the Expiration Date any stop order shall be threatened or in effect with respect to the registration statement on Form F-4 to which this prospectus relates. In any of those events we are required to use every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of any stop order as promptly as practicable.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 24.5pt">We plan to appoint AST as our Exchange Agent in connection with the Exchange Offer for purposes of obtaining the required documents from our shareholders to tender Original Shares in the Exchange Offer. We expect to appoint AST as our transfer agent who will act as our agent in connection with the Exchange Offer for purposes of exchanging Original Shares for Exchange Shares. All executed letters of transmittal should be directed to the Company at its address provided on the Letter of Transmittal and provided below at:</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We will bear the expenses of soliciting tenders in the Exchange Offer. The principal solicitation for tenders in the Exchange Offer is being made by mail. Additional solicitations may be made by our officers and regular employees in person, by facsimile or by telephone.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The following is a description of material terms of our articles of incorporation and bylaws. Because the following is a summary, it does not contain all information that you may find useful. For more complete information, you should read our amended and restated articles of incorporation and bylaws, copies of which will be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement of which this prospectus forms a part and may be obtained from us as set forth under "Where You Can Find Additional Information."</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Our purpose, as stated in our articles of incorporation, is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may now or hereafter be organized under the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act, or the BCA. Our articles of incorporation and bylaws do not impose any limitations on the ownership rights of our shareholders.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Under our articles of incorporation our authorized capital stock consists of 1,950,000,000 common shares, par value $0.001 per share, of which 2,400,000 shares are issued and outstanding and 50,000,000 preferred shares, par value $0.001 per share, of which 492,000 shares are issued and outstanding.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">On September 22, 2017, we entered into an exchange agreement, or the Exchange Agreement, with Spetses and its shareholders.&#160; Under the terms of the Exchange Agreement, we issued 2,400,000 common shares 480,000 Series A Preferred Shares and 12,000 Series B Preferred Shares of the Company in exchange for all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Spetses.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">On Novemebr 21, 2017, we declared a dividend of one preferred share purchase right for each outstanding common share and adopted a shareholder rights plan, as set forth in a Stockholders Rights Agreement dated as of November 20, 2017, by and between us and American Stock Transfer &amp; Trust Company, LLC, as rights agent. For more information, please see "&#8212;Stockholders Rights Agreement" herein. In connection with the Stockholders Rights Agreement, we designated 1,000,000 shares as Series C Participating Preferred Stock, none of which are outstanding as of the date of this prospectus.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Each outstanding common share entitles the holder to one vote on all matters submitted to a vote of shareholders. Subject to preferences that may be applicable to any outstanding preferred shares, holders of common shares are entitled to receive ratably all dividends, if any, declared by our Board out of funds legally available for dividends. Upon our dissolution or liquidation or the sale of all or substantially all of our assets, after payment in full of all amounts required to be paid to creditors and to the holders of preferred stock having liquidation preferences, if any, the holders of our common shares are entitled to receive pro rata our remaining assets available for distribution. Holders of common shares do not have conversion, redemption or pre-emptive rights to subscribe to any of our securities. The rights, preferences and privileges of holders of our common shares are subject to the rights of the holders of any preferred shares, which we may issue in the future.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">On September 22, 2017, we issued 480,000 shares of Series A Preferred Shares to the shareholders of Spetses, under the Exchange Agreement.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The Series A Preferred Shares entitle the holders thereof to receive cumulative cash dividends when, as and if declared by our Board out of legally available funds for such purpose.&#160; Each Series A Preferred Share has a fixed liquidation preference of $25.00 per share plus an amount equal to accumulated and unpaid dividends thereon to the date fixed for payment, whether or not declared. See "&#8212;Liquidation Rights."</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">No dividend may be declared or paid or set apart for payment on any Junior Stock (other than a dividend payable solely in shares of Junior Stock) unless full cumulative dividends have been or contemporaneously are being paid or provided for on all outstanding Series A Preferred Shares for all prior and the then-ending dividend periods. In addition, in the event that full cumulative dividends on the Series A Preferred Shares have not been paid or declared and set apart for payment, we may not repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, in whole or in part, any Series A Preferred Shares except pursuant to a purchase or exchange offer made on the same terms to all holders of Series A Preferred Shares. Common stock and any other Junior Stock may not be redeemed, repurchased or otherwise acquired unless full cumulative dividends on the Series A Preferred Shares for all prior and the then-ending dividend periods have been paid or declared and set apart for payment.</div>
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Accumulated dividends in arrears for any past dividend period may be declared by our Board and paid on any date fixed by our Board, whether or not a Dividend Payment Date, to holders of the Series A Preferred Shares on the record date for such payment, which may not be more than 60 days, nor less than 5 days, before such payment date. Subject to the next succeeding sentence, if all accumulated dividends in arrears on all outstanding Series A Preferred Shares have not been declared and paid, or sufficient funds for the payment thereof have not been set apart, payment of accumulated dividends in arrears will be made in order of their respective Dividend Payment Dates, commencing with the earliest. If less than all dividends payable with respect to all Series A Preferred Shares are paid, any partial payment will be made pro rata with respect to the Series A Preferred Shares entitled to a dividend payment at such time in proportion to the aggregate amounts remaining due in respect of such shares at such time. Holders of the Series A Preferred Shares will not be entitled to any dividend, whether payable in cash, property or stock, in excess of full cumulative dividends. No interest or sum of money in lieu of interest will be payable in respect of any dividend payment which may be in arrears on the Series A Preferred Shares.<br></div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Notwithstanding any other provisions herein, the holder of Series A Preferred Shares shall not acquire, or be obligated or have the right to acquire, any common share pursuant to an optional redemption which, when aggregated with all other common shares then beneficially owned (as calculated pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and Rule 13d-3 promulgated thereunder) by the Holder and its Affiliates, would result in the beneficial ownership by the holder of Series A Preferred Shares of more than 4.9% of the then issued and outstanding common shares, or the Ownership Limitation.&#160; If the Company issues a Redemption Notice that would cause the aggregate number of common shares then beneficially owned (as calculated pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and Rule 13d-3 promulgated thereunder) by the holder of Series A Preferred Shares and its affiliates to exceed the Ownership Limitation, such Redemption Notice shall be void ab initio to the extent of the amount by which the number of common shares otherwise issuable pursuant to such Redemption Notice, together with all common shares then beneficially owned (as calculated pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and Rule 13d-3 promulgated thereunder) by the holder of Series A Preferred Shares and its affiliates, would exceed the Ownership Limitation.&#160; Upon the written or oral request of the holder of Series A Preferred Shares, the Company shall promptly confirm orally or in writing to the holder of Series A Preferred Shares the number of common shares then outstanding. The holder of Series A Preferred Shares and the Company shall each cooperate in good faith in the determinations required hereby and the application hereof.&#160; The holder's of Series A Preferred Shares written certification to the Company of the applicability of the Ownership Limitation, and the resulting effect thereof hereunder at any time, shall be conclusive with respect to the applicability thereof and such result absent manifest error. Upon delivery of a written notice to the Company, the holder of Series A Preferred Shares may from time to time increase (with such increase not effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after delivery of such notice) or decrease the Ownership Limitation to any other amount of common shares not in excess of 9.99% of the then issued and outstanding shares of common shares as specified in such notice; provided that any such increase in the Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such written notice is delivered to the Company.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">On September 22, 2017, we issued 12,000 shares of Series B Preferred Shares to Thalassa, a company wholly owned and controlled by our Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Petros Panagiotidis, under the Exchange Agreement. Each Series B Preferred Share has the voting power of one hundred thousand (100,000) common shares.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The Series B Preferred Stock has the following characteristics:</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Our directors are elected by a plurality of the votes cast by shareholders entitled to vote. There is no provision for cumulative voting.<br>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Our articles of incorporation require our Board to consist of at least one member. Our Board currently consists of three members. Our bylaws may only be amended by the vote of two-thirds of our entire Board.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Directors are elected annually on a staggered basis, and each shall serve for a three-year term and until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, except in the event of his death, resignation, removal, or the earlier termination of his term of office. Directors may only be removed for cause and only upon the affirmative vote of two-thirds votes cast at an annual meeting of shareholders by the holders of shares entitled to vote thereon. Our Board has the authority to fix the amounts which shall be payable to the members of the Board for attendance at any meeting or for services rendered to us.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Under our bylaws, annual meetings of shareholders will be held at a time and place selected by our Board. The meetings may be held in or outside of the Marshall Islands. Special meetings may be called at any time by a majority of our Board or the chairman of our Board. Our Board may set a record date between 15 and 60 days before the date of any meeting to determine the shareholders that will be eligible to receive notice and vote at the meeting. One or more shareholders representing at least one-third of the total number of votes eligible to be cast by holders of shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at such meetings shall constitute a quorum for the purposes of the meeting.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Under the BCA, our shareholders have the right to dissent from various corporate actions, including any merger or consolidation and the sale of all or substantially all of our assets not made in the usual course of our business, and receive payment of the fair value of their shares. In the event of any further amendment of our amended and restated articles of incorporation, a shareholder also has the right to dissent and receive payment for his or her shares if the amendment alters certain rights in respect of those shares. The dissenting shareholder must follow the procedures set forth in the BCA to receive payment. In the event that we and any dissenting shareholder fail to agree on a price for the common shares, the BCA procedures involve, among other things, the institution of proceedings in the high court of the Republic of the Marshall Islands or in any appropriate court in any jurisdiction in which our shares are primarily traded on a local or national securities exchange.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Under the BCA, any of our shareholders may bring an action in our name to procure a judgment in our favor, also known as a derivative action, provided that the shareholder bringing the action is a holder of common shares both at the time the derivative action is commenced and at the time of the transaction to which the action relates.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Limitations on liability and indemnification of officers and directors</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The BCA authorizes corporations to limit or eliminate the personal liability of directors and officers to corporations and their shareholders for monetary damages for breaches of directors' fiduciary duties. Our amended and restated articles of incorporation include a provision that eliminates the personal liability of directors for monetary damages for actions taken as a director to the fullest extent permitted by law.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Our bylaws provide that we must indemnify our directors and officers to the fullest extent authorized by law, if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. We are also required to advance certain expenses (including attorney's fees and disbursements and court costs) to our directors and officers and we may carry directors' and officers' insurance providing indemnification for our directors and officers for some liabilities. We believe that these indemnification provisions and this insurance are useful to attract and retain qualified directors and officers.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The limitation of liability and indemnification provisions in our amended and restated articles of incorporation and bylaws may discourage shareholders from bringing a lawsuit against directors for breach of their fiduciary duty. These provisions may also have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative litigation against directors and officers, even though such an action, if successful, might otherwise benefit us and our shareholders. In addition, your investment may be adversely affected to the extent we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against directors and officers pursuant to these indemnification provisions.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">There is currently no pending material litigation or proceeding involving any of our directors, officers or employees for which indemnification is sought.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Anti-takeover effect of certain provisions of our Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Several provisions of our amended and restated articles of incorporation and bylaws, which are summarized below, may have anti-takeover effects. These provisions are intended to avoid costly takeover battles, lessen our vulnerability to a hostile change of control and enhance the ability of our Board to maximize shareholder value in connection with any unsolicited offer to acquire us. However, these anti-takeover provisions, which are summarized below, could also discourage, delay or prevent (1) the merger or acquisition of us by means of a tender offer, a proxy contest or otherwise that a shareholder may consider in its best interest and (2) the removal of incumbent officers and directors.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Under the terms of our articles of incorporation, our Board has authority, without any further vote or action by our shareholders, to issue up to 50,000,000 shares of "blank check" preferred stock. Our Board may issue preferred shares on terms calculated to discourage, delay or prevent a change of control of us or the removal of our management and might harm the market price of our common shares. We have no current plans to issue any preferred shares.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Our articles of incorporation prohibit cumulative voting in the election of directors. Our amended and restated bylaws require parties other than the Board to give advance written notice of nominations for the election of directors. Our amended and restated articles of incorporation also provide that our directors may only be removed for cause upon the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the outstanding shares of our capital stock entitled to vote for those directors. These provisions may discourage, delay or prevent the removal of incumbent directors.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Our articles of incorporation and our amended and restated bylaws provide that any action required or permitted to be taken by our shareholders must be effected at an annual or special meeting of shareholders or by the unanimous written consent of our shareholders. Our articles of incorporation and our amended and restated bylaws provide that, unless otherwise prescribed by law, only a majority of our Board or the chairman of our Board may call special meetings of our shareholders and the business transacted at the special meeting is limited to the purposes stated in the notice. Accordingly, a shareholder will be prevented from calling a special meeting for shareholder consideration of a proposal unless scheduled by our Board and shareholder consideration of a proposal may be delayed until the next annual meeting.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Our bylaws provide that shareholders seeking to nominate candidates for election as directors or to bring business before an annual meeting of shareholders must provide timely notice of their proposal in writing to the corporate secretary. Generally, to be timely, a shareholder's notice must be received at our principal executive offices not less than 120 days nor more than 180 days prior to the one year anniversary of the immediately preceding annual meeting of shareholders. Our amended and restated bylaws also specify requirements as to the form and content of a shareholder's notice. These provisions may impede shareholders' ability to bring matters before an annual meeting of shareholders or make nominations for directors at an annual meeting of shareholders.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">As described above, our articles of incorporation provide for the division of our Board into three classes of directors, with each class as nearly equal in number as possible, serving staggered three-year terms beginning on the expiration of the initial term for each class. Accordingly, approximately one-third of our Board will be elected each year. This classified board provision could discourage a third party from making a tender offer for our shares or attempting to obtain control of us. It could also delay shareholders who do not agree with the policies of our Board from removing a majority of our Board for two years.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Although the BCA does not contain specific provisions regarding "business combinations" between companies organized under the laws of the Marshall Islands and "interested shareholders," we have included these provisions in our articles of incorporation. Specifically, our amended and restated articles of incorporation prohibit us from engaging in a "business combination" with certain persons for three years following the date the person becomes an interested shareholder. Interested shareholders generally include:</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000">On November 21, 2017, our Board declared a dividend of one preferred share purchase right, or a Right, for each outstanding common share and adopted a shareholder rights plan, as set forth in the Stockholders Rights Agreement dated as of November 20, 2017, or the Rights Agreement, by and between the Company and </font>American Stock Transfer &amp; Trust Company, LLC<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000">, as rights agent.</font></div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The Board adopted the Rights Agreement to protect shareholders from coercive or otherwise unfair takeover tactics. In general terms, it works by imposing a significant penalty upon any person or group that acquires 15% or more of our outstanding common shares without the approval of our Board. If a shareholder's beneficial ownership of our common shares as of the time of the public announcement of the rights plan and associated dividend declaration is at or above the applicable threshold, that shareholder's then-existing ownership percentage would be grandfathered, but the rights would become exercisable if at any time after such announcement, the shareholder increases its ownership percentage by 1% or more.&#160; Our Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Petros Panagiotidis, is exempt from these provisions.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Rights may have anti-takeover effects. The Rights will cause substantial dilution to any person or group that attempts to acquire us without the approval of our Board. As a result, the overall effect of the Rights may be to render more difficult or discourage any attempt to acquire us. Because our Board can approve a redemption of the Rights for a permitted offer, the Rights should not interfere with a merger or other business combination approved by our Board.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">For those interested in the specific terms of the Rights Agreement, we provide the following summary description. Please note, however, that this description is only a summary, and is not complete, and should be read together with the entire Rights Agreement, which is an exhibit to the registration statement on Form F-4, which this prospectus forms a part of.&#160; <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">The foregoing description of the Rights Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.</font></div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Certain synthetic interests in securities created by derivative positions &#8212; whether or not such interests are considered to be ownership of the underlying common shares or are reportable for purposes of Regulation 13D of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended&#8212; are treated as beneficial ownership of the number of our common shares equivalent to the economic exposure created by the derivative position, to the extent our actual common shares are directly or indirectly held by counterparties to the derivatives contracts. Swaps dealers unassociated with any control intent or intent to evade the purposes of the Rights Agreement are excepted from such imputed beneficial ownership.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">For persons who, prior to the time of public announcement of the Rights Agreement, beneficially own 15% or more of our outstanding common shares, the Rights Agreement "grandfathers" their current level of ownership, so long as they do not purchase additional shares in excess of certain limitations.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The date when the Rights become exercisable is the "Distribution Date." Until that date, our common share certificates (or, in the case of uncertificated shares, by notations in the book-entry account system) will also evidence the Rights, and any transfer of our common shares will constitute a transfer of Rights. After that date, the Rights will separate from our common shares and will be evidenced by book-entry credits or by Rights certificates that the Company will mail to all eligible holders of our common shares. Any Rights held by an Acquiring Person are null and void and may not be exercised.<br>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Following the occurrence of an event set forth in preceding paragraph, all Rights that are or, under certain circumstances specified in the Rights Agreement, were beneficially owned by an Acquiring Person or certain of its transferees will be null and void.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The following is a discussion of the material Marshall Islands and U.S. federal income tax considerations relevant to the Exchange Offer and the ownership of our Exchange Shares. This discussion does not purport to deal with the tax consequences relevant to all categories of investors, some of which, such as financial institutions, regulated investment companies, real estate investment trusts, tax-exempt organizations, insurance companies, persons holding our Exchange Shares as part of a hedging, integrated, conversion or constructive sale transaction or a straddle, traders in securities that have elected the mark-to-market method of accounting for their securities, persons liable for alternative minimum tax, persons who are investors in partnerships or other pass-through entities for U.S. federal income tax purposes, dealers in securities or currencies, U.S. Holders (as defined below) whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar and investors that own, actually or under applicable constructive ownership rules, 10% or more of our Exchange Shares, may be subject to special rules. This discussion deals only with holders who acquire our Exchange Shares in connection with the Exchange Offer and hold the Exchange Shares as a capital asset. You are encouraged to consult your own tax advisors concerning the overall tax consequences arising in your own particular situation under U.S. federal, state, local or non-U.S. law of the ownership of our Exchange Shares.</div>
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Marshall Islands Tax Considerations</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">In the opinion of Seward &amp; Kissel, LLP, the following are the material Marshall Islands tax consequences of our activities to us and of the ownership of our Exchange Shares to our shareholders. We are incorporated in the Marshall Islands. Under current Marshall Islands law, we are not subject to tax on income or capital gains, and no Marshall Islands withholding tax will be imposed upon payments of dividends by us to our shareholders or on capital gains realized by our shareholders from the disposition of our shares.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">In the opinion of Seward &amp; Kissel, LLP, our U.S. counsel, the following are the material U.S. federal income tax consequences of the Exchange Offer, of the ownership of Exchange Shares to U.S. Holders and Non-U.S. Holders, each as defined below. The following discussion of U.S. federal income tax matters is based on the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code, judicial decisions, administrative pronouncements, and existing and proposed regulations issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, or the Treasury Regulations, all of which are subject to change, possibly with retroactive effect. The discussion below is based, in part, on the description of our business as described in this prospectus and assumes that we conduct our business as described herein.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">A U.S. Holder (as defined below) will not recognize gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes on the exchange of Original Shares for Exchange Shares pursuant to the Exchange Offer. A U.S. Holder's tax basis in his Exchange Shares will equal his tax basis in the Original Shares. A U.S. Holder's holding period for U.S. federal income tax purposes of the Exchange Shares will include his holding period of the Original Shares.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We anticipate that we will earn substantially all our income from the hiring of vessels for use on a time or spot charter basis and from the performance of services directly related to those uses, all of which we refer to as "shipping income."</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Unless we qualify for an exemption from United States federal income taxation under the rules of Section 883 of the Code, or Section 883, as discussed below, a foreign corporation such as the Company will be subject to United States federal income taxation on its "shipping income" that is treated as derived from sources within the United States, to which we refer as "United States source shipping income." For United States federal income tax purposes, "United States source shipping income" includes 50% of shipping income that is attributable to transportation that begins or ends, but that does not both begin and end, in the United States.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Shipping income attributable to transportation exclusively between non<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">&#8209;</font>United States ports will be considered to be 100% derived from sources entirely outside the United States. Shipping income derived from sources outside the United States will not be subject to any United States federal income tax.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Shipping income attributable to transportation exclusively between United States ports is considered to be 100% derived from United States sources. However, we are not permitted by United States law to engage in the transportation of cargoes that produces 100% United States source shipping income.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Unless we qualify for the exemption from tax under Section 883, our gross United States source shipping income would be subject to a 4% tax imposed without allowance for deductions as described below.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Under Section 883 and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, a foreign corporation will be exempt from United States federal income taxation of its United States source shipping income if:</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">it is organized in a "qualified foreign country" which is one that grants an "equivalent exemption" from tax to corporations organized in the United States in respect of each category of shipping income for which exemption is being claimed under Section 883; and</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">more than 50% of the value of its shares is beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by "qualified shareholders," which as defined includes individuals who are "residents" of a qualified foreign country, to which we refer as the "50% Ownership Test"; or</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">its shares are "primarily and regularly traded on an established securities market" in a qualified foreign country or in the United States, to which we refer as the "Publicly<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">&#8209;</font>Traded Test."</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The Republic of The Marshall Islands, the jurisdiction where we and our ship<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">&#8209;</font>owning subsidiaries are incorporated, has been officially recognized by the United States Internal Revenue Service, or the IRS, as a qualified foreign country that grants the requisite "equivalent exemption" from tax in respect of each category of shipping income we earn and currently expect to earn in the future. Therefore, we will be exempt from United States federal income taxation with respect to our United States source shipping income if we satisfy either the 50% Ownership Test or the Publicly<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">&#8209;</font>Traded Test.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">After the Exchange Shares are listed on the NASDAQ, we may satisfy the Publicly<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">&#8209;</font>Traded Test, a factual determination made on an annual basis, with respect to any taxable year. We do not currently anticipate circumstances under which we would be able to satisfy the 50% Ownership Test.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The Treasury Regulations under Section 883 provide, in pertinent part, that shares of a foreign corporation will be considered to be "primarily traded" on an established securities market in a country if the number of shares of each class of stock that are traded during any taxable year on all established securities markets in that country exceeds the number of shares in each such class that are traded during that year on established securities markets in any other single country. The Company's Exchange Shares should be considered as "primarily traded" on the NASDAQ, an established securities market for these purposes, after the Exchange Shares are listed.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Under the Treasury Regulations, our Exchange Shares will be considered to be "regularly traded" on an established securities market if one or more classes of our shares representing more than 50% of our outstanding stock, by both total combined voting power of all classes of stock entitled to vote and total value, are listed on such market, to which we refer as the "listing threshold." Since all of our Exchange Shares are listed on the NASDAQ, we expect to satisfy the listing threshold.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The Treasury Regulations also require that with respect to each class of stock relied upon to meet the listing threshold, (i) such class of stock traded on the market, other than in minimal quantities, on at least 60 days during the taxable year or one<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">&#8209;</font>sixth of the days in a short taxable year, which we refer to as the "trading frequency test"; and (ii) the aggregate number of shares of such class of stock traded on such market during the taxable year must be at least 10% of the average number of shares of such class of stock outstanding during such year or as appropriately adjusted in the case of a short taxable year, which we refer to as the "trading volume" test. We anticipate that we will satisfy the trading frequency and trading volume tests. Even if this were not the case, the Treasury Regulations provide that the trading frequency and trading volume tests will be deemed satisfied if, as is expected to be the case with our Exchange Shares, such class of stock is traded on an established securities market in the United States and such shares are regularly quoted by dealers making a market in such shares.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Treasury Regulations provide, in pertinent part, that a class of shares will not be considered to be "regularly traded" on an established securities market for any taxable year in which 50% or more of the vote and value of the outstanding shares of such class are owned on more than half the days during the taxable year by persons who each own 5% or more of the vote and value of such class of outstanding stock, to which we refer as the "5% Override Rule."</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">For purposes of being able to determine the persons who actually or constructively own 5% or more of the vote and value of our Exchange Shares, or "5% Shareholders," the Treasury Regulations permit us to rely on those persons that are identified on Schedule 13G and Schedule 13D filings with the Commission, as owning 5% or more of our Exchange Shares. The Treasury Regulations further provide that an investment company which is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, will not be treated as a 5% Shareholder for such purposes.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">In the event the 5% Override Rule is triggered, the Treasury Regulations provide that the 5% Override Rule will nevertheless not apply if we can establish that within the group of 5% Shareholders, qualified shareholders (as defined for purposes of Section 883) own sufficient number of shares to preclude non<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">&#8209;</font>qualified shareholders in such group from owning 50% or more of our Exchange Shares for more than half the number of days during the taxable year.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">If the benefits of Section 883 are unavailable, our United States source shipping income would be subject to a 4% tax imposed by Section 887 of the Code on a gross basis, without the benefit of deductions, or the "4% gross basis tax regime," to the extent that such income is not considered to be "effectively connected" with the conduct of a United States trade or business, as described below. Since under the sourcing rules described above, no more than 50% of our shipping income would be treated as being United States source shipping income, the maximum effective rate of United States federal income tax on our shipping income would never exceed 2% under the 4% gross basis tax regime.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">To the extent our United States source shipping income is considered to be "effectively connected" with the conduct of a United States trade or business, as described below, any such "effectively connected" United States source shipping income, net of applicable deductions, would be subject to United States federal income tax, currently imposed at rates of up to 35%. In addition, we would generally be subject to the 30% "branch profits" tax on earnings effectively connected with the conduct of such trade or business, as determined after allowance for certain adjustments, and on certain interest paid or deemed paid attributable to the conduct of our United States trade or business.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">substantially all of our United States source shipping income is attributable to regularly scheduled transportation, such as the operation of a vessel that follows a published schedule with repeated sailings at regular intervals between the same points for voyages that begin or end in the United States.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Regardless of whether we qualify for exemption under Section 883, we will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax with respect to gain realized on a sale of a vessel, provided the sale is considered to occur outside of the United States under U.S. federal income tax principles. In general, a sale of a vessel will be considered to occur outside of the United States for this purpose if title to the vessel, and risk of loss with respect to the vessel, pass to the buyer outside of the United States. It is expected that any sale of a vessel by us will be considered to occur outside of the United States.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">As used herein, the term "U.S. Holder" means a holder that for U.S. federal income tax purposes is a beneficial owner of Exchange Shares and is an individual U.S. citizen or resident, a U.S. corporation or other U.S. entity taxable as a corporation, an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source, or a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary jurisdiction over the administration of the trust and one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">If a partnership holds our Exchange Shares, the tax treatment of a partner will generally depend upon the status of the partner and upon the activities of the partnership. If you are a partner in a partnership holding our Exchange Shares, you are encouraged to consult your tax advisor.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Subject to the discussion of passive foreign investment companies below, any distributions made by us with respect to our Exchange Shares to a U.S. Holder will generally constitute dividends to the extent of our current or accumulated earnings and profits, as determined under U.S. federal income tax principles. Distributions in excess of such earnings and profits will be treated first as a nontaxable return of capital to the extent of the U.S. Holder's tax basis in its Exchange Shares and thereafter as capital gain. Because we are not a U.S. corporation, U.S. Holders that are corporations will not be entitled to claim a dividends received deduction with respect to any distributions they receive from us. Dividends paid with respect to our Exchange Shares will generally be treated as foreign source dividend income and will generally constitute "passive category income" for purposes of computing allowable foreign tax credits for U.S. foreign tax credit purposes.</div>
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Until the Exchange Shares are publicly traded on the NASDAQ, any dividends paid by us will be treated as ordinary income to a U.S. Holder, and may continue to be so treated thereafter. Dividends paid on our Exchange Shares to certain non-corporate U.S. Holders will generally be treated as "qualified dividend income" that is taxable to such U.S. Holders at preferential tax rates provided that (1) the Exchange Shares are readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States (such as the NASDAQ); (2) we are not a passive foreign investment company for the taxable year during which the dividend is paid or the immediately preceding taxable year (as discussed in detail below); (3) the non-corporate U.S. Holder has owned the Exchange Shares for more than 60 days in the 121-day period beginning 60 days before the date on which the Exchange Shares become ex-dividend; and (4) certain other conditions are met.</div>
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">There is no assurance that any dividends paid on our Exchange Shares will be eligible for these preferential rates in the hands of such non-corporate U.S. Holders. Any dividends paid by us which are not eligible for these preferential rates will be taxed as ordinary income to a non-corporate U.S. Holder.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Special rules may apply to any "extraordinary dividend" (generally, a dividend in an amount which is equal to or in excess of 10% of a shareholder's adjusted tax basis in a common share) paid by us. If we pay an "extraordinary dividend" on our Exchange Shares that is treated as "qualified dividend income" to a non-corporate U.S. Holder, then any loss derived by such non-corporate U.S. Holder from the sale or exchange of such Exchange Shares will be treated as long-term capital loss to the extent of such dividend.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Assuming we do not constitute a passive foreign investment company for any taxable year, a U.S. Holder generally will recognize taxable gain or loss upon a sale, exchange or other disposition of our Exchange Shares in an amount equal to the difference between the amount realized by the U.S. Holder from such sale, exchange or other disposition and the U.S. Holder's tax basis in such shares. Such gain or loss will be treated as long-term capital gain or loss if the U.S. Holder's holding period is greater than one year at the time of the sale, exchange or other disposition. Such capital gain or loss will generally be treated as U.S. source income or loss, as applicable, for U.S. foreign tax credit purposes. Long-term capital gains of certain non-corporate U.S. Holders are currently eligible for reduced rates of taxation. A U.S. Holder's ability to deduct capital losses is subject to certain limitations.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Special U.S. federal income tax rules apply to a U.S. Holder that holds shares in a foreign corporation classified as a "passive foreign investment company," or a PFIC, for U.S. federal income tax purposes. In general, we will be treated as a PFIC with respect to a U.S. Holder if, for any taxable year in which such holder holds our Exchange Shares, either</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">For purposes of determining whether we are a PFIC, cash will be treated as an asset which is held for the production of passive income. In addition, we will be treated as earning and owning our proportionate share of the income and assets, respectively, of any of our subsidiary corporations in which we own at least 25% of the value of the subsidiary's stock. Income earned, or deemed earned, by us in connection with the performance of services would not constitute passive income. By contrast, rental income would generally constitute "passive income" unless we were treated under specific rules as deriving our rental income in the active conduct of a trade or business.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We do not believe that we will be treated as a PFIC for any taxable year. However, our status as a PFIC is determined on an annual basis and will depend upon the operations of our Vessel and our other activities during each taxable year. In making the determination as to whether we are a PFIC, we intend to treat the gross income we derive or are deemed to derive from the spot chartering and time chartering activities of us or any of our subsidiaries as services income, rather than rental income. Correspondingly, such income should not constitute passive income, and the assets that we or our wholly owned subsidiaries own and operate in connection with the production of such income should not constitute passive assets for purposes of determining whether we are a PFIC. We believe there is substantial legal authority supporting our position consisting of case law and IRS pronouncements concerning the characterization of income derived from time charters and voyage charters as services income for other tax purposes. However, there is also authority which characterizes time charter income as rental income rather than services income for other tax purposes. In the absence of any legal authority specifically relating to the statutory provisions governing PFICs, the IRS or a court could disagree with our position. In addition, although we intend to conduct our affairs in a manner to avoid being classified as a PFIC with respect to any taxable year, we cannot assure you that the nature of our operations will not change in the future.</div>
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">As discussed more fully below, if we were to be treated as a PFIC for any taxable year, a U.S. Holder would be subject to different taxation rules depending on whether the U.S. Holder makes an election to treat us as a "Qualified Electing Fund," which election we refer to as a "QEF election." As an alternative to making a QEF election, a U.S. Holder should be able to make a "mark-to-market" election with respect to our Exchange Shares, as discussed below.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">If we were to be treated as a PFIC for any taxable year, U.S. Holders would be required to report their ownership of our Exchange Shares to the IRS by filing an IRS Form 8621 with their U.S. federal income tax return for each such taxable year.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">If a U.S. Holder makes a timely QEF election, which U.S. Holder we refer to as an "Electing Holder," the Electing Holder must report for U.S. federal income tax purposes its pro rata share of our ordinary earnings and net capital gain, if any, for each of our taxable years during which we are a PFIC that ends with or within the taxable year of the Electing Holder, regardless of whether distributions were received from us by the Electing Holder. No portion of any such inclusions of ordinary earnings will be treated as "qualified dividend income." Net capital gain inclusions of certain non-corporate U.S. Holders may be eligible for preferential capital gains tax rates. The Electing Holder's adjusted tax basis in the Exchange Shares will be increased to reflect any income included under the QEF election. Distributions of previously taxed income will not be subject to tax upon distribution but will decrease the Electing Holder's tax basis in the Exchange Shares. An Electing Holder would not, however, be entitled to a deduction for its pro rata share of any losses that we incur with respect to any taxable year. An Electing Holder would generally recognize capital gain or loss on the sale, exchange or other disposition of our Exchange Shares. A U.S. Holder would make a timely QEF election for our Exchange Shares by filing IRS Form 8621 with his U.S. federal income tax return for the first year in which he held such shares when we were a PFIC. If we determine that we are a PFIC for any taxable year, we would provide each U.S. Holder with all necessary information in order to make the QEF election described above.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Alternatively, if we were to be treated as a PFIC for any taxable year and, as we anticipate will be the case after the Exchange Offer, our Exchange Shares are treated as "marketable stock," a U.S. Holder would be allowed to make a "mark-to-market" election with respect to our Exchange Shares, provided the U.S. Holder completes and files IRS Form 8621 in accordance with the relevant instructions and related Treasury Regulations. If that election is made, the U.S. Holder generally would include as ordinary income in each taxable year the excess, if any, of the fair market value of the Exchange Shares at the end of the taxable year over such U.S. Holder's adjusted tax basis in the Exchange Shares. The U.S. Holder would also be permitted an ordinary loss in respect of the excess, if any, of the U.S. Holder's adjusted tax basis in the Exchange Shares over their fair market value at the end of the taxable year, but only to the extent of the net amount previously included in income as a result of the mark-to-market election. A U.S. Holder's tax basis in his Exchange Shares would be adjusted to reflect any such income or loss amount recognized. Any gain realized on the sale, exchange or other disposition of the Exchange Shares would be treated as ordinary income, and any loss realized on the sale, exchange or other disposition of the Exchange Shares would be treated as ordinary loss to the extent that such loss does not exceed the net mark-to-market gains previously included by the U.S. Holder.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">As used herein, the term "Non-U.S. Holder" means a holder that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, is a beneficial owner of Exchange Shares (other than a partnership) that is not a U.S. Holder.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Rather, a refund may generally be obtained of any amounts withheld under backup withholding rules that exceed the taxpayer's U.S. federal income tax liability by filing a timely refund claim with the IRS.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The following requirements apply only to broker-dealers. If you are not a broker-dealer as defined in Section 3(a)(4) and Section 3(a)(5) of the Exchange Act, these requirements do not affect you.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Shares for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Shares. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Shares received in exchange for Original Shares where such Original Shares were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. We have agreed that, for a period of up to 120 days from the last date on which Original Shares are accepted for exchange, we will amend or supplement this prospectus, if requested by any broker-dealer for use in connection with any resale of Exchange Shares received in exchange for Original Shares.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">We will not receive any proceeds from any sale of Exchange Shares by broker-dealers.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Exchange Shares received by broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the Exchange Shares or a combination of such methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices. Any resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any broker-dealer or the purchasers of any Exchange Shares.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Any broker-dealer that resells Exchange Shares that were received by it for its own account in the Exchange Offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a distribution of those Exchange Shares may be deemed to be an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act. Any profit on any resale of Exchange Shares and any commissions or concessions received by any of those persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Securities Act. The letter of transmittal states that, by acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We are incorporated under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and we conduct operations in countries around the world.&#160;All of the directors, officers and experts named in this prospectus reside outside the United States. In addition, substantially all of our assets and the assets of the directors, officers and experts are located outside the United States. As a result, it may not be possible for you to serve legal process within the United States upon us or any of these persons. It may also not be possible for you to enforce, both in and outside the United States, judgments you may obtain in U.S. courts against us or these persons in any action, including actions based upon the civil liability provisions of U.S. federal or state securities laws. Furthermore, there is substantial doubt that the courts of such jurisdictions would enter judgments in original actions brought in those courts predicated on U.S. federal or state securities laws. See "Risk Factors&#8212;Risks Relating to Our Common Shares&#8212;We are incorporated in the Marshall Islands, which does not have a well-developed body of corporate and case law" and "Risk Factors&#8212;Risks Relating to Our Common Shares&#8212;We are incorporated in the Marshall Islands and certain of our officers and directors are non-U.S. residents. It may be difficult to serve legal process or enforce judgments against us, our directors or our management."</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The validity of the common shares and certain other matters relating to United States and Marshall Islands law will be passed upon for us by Seward &amp; Kissel LLP, New York, New York.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">The consolidated financial statements of Castor Maritime Inc. included in this </font>Prospectus<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> have been audited by Deloitte Certified Public Accountants S.A., an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report appearing herein. Such consolidated financial statements have been included herein in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing. The offices of Deloitte Certified Public Accountants S.A. are located at Fragoklissias 3a &amp; Granikou Street, Maroussi, Athens 151 25, Greece</font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">.</font></div>
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center">WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form F-4 under the Securities Act with respect to our common shares offered by this prospectus. For the purposes of this section, the term "registration statement" means the original registration statement and any and all amendments, including the schedules and exhibits to the original registration statement or any amendment. This prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement on Form F-4 we filed. Although we believe that we have accurately summarized the material terms of documents filed as exhibits to the registration statement, you should read those exhibits for a complete statement of their provisions. The registration statement on Form F-4, including its exhibits and schedules, may be inspected and copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the SEC at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. You may obtain information on the operation of the public reference room by calling 1 (800) SEC-0330, and you may obtain copies at prescribed rates from the Public Reference Section of the SEC at its principal office in Washington, D.C. 20549. The SEC maintains a website (http://www.sec.gov) that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding registrants that file electronically with the SEC.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We will furnish holders of our common shares with annual reports containing audited financial statements and a report by our independent registered public accounting firm and intend to make available quarterly reports containing selected unaudited financial data for the first three quarters of each fiscal year. The audited financial statements will be prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and those reports will include a "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" section for the relevant periods. As a "foreign private issuer," we are exempt from the rules under the Securities Exchange Act prescribing the furnishing and content of proxy statements to shareholders. While we furnish proxy statements to shareholders in accordance with the rules of any stock exchange on which our common shares may be listed in the future, those proxy statements will not conform to Schedule 14A of the proxy rules promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act. In addition, as a "foreign private issuer," our officers and directors are exempt from Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act and the rules under the Securities Exchange Act relating to, among other things, short swing profit reporting and liability.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left">We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Castor Maritime Inc. and its subsidiary (the "Company") as of September 30, 2017, the related consolidated statement of comprehensive income, shareholders' equity, and cash flows, for the period December 13, 2016 to September 30, 2017. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left">We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">CURRENT ASSETS:</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
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<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">836,468</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">342,605</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<tr>
<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<tr>
<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">1,350,983</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">7,366,935</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<tr>
<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
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</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">7,366,935</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<tr>
<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Total assets</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">$</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">8,717,918</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<tr>
<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">CURRENT LIABILITIES:</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Accounts payable</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">$</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">105,104</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
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</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">119,170</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Total current liabilities</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">224,274</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt">12,000 Series B preferred shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2017</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">12</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">2,400</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">8,493,644</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">$</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">8,717,918</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">$</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">2,018,061</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Total revenues</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">2,018,061</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<tr>
<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<tr>
<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Voyage expenses (Note 11)</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">80,853</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<tr>
<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">1,194,995</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<tr>
<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Management fees to related party (Note 3)</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">55,500</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<tr>
<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Depreciation (Note 5)</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">182,346</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<tr>
<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">General and administrative expenses (Note 12)</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">94,440</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<tr>
<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Total Expenses</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">1,608,134</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<tr>
<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Operating income</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">409,927</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<tr>
<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES):</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Bank charges</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">
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<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Gain on derivative financial instruments (Note 7)</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">475,530</div>
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<tr>
<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">(7,021</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">
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<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Other, net</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">740</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">-</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">7,612,108</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">7,614,508</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<tr>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">-</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">878,644</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">2,400,000</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">480,000</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">12,000</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">2,892</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">7,612,108</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">878,644</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">8,493,644</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">878,644</div>
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</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">182,346</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">
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<tr>
<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
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</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">
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<tr>
<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
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</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">105,104</div>
</td>
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</tr>

<tr>
<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
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</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">119,170</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
</tr>

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<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
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</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">$</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">770,749</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
</tr>

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<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
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</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">(7,549,281</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">)</div>
</td>
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<tr>
<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Net cash used in Investing Activities</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">$</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">(7,549,281</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">
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</td>
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<tr>
<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Cash Flows provided by Financing Activities:</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<tr>
<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Shareholders' contribution</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">7,615,000</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Net cash provided by Financing Activities</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">$</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">7,615,000</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Net increase in cash and cash equivalents</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">836,468</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Cash and cash equivalents at December 13, 2016</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">-</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<tr>
<td style="WIDTH: 88%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Cash and cash equivalents at September 30, 2017</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">$</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">836,468</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
</tr>

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<div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Non cash Financing Activities</div>

<div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Deemed contribution relating to issuance of preferred shares</div>
</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">$</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">2,740,000</td>
<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&#160;</td>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">Accounts receivable trade: </font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">Accounts receivable trade reflect receivables from vessel charters. At each balance sheet date, all potentially uncollectible accounts are assessed individually for purposes of determining the appropriate provision for doubtful accounts. Provision for doubtful accounts for the period presented was zero.</font></div>
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</font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">September 30, 2017</font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><br>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: right">480</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN-LEFT: 1.1pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1.1pt">9.75% per annum of the Liquidation Preference per share</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN-LEFT: 1.1pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1.1pt">09/22/17</div>
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<td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 0.5pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 0.5pt solid; WIDTH: 9.02%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 0.5pt solid">&#160;</td>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN-LEFT: 1.1pt">492,000</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: right">492</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: right">% of Company's revenue</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center">A</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">The carrying values of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable approximate their fair value due to the short-term nature of these financial instruments.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #000000">Derivative financial instruments: </font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000">The Company is exposed to changes in the spot market rates associated with the deployment of its vessel and its objective is to manage the impact of such changes in its earnings and cash flows. In this respect, during the period from December 13, 2016 to September 30, 2017, the Company engaged in a series of forward freight agreements (FFAs) to manage its exposure to spot market rate fluctuations. The FFAs which have not been renewed upon maturity, and used as economic hedge agreements did not meet the hedge accounting criteria, therefore, changes in their fair value were recorded in earnings. During the period from December 13, 2016 to September 30, 2017, the Company realized a gain of $475,530 which is separately reflected as "Gain on derivative financial instruments" in the accompanying consolidated statement of </font>comprehensive<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000"> income. Currently the Company does not have any derivative instruments in place to manage such fluctuations.</font><br></div>
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</font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">September 30, 2017</font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><br>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Both Castor and Spetses are incorporated under the laws of the Republic of Marshall Islands and they are not subject to income taxes in the Republic of Marshall Islands.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Taxation on United States Source Income: </font>Pursuant to &#167; 883 of the Internal Revenue Code of the United States (the "Code"), U.S. source income from the international operation of ships is generally exempt from U.S. Federal income tax on such income if the company meets the following requirements: (a) the company is organized in a foreign country that grants an equivalent exception to corporations organized in the U. S. and (b) either (i) more than 50 percent of the value of the company's stock is owned, directly or indirectly, by individuals who are "residents" of the company's country of organization or of another foreign country that grants an "equivalent exemption" to corporations organized in the U.S. (the "50% Ownership Test") or (ii) the company's stock is "primarily and regularly traded on an established securities market" in its country of organization, in another country that grants an "equivalent exemption" to U.S. corporations, or in the U.S. (the "Publicly-Traded Test").</div>
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Pursuant to Treasury Regulation &#167; 1.883-2, a company's stock will be considered "regularly traded" on an established securities market if (i) one or more classes of its stock representing 50 percent or more of its outstanding shares, by voting power and value, is listed on the market and is traded on the market, other than in minimal quantities, on at least 60 days during the taxable year; and (ii) the aggregate number of shares of stock traded during the taxable year is at least 10 percent of the average number of shares of the stock outstanding during the taxable year.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Marshall Islands, the jurisdiction where the Company and its ship-owning subsidiary are incorporated, grants an equivalent exemption to United States corporations. Therefore, the Company will be exempt from United States federal income taxation with respect to U.S. source shipping income if either the 50% Ownership Test or the Publicly-Traded Test is met.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Subsequent to September 30, 2017 the Company commenced preparation for an offering ("Exchange Offer") to exchange registered common shares for outstanding unregistered common shares.&#160; The Company's first taxable calendar year will end on December 31, 2017.&#160;If the&#160;Exchange Offer is completed before December 31, 2017, the Company expects to qualify for this exemption on the basis that the Publicly Traded Test will be satisfied. However, as of September 30, 2017, there can be no assurance that the Company will be entitled to this exemption by the end of its first calendar taxable year. In that case, it will be subject to a 4% U.S. Federal income tax. U.S. source gross transportation income consists of 50% of the gross shipping income that is attributable to transportation that begins or ends, but that does not both begin and end, in the United States.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">For the period from December 13, 2016 to September 30, 2017, $4,611 of income taxes would be paid if the Company did not qualify for this exemption. As of September 30, 2017, Management believes it is probable that the Company will qualify for the tax exemption and therefore no provision for income tax has been made.<br>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">Basic and diluted earnings per share is calculated by dividing the Net income and comprehensive income available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the periods. Diluted earnings per share is calculated by adjusting the net income available to common shareholders and the weighted average number of common shares used for calculating basic earnings per share for the effects of all potentially dilutive shares. The computation of earnings per share for the period December 13, 2016 to September 30, 2017 gives retroactive effect to the 2,400,000 common&#160;shares issued under the Exchange Agreement (refer to Note 1).<br>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000">323,322</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000">104,410</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000">33,429</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000">51,735</div>
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<td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom">&#160;</td>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000">29,118</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #000000">80,853</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Drydocking:</font> In October 2017 and following the completion of the vessel's latest charter, she entered a shipyard to undertake her regular scheduled dry-dock. A vessel is generally required to be drydocked approximately every 30 to 60 months for carrying out works that cannot be performed while the vessel is in the water at sea and to comply with her classification society requirements.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-LEFT: 72pt">Costs to be capitalized as part of the dry-dock include only those direct costs that are incurred for works required by the vessel's Classification Society. Direct costs may consist of actual costs incurred at the dry-dock yard, including but not limited to, dry-dock dues and general services for vessel preparation, steelworks, piping works and valves, machinery works and electrical works, lodging and subsistence of personnel sent to the drydocking site to supervise. Expenditures for normal maintenance and repairs will be expensed as incurred.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">I. Article VIII of the Bylaws of the Registrant provides as follows:</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000">Any person who is or was a Director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer of another, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise shall be entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation upon the same terms, under the same conditions, and to the same extent as authorized by Section 60 of the BCA, if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The Corporation shall have the power to pay in advance expenses a director or officer incurred while defending a civil or criminal proceeding, provided that the director or officer will repay the amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he or she is not entitled to indemnification under this section. Any repeal or modification of this Article VIII shall not adversely affect any rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses of a Director or officer of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to any acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification.</div></td>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000">The Corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a Director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in such capacity whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability by law or under the provisions of these Bylaws.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">II. Section 60 of the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands provides as follows:</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Item 21. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">(a) Exhibits</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The exhibits filed as part of this registration statement are listed in the index to exhibits immediately preceding such exhibits.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">(b) Financial Schedules</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The financial statements filed as part of this registration statement are listed in the index to the financial statements immediately preceding such financial statements, which index to the financial statements is incorporated herein by reference.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Item 22. Undertaking</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">(a) Under Rule 415 of the Securities Act,</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-STYLE: italic">bona fide </font>offering thereof.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">(4) To file a post-effective amendment to the registration statement to include any financial statements required by Item 8.A. of Form 20-F at the start of any delayed offering or throughout a continuous offering. Financial statements and information otherwise required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Act need not be furnished, <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-STYLE: italic">provided</font>, that the registrant includes in the prospectus, by means of a post-effective amendment, financial statements required pursuant to this paragraph (a)(4) and other information necessary to ensure that all other information in the prospectus is at least as current as the date of those financial statements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to registration statements on Form F-3, a post-effective amendment need not be filed to include financial statements and information required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 3-19 under the Securities Act of 1933 if such financial statements and information are contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Form F-3.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">(h) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: (i) to respond to requests for information that is incorporated by reference into the prospectus pursuant to Items 4, 10(b), 11, 13 of this Form, within one business day of receipt of such request, and to send the incorporated documents by first class mail or other equally prompt means, and (ii) to arrange or provide for a facility in the United States for the purpose of responding to such requests. The undertaking in subparagraph (i) above includes information contained in documents filed subsequent to the effective date of the registration statement through the date of responding to the request.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt">21 February 2017 (UPON DELIVERY OF VESSEL)</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">PAVIMAR S.A.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">145 64 Nea Kifisia, Greece,</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">It is mutually agreed between the party mentioned in Box 2 and the party stated in Box 3 that this Agreement consisting of PART I and PART II as well as ANNEXES "A" (Details of Vessel, "B" (Details of Crew), "C" (Budget) and "D" (Associated vessels) attached hereto, shall be performed subject to the conditions, contained herein.&#160; In the event of a conflict of conditions, the provisions of PART I and Annexes "A", "B", "C" and "D" shall prevail over those of PART II to the extent of such conflict but no further.</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">In this Agreement save where the context otherwise requires, the following words and expressions shall have the meanings hereby assigned to them.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">"<font style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Owners</font>" mean the party identified in Box. 2.</div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">"<font style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Managers</font>" mean the party identified in Box 3.</div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">"<font style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Vessel</font>" means the vessel or vessels details of which are set out in Annex "A" attached hereto.</div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">"<font style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Crew</font>" means the Master, officers and ratings of the<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><strike>&#160;</strike></font>numbers, rank and nationality specified in Annex "B" attached hereto.</div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">"<font style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Crew Support Costs</font>" means all expenses of a general nature which are not particularly referable to any individual vessel for the time being managed by the Managers and which are incurred by the Managers for the purpose of providing an efficient and economic management service and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, shall include the cost of crew standby pay, training schemes for officers and ratings, cadet training schemes, sick pay, recruitment and interviews.</div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">"<font style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Severance Costs</font>" means the costs which the employers are legally obliged to pay to or in respect of the Crew as a result of the early termination of any employment contract for service on the Vessel.</div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">"<font style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Crew Insurances</font>" means insurances against crew risks which shall include but not limited to death, sickness, repatriation, injury, shipwreck unemployment indemnity and loss of personal effects.</div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">"<font style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Management Services</font>" means the services specified in sub-clauses 3.1 to 3.8 as indicated affirmatively in Boxes 5 to 12.</div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">"<font style="FONT-STYLE: italic">ISM Code</font>" means the International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention as adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) by resolution A.741(18) or any subsequent amendment thereto.</div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">"<font style="FONT-STYLE: italic">STCW 95</font>" means the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, as amended in 1995 or any subsequent amendment thereto.</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">2.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Appointment of Managers</font></div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">With effect from the day and year stated in Box 4 and continuing unless and until terminated as provided herein, the Owners hereby appoint the Managers and the Managers hereby agree to act as the Managers of the Vessel.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Subject to terms and conditions herein provided, during the period of this Agreement, the Managers shall carry out Management Services in respect of the Vessel as agents for and on behalf of the Owners.&#160; The Managers shall have authority to take such actions as they may from time to time in their absolute discretion consider to be necessary to enable them to perform this Agreement in accordance with sound ship management practice.</div>

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<div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">3.1.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">Crew Management</font></div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">(<font style="FONT-STYLE: italic">only applicable if agreed according to Box 5</font>)</div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">The Managers shall provide suitably qualified Crew for the Vessel as required by the Owners in accordance with the STCW 95 requirements, provision of which includes but it is not limited to the following functions:</div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">i</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">selecting and engaging the Vessel's Crew, including payroll arrangements, pension administration, and insurances for the Crew other than those mentioned in Clause 6;</font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">ii</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">ensuring that the applicable requirements of the law of the flag of the Vessel are satisfied</font></div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">in respect of manning levels, rank, qualification and certification of the Crew and employment regulations including Crew's tax, social insurance, discipline and other requirements;</div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">iii</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">ensuring that all members of the Crew have passed a medical examination with a qualified doctor certifying that they are fit for the duties for which they are engaged and are in possession of valid medical certificates issued in accordance with appropriate flag State requirements.&#160; In the absence of applicable flag State requirements the medical certificate shall be dated not more than three months prior to the respective Crew members leaving their country of domicile and maintained for the duration of their service on board the Vessel;</font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">iv</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">ensuring that the Crew shall have a command of the English language of a sufficient standard to enable them to perform their duties safely;</font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">v</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">arranging transportation of the Crew, including repatriation;</font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">vi</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">training the Crew and supervising their efficiency;</font></div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">The Managers shall provide technical management which includes, but is not limited to, the following functions:</div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">i</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">provision of competent personnel to supervise the maintenance and general efficiency of the Vessel;</font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">ii</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">arrangement and supervision of dry dockings, repairs, alterations and<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-VARIANT: normal; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal"> the </font>upkeep of the Vessel to the standards required by the Owners provided that the Managers shall be entitled to incur the necessary expenditure to ensure that the Vessel will comply with the law of the flag of the Vessel and of the places where she trades, and all requirements and recommendations of the classification society;</font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">iii</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">arrangement of the supply of necessary stores, spares and lubricating oil;</font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">iv</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">appointment of surveyors and technical consultants as the Managers may consider from time to time to be necessary;</font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">v</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">development, implementation and maintenance of a Safety Management System (SMS) in accordance with the ISM Code (see sub-clauses 4.2<strike> </strike>and 5.3).</font></div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">The Managers shall provide the commercial operation of the Vessel, as required by the Owners, which includes, but is not limited to, the following functions:</div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><strike>i</strike></font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><strike>providing chartering services in accordance with the Owners' instructions which include, but are not limited to, seeking and negotiating employment for the Vessel and the conclusion (including the execution thereof) of charter parties or other contracts relating to the employment of the Vessel. If such a contract exceeds twelve months in duration the period stated in Box 13, consent thereto in writing shall first be obtained from the Owners,</strike></font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">ii</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">arranging of the proper payment to Owners or their nominees of all hire and/or freight revenues or other moneys of whatsoever nature to which Owners may be entitled arising out of the employment of or otherwise</font></div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">in connection with the Vessel,</div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">iii</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">providing voyage estimates and accounts and calculating of hire, freights, demurrage</font></div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">and/or despatch moneys due from or due to the charterers of the Vessel;</div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">iv</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">issuing of voyage instructions;</font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">v</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">appointing agents;</font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">vi</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">appointing stevedores;</font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">vii</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">arranging surveys associated with the commercial operation of the Vessel.</font></div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">(only applicable if agreed according to Box 9)</div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">The Managers shall</div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">i</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">establish an accounting system which meets the requirements of the Owners and provide regular accounting services, supply regular reports and records,</font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">ii</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">maintain the records of all costs and expenditure incurred as well as data necessary or proper for the settlement of accounts between the parties.</font></div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><strike>(only applicable if agreed according to Box 10)</strike></div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><strike>The Managers shall, in accordance with the Owners' instructions, supervise the sale or purchase of the </strike><strike>Vessel, including the performance of any sale or purchase agreement, but not negotiation of the same.</strike></div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">4.1.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">The Managers undertake to use their best endeavours to provide the agreed Management Services as agents for and on behalf of the Owners in accordance with sound ship management practice and to protect and promote the interests of the Owners in all matters relating to the provision of services hereunder.&#160; Provided, however, that the Managers in the performance of their management responsibilities under this Agreement shall be entitled to have regard to their overall responsibility in relation to all vessels as may from time to time be entrusted to their management and in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the Managers shall be entitled to allocate available supplies, manpower and services in such manner as in the prevailing circumstances the Managers in their absolute discretion consider to be fair and reasonable.</font></div>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">4.2.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">Where the Managers are providing Technical Management in accordance with sub-clause 3.2, they shall procure that the requirements of the law of the flag of the Vessel are satisfied and they shall in particular be deemed to be the "Company" as defined by the ISM Code, assuming the responsibility for the operation of the Vessel and taking over the duties and responsibilities imposed by the ISM Code when applicable.</font></div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">5.1.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">The Owners shall pay all sums due to the Managers punctually in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.</font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">5.2.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">Where the Managers are providing Technical Management in accordance with sub-clause 3.2, the Owners shall:</font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">i</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160; &#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">procure that all officers and ratings supplied</font></div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">by them or on their behalf comply with the requirements of STCW 95;</div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">ii</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">instruct such officers and ratings to obey all reasonable orders of the Managers in connection with the operation of the Managers' safety system.</font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><strike>5.3</strike></font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><strike>Where the Managers are not providing Technical</strike></font></div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><strike>Management in accordance with sub-clause 3.2, the Owners shall procure that the requirements of the law of the flag of the Vessel are satisfied and that they, or such other entity as may be appointed </strike><strike>by them and identified to the Managers, shall be deemed to be the "Company" as defined by the </strike><strike>ISM Code assuming the responsibility for the operation of the Vessel and taking over the duties and responsibilities imposed by the ISM Code when applicable.</strike></div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">The Owners shall procure, whether by instructing the Managers under sub-clause 3.4 or otherwise, that throughout the period of this Agreement:</div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">6.1.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">at the Owners' expense, the Vessel is insured for not less than her sound market value or entered for her full gross tonnage, as the case may be for:</font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">i</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">usual hull and machinery marine risks (including crew negligence) and excess liabilities;</font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">ii</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">protection and indemnity risks (including pollution risks and Crew Insurances); and</font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">iii</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">war risks (including protection and indemnity and crew risks) in accordance with the best practice of prudent owners of vessels of a similar type to the Vessel, with first class insurance companies, underwriters or associations (the "Owners' Insurances");</font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">6.2.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">all premiums and calls on the Owners' Insurances are paid promptly by their due date,</font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">6.3.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">the Owners' Insurances name the Managers and, subject to underwriters' agreement, any third party designated by the Managers as a joint assured, with full cover, with the Owners obtaining cover in respect of each of the insurances specified in sub-clause 6.1:</font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><strike>i</strike></font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><strike>on terms whereby the Managers and any such third party are liable in respect of premiums or calls arising in connection with the Owners' Insurances; or</strike></font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">ii</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">if reasonably obtainable, on terms such that neither the Managers nor any such third party shall be under any liability in respect of premiums or calls arising in connection with the Owners' insurances; or</font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><strike>iii</strike></font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><strike>on such other terms as may be agreed in writing.</strike></font></div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Indicate alternative (i), (ii) or (iii) in Box 14.&#160; If Box 14 is left blank then (i) applies.</div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">6.4</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">written evidence is provided, to the reasonable satisfaction of the Managers, of their compliance with their obligations under Clause 6 within a reasonable time of the commencement of the Agreement, and of each renewal date and, if specifically requested, of each payment date of the Owners' Insurances.</font></div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">7.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Income Collected and Expenses Paid on Behalf of Owners</font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">7.1.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">All moneys collected by the Managers under the terms of this Agreement (other than moneys payable by the Owners to the Managers) and any interest thereon shall be held to the credit of the Owners in a separate bank account.</font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">7.2.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">All expenses incurred by the Managers under the terms of this Agreement on behalf of the Owners (including expenses as provided in Clause 8) may be debited against the Owners in the account referred to under sub-clause 7.1 but shall in any event remain payable by the Owners to the Managers on demand.</font></div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">8.1.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">The Owners shall pay to the Managers for their services as Managers under this Agreement <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><strike>an annual</strike></font> <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-VARIANT: normal; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal"><u>DAILY </u></font>management fee as stated in Box 15 <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><strike>which shall be payable to equal monthly installments in advance, the first installment being </strike></font>payable on the commencement of this Agreement (see Clause 2 and Box 4) and subsequent installments being payable every month.</font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">8.2.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">The management fee shall be subject to an annual review on the anniversary date of the Agreement and the proposed fee shall be presented in the annual budget referred to in sub-clause 9.1.</font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">8.3.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">The Managers shall, at no extra cost to the </font>Owners, provide their own office accommodation, office staff, facilities and stationery.&#160; Without limiting the generality of Clause 7 the Owners shall reimburse the Managers for postage and communication expenses, traveling expenses, and other out of pocket expenses properly incurred by the Managers in pursuance of the Management Services.</div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">8.4</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">In the event of the appointment of the Managers being terminated by the Owners or the Managers</font></div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">in accordance with the provisions of Clauses 17 and 18 other than by reason of default by the</div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Managers, or if the Vessel is lost, sold or otherwise disposed of, the "management fee" payable to the</div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Managers according to the provisions of sub- clause 8.1, shall continue to be payable for a further period of three calendar months as from the termination date.&#160; In addition, provided that the Managers provide Crew for the Vessel in accordance with sub-clause 3.1;</div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><u>OWNERS TO COVER EXPENSES REGARDING CREW COSTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EXISTING CREW AGREEMENTS</u></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><strike>i</strike></font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><strike>the Owners shall continue to pay Crew Support Costs during the said further period of three calendar months and</strike></font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><strike>ii</strike></font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><strike>the Owners shall pay an equitable proportion of any Severance Costs which may materialize, not exceeding the amount stated</strike></font></div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><strike>in Box 16.</strike></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">8.5.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">If the Owners decide to lay-up the Vessel whilst this Agreement remains in force and such lay-up lasts for more than three months, an appropriate reduction of the management fee for the period exceeding three months until one month before the Vessel is again put into service shall be mutually agreed between the parties.</font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">8.6.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">Unless otherwise agreed in writing all discounts and commissions obtained by the Managers in the course of the management of the Vessel shall be credited to the Owners.</font></div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><strike>9.1.</strike></font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">The Managers shall present to the Owners annually a budget for the following twelve months in such form as the Owners require.&#160; The budget for the first year hereof is set out in Annex "C" hereto.&#160; Subsequent annual budgets shall be prepared by the Managers and submitted to the Owners <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><u>BY</u></font> not less than three months before <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><u>THE FINANCIAL YEAR END</u></font>&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><strike>the anniversary date of the commencement of this Agreement (see Clause 2 and Box 4).</strike></font></font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">9.2.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">The Owners shall indicate to the Managers their acceptance and approval of the annual budget within one month of presentation and in the absence of any such indication the Managers shall be entitled to assume that the Owners have accepted the proposed budget.</font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">9.3.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">Following the agreement of the budget, the Managers shall prepare and present to the Owners their estimate of the working capital requirement of the Vessel and the Managers shall each month update this estimate, based thereon, the Managers shall each month request the Owners in writing for the funds required to run the Vessel for the ensuing month, including the payment of any occasional or extraordinary item of expenditure, such as emergency repair costs, additional insurance premiums, bunkers or provisions.&#160; Such funds shall be received by the Managers within ten running days after the receipt by the Owners of the Managers' written request and shall be held to the credit of the Owners in a separate bank account.</font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><strike>9.4.</strike></font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">The Managers shall produce a <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><u>SIX MONTH</u></font> comparison between budgeted and actual income and expenditure of the Vessel in such form as required by the Owners <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><strike>monthly or at such other intervals as mutually agreed.</strike></font></font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">9.5.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Managers shall in no circumstances</font></div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">be required to use or commit their own funds to finance the provision of the Management Services.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">The Managers shall not have the right to sub-contract any of their obligations hereunder, including those mentioned in sub-clause 3.1 without the prior written consent of the Owners <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><strike>which shall not be unreasonably withheld.&#160; </strike></font>In the event of such a sub- contract the Managers shall remain fully liable for the due performance of their obligations under this Agreement.</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">11.1.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-STYLE: italic">Force Majeure</font> - Neither the Owners nor the Managers shall be under any liability for any failure to perform any of their obligations thereunder by reason of any cause whatsoever of any nature or kind beyond their reasonable control.</font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">11.2.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-STYLE: italic">Liability to Owners</font> -</font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">i.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">Without prejudice to sub-clause 11.1, the Managers shall be under no liability whatsoever to the Owners for any loss, damage, delay or expense of whatsoever nature, whether direct or indirect, (including but not limited to loss of profit arising out of or in connection with detention of or delay to the Vessel) and howsoever arising in the course of performance of the Management Services UNLESS same is proved to have resulted from the <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><strike>negligence, </strike></font>gross negligence or willful default of the Managers of their employees, or agents or sub-contractors employed by them in connection with the Vessel, in which case (save where loss, damage, delay or expense has resulted from the Managers' personal act or omission committed with the intent to cause same or recklessly and with knowledge that such loss, damage, delay or expense would probably result) the Managers' liability for such incident or series of incidents giving rise to a claim or claims shall never exceed a total of ten times the <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><strike>annual</strike></font>&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><u>DAILY</u></font> Management Fee payable hereunder <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><u>MULTIPLIED BY 365 DAYS</u></font>.</font></div>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">ii</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">Notwithstanding anything that may appear to the contrary in this Agreement, the Managers shall not be liable for any of the actions of the Crew even if such actions are negligent, grossly negligent or willful, except only to the extent that they are shown to have resulted from a failure to the Managers to discharge their obligations under sub-Clause 3.1, in which case their liability shall be limited in accordance with the terms of this Clause 11.</font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">11.3</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-STYLE: italic">Indemnity</font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-VARIANT: normal; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: italic">&#160;</font>- Except to the extent and solely for the amount therein set out that the Managers would be liable under sub-clause 11.2, the Owners hereby undertake to keep the Managers and their employees, agents and sub-contractors indemnified and to hold them harmless against all actions, proceedings, claims, demands or liabilities whatsoever or howsoever arising which may be brought against them or incurred or suffered by them arising out of or in connection with the performance of the Agreement, and against and in respect of all costs, losses, damages and expenses (including legal costs and expenses on a full indemnity basis) which the Managers may suffer or incur (either directly or indirectly) in the course of the performance of this Agreement.</font></div>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">11.4</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">"<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-STYLE: italic">Himalaya</font>" - It is hereby expressly agreed that no employee or agent of the Managers (including every sub-contractor from time to time employed by the Managers) shall in any circumstances whatsoever be under any liability whatsoever to the Owners for any loss, damage or delay of whatsoever kind arising or resulting directly or indirectly from any act, neglect or default on his party while acting in the course of or in connection with his employment and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions in this Clause 11, every exemption, limitation, condition and liberty herein contained and every right, exemption from liability, defence and immunity of whatsoever nature applicable to the Managers or to which the Managers are entitled hereunder shall also be available and shall extend to protect every such employee or agent of the Managers acting as aforesaid and for the purpose of all the foregoing provisions of this Clause 11 the Managers are or shall be deemed to be acting as agent or trustee on behalf of and for the benefit of all persons who are or might be their servants or agents from time to time (including sub-contractors as aforesaid) and all such persons shall to this extent be or be deemed to be parties to this Agreement.</font></div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Where the Managers are providing Technical Management in accordance with sub-clause 3.2 and/or Crew Management in accordance with sub-clause 3.1, they shall make available, upon Owners' request, all documentation and records related to the Safety Management System (SMS) and/or the Crew which the Owners need in order to demonstrate compliance with the ISM Code and STCW 95 or to defend a claim against a third party.</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">13.1.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">The Managers shall handle and settle all claims arising out of the Management </font>Services hereunder and keep the Owners informed regarding any incident of which the</div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Managers become aware which gives or may give rise to claims or disputes involving third parties.</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">13.3.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">The Managers shall also have power to obtain legal or technical or other outside expert advice in relation to the handling and settlement of claims and disputes or all other matters affecting the interests of the Owners in respect of the Vessel.</font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">13.4.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">The Owners shall arrange for the provision of any necessary guarantee bond or other security.</font></div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">14.1</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">The Managers shall at all times maintain and keep true and correct accounts and shall make the same available for inspection and auditing by the Owners at such times as may be mutually agreed.&#160; On the termination, for whatever reasons, of this Agreement the Managers shall release to the Owners, if so requested, the originals when possible, or otherwise certified copies, of all such accounts and all documents specifically relating to the Vessel and her operation.</font></div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">The Owners shall have the right at any time after giving reasonable notice to the Managers to inspect the Vessel for any reason they consider necessary.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">The Managers will not do or permit to be done anything which might cause any breach or infringement of the laws and regulations of the Vessel's flag, or of the places where she trades.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">This Agreement shall come into effect on the day and year stated in Box 4 and shall continue until the date stated in Box 17.</div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Thereafter it shall continue until terminated by either party giving to the other notice in writing, in which event the Agreement shall terminate upon the expiration of a period of two months from the date upon which such notice was given.</div>

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<div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">18.1.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-STYLE: italic">Owners' Default</font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">i.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">The Managers shall be entitled to terminate the Agreement with immediate effect by notice in writing if any moneys payable by the Owners under this Agreement <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><strike>and/or the owners of any associated vessel, details of which are listed in Annex "D",</strike></font> shall not have been received in the Managers' nominated account within ten running days of receipt by the Owners of the Managers written request or if the Vessel is repossessed by the </font>Mortgagees.</div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">ii.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">If the Owners:</font></div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt">the Managers may give notice of the default to the Owners, requiring them to remedy it as soon as practically possible.&#160; In the event that the Owners fail to remedy it within a reasonable time to the satisfaction of the Managers<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><strike>&#160;</strike></font>the Managers shall be entitled to terminate the Agreement with immediate effect by notice in writing.</div>

<div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">18.2.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-STYLE: italic">Managers' Default</font></div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">If the Managers fail to meet their obligations under Clauses 3 and 4 of this Agreement for any reason within the control of the Managers, the Owners may give notice to the Managers of the default, requiring them to remedy it as soon as practically possible.&#160; In the event that the Managers fail to remedy it within a reasonable time to the satisfaction of the Owners the Owners shall be entitled to terminate the Agreement with immediate effect by notice in writing.</div>

<div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">18.3.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-STYLE: italic">Extraordinary Termination</font></div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">This Agreement shall be deemed to be terminated in the case of the sale of the Vessel or if the Vessel becomes a total loss or is declared as a constructive or compromised or arranged total loss or is requisitioned.</div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">18.4.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">For the purpose of sub-clause 18.3 hereof</font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">i.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">the date upon which the Vessel is to be treated as having been sold or otherwise disposed or shall be the date on which the Owners cease to be registered as Owners of the Vessel;</font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">ii.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">the Vessel shall not be deemed to be lost unless either she has become an actual total loss or agreement has been reached with her underwriters in respect of her constructive, compromised or arranged total loss or if such agreement with her underwriters is not reached it is adjudged by a competent tribunal that a constructive loss of the Vessel has occurred.</font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">18.5.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">This Agreement shall terminate forthwith in the event of an order being made or resolution passed for the winding up, dissolution, liquidation or bankruptcy of either party (otherwise than for the purpose of reconstruction or amalgamation) or if a receiver is appointed, or it if suspends payment, ceases to carry on business or makes any special arrangement or composition with its creditors.</font></div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">19.1.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be referred to arbitration in London in accordance with the Arbitration Act 1996 or any statutory modification to re-enactment thereof save to the extent necessary to give effect to the provisions of this Clause.</font></div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA) Terms current at the time when the arbitration proceedings are commenced.</div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">The reference shall be to three arbitrators.&#160; A party wishing to refer a dispute to arbitration shall appoint its arbitrator and send notice of such appointment in writing to the other party requiring the other party to appoint its own arbitrator within 14 calendar days of that notice and stating that it will appoint its arbitrator as sole arbitrator unless the other party appoints its own arbitrator and gives notice that it has done so within the 14 days specified.&#160; If the other party does not appoint its own arbitrator and give notice that it has done so within the 14 days specified, the party referring a dispute to arbitration may, without the requirement of any further prior notice to the other party, appoint its arbitrator as sole arbitrator and shall advise the other party accordingly.&#160; The award of a sole arbitrator shall be binding on both parties as if he had been appointed by agreement.</div>
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Nothing herein shall prevent the parties agreeing in writing to vary these provisions to provide for the appointment of a sole arbitrator.</div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">In cases where neither the claim nor any counterclaim exceeds the sum of USD50,000 (or such other sum as the parties may agree) the arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the LMAA Small Claims Procedure current at the time when the arbitration proceedings are commenced.</div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><strike>19.2.</strike></font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><strike>This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with Title 9 of the United </strike></font><strike>States Code and the Maritime Law of the United </strike><strike>States and any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be referred to three persons at New York, one to be appointed by each of the parties hereto, and the third by the two </strike><strike>so chosen; their decision that of any two of them shall be final, and for the purposes of enforcing any award, judgment may be entered on an award </strike><strike>by any court of competent jurisdiction.&#160; The proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with the rules of the Society of Maritime </strike><strike>Arbitrators, Inc.&#160; In cases where neither the claim not any counterclaim exceeds the sum of </strike><strike>USD50,000 (or such other sum as the parties may agree) the arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the Shortened Arbitration </strike><strike>Procedure of the Society of Maritime Arbitrators, </strike><strike>Inc, current at the time when the arbitration proceedings are commenced.</strike></div>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><strike>19.3.</strike></font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><strike>This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the place mutually agreed by the parties and any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be referred to arbitration at a mutually agreed place, subject to the procedures applicable there.</strike></font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">19.4.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">If Box 18 in Part I is not appropriately filled in, sub- clause 19.1 of this Clause shall apply.</font></div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">20.1.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">Any notice to be given by either party to the other party shall be in writing and may be sent by fax, telex, registered or recorded mail or by personal service.</font></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">20.2.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">The address of the Parties for service of such communication shall be as stated in Boxes 19 and 20 respectively.</font></div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">This letter sets forth the response of Castor Maritime Inc. (the "<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><u>Company</u></font>" or "<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><u>Castor Maritime</u></font>") to the comment letter dated December 28, 2017 (the "<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><u>Comment Letter</u></font>") of the staff (the "<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><u>Staff</u></font>") of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><u>Commission</u></font>") with respect to the Company's draft registration statement on Form F-4 (SEC File No. 377-01811) (the "<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><u>Registration Statement</u></font>") filed on December 1, 2017 via EDGAR. The Company has today filed via EDGAR this letter together with its amended registration statement on Form F-4 (the "<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><u>First Amended Registration Statement</u></font>"), which responds to the Staff's comments contained in the Comment Letter.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">We note that the cover letter to your submission indicates that the company is filing this registration statement on Form F-4 and intends to conduct an exchange relating to those common shares issued in the Private Placement (other than those common shares held by affiliates of the Company, if any) based on the no-action letter to </font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><u>Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation</u></font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> (available May 13, 1988) and related letters including </font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><u>Corimon C.A.&#160; S.A.C.A</u></font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> (available March 22, 1993) and </font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><u>Vitro, Sociedad Anonima</u></font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> (available November 19, 1991). Please provide your analysis as to why you believe it is appropriate for you to rely upon such letters.</font></div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The Company believes that the Staff, through a series of no-action letters, beginning with the 1988 no-action letter to <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><u>Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation</u></font> (available May 13, 1988), has consistently supported the position that an issuer who has privately sold securities (including, in the case of foreign private issuers who raise capital using equity securities) to investors in reliance on Registration S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") or otherwise, may register the exchange of such securities for substantially similar securities that can be resold by most holders thereof without further registration or delivery of a prospectus.<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller">1</sup>&#160; Under the procedures described in these letters, to participate in this type of exchange offer (the "<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><u>A/B Exchange Offer</u></font>"), the holder must: (i) not be affiliated with the issuer; (ii) have acquired privately placed securities in the ordinary course of business; and (iii) not have any arrangement or understanding with the issuer or any other person to participate in the distribution of the securities.<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller">2</sup></div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The Company and its affiliates have completed a number of sales of its common shares (the "<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><u>Shares</u></font>") abroad to non-U.S. persons in private transactions pursuant to Regulation S and in compliance with local law.&#160; The Company or its affiliates&#160;may raise additional capital using this method and seeks the "stepping stone" approach to the U.S. public equity markets, similarly as companies discussed in the no-action letters described below.&#160; The Company believes that its proposed conduct of an A/B Exchange Offer is consistent with the existing no-action letters and the policy served thereby.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">In <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><u>Vitro, Sociedad An&#243;nima</u></font> (available Nov. 19, 1991) the Staff's no-action relief relating to A/B Exchange Offers was expanded to a foreign private issuer.<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller">3</sup>&#160; In <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><u>Vitro</u></font>, the SEC staff permitted an exchange offer for restricted securities exchangeable for common stock where the issuer had, following a private placement, carried out a public offering or listing of its common stock in the United States.&#160; The relief provided by the <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><u>Vitro</u></font> letter is consistent with the SEC's policy to permit foreign issuers to take a "stepping stone" approach to the U.S. public equity markets by beginning with a private placement to institutional investors (often carried out concurrently with an offshore placement under Regulation S) followed by a public offering or listing, with the exchange offer acting, effectively, as a registration of the privately placed securities.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2px; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">In <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><u>Corimon C.A. S.A.C.A</u></font> (available March 22, 1993), the SEC offered no-action relief for American Depository Shares ("<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><u>ADS</u></font>") that were sold pursuant Rule 144A and Regulation S transactions relating to an A/B Exchange Offer. The A/B Exchange Offer would be conducted on a Form 20-F registration statement, and a concurrent Form F-1 registration statement registering the common shares underlying the ADSs would be offered to the exchange offerees.&#160; As in the Company's case, the exchange offer in <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><u>Corimon</u></font> was only to provide freely tradeable, NYSE-listed registered ADSs to the holders without any concurrent capital-raising public offering.<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller">4</sup><br>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller">1</sup>&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-STYLE: italic">See</font> Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation, SEC No-Action Letter, 1988 SEC No-Act. LEXIS 682 (May 13, 1988).</div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller">2</sup>&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-STYLE: italic">Id.</font></div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller">4</sup>&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-STYLE: italic">See</font> Corimon C.A. S.A.C.A, SEC No-Action Letter (available March 22, 1993).</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Finally, in <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><u>Brown &amp; Wood LLP</u></font> (available February 5, 1997), the SEC offered no-action relief for an A/B Exchange Offer relating to securities that were similar to trust originated preferred securities, which were initially placed in private transactions pursuant to the Securities Act and Rule 144A thereunder.<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller">5</sup></div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The Company belives that the transactions described above clearly permit the use of A/B Exchange Offers in private transactions and Regulation S transactions involving the offer and sale of equity securities by a foreign private issuer.&#160; The institutional nature and sophistication of the initial investors presents the sole distinguishing factor among the letters discussed above and the A/B Exchange Offer proposed to be conducted by the Company.&#160; The Company does not believe that this distinction, however, should preclude it from conducting an A/B Exchange Offer in reliance thereon.&#160; In particular, <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><u>Brown &amp; Wood LLP</u></font> provides clear precedent for applying an A/B Exchange Offer to securities issued in private transactions under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act with no assurances that the purchasers in such Section 4(a)(2) transactions were large institutions or had any minimum level of sophistication.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">All sales of the Company's Shares have been conducted overseas to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S, which, again, is consistent with many of the A/B Exchange Offers described in the letters discussed above.&#160; The Company believes that all of the shareholders of the Shares are non-U.S. persons.&#160; In addition to the above-referenced no-action letters, other Staff guidance and scholarly articles have suggested that the protections of Section 5 of the Securities Act, should not apply to non-U.S. investors in transactions conducted wholly outside of the U.S., as in the case of the Company.<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller">6</sup></div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Furthermore, the participants in the Company's A/B Exchange Offer will be required to represent the following: (i) they are not affiliates of the Company; (ii) they have acquired their Shares in privately placed transactions in the ordinary course of business; and (iii) they do not have any arrangement or understanding with the Company or any other person to participate in the distribution of the Shares.&#160; Considering all of these facts, the public interest concern of proper information and other registration protections publicly available for U.S. investors in the Company, <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-STYLE: italic">i.e.</font> those who will purchase Shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market after the A/B Exchange Offer is completed, would be fulfilled by way of the prospectus contained in the Registration Statement on Form F-4 and related registration of the Shares under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.&#160; The Company has commenced this process with the filing of this Registration Statement.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller">6</sup>&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-STYLE: italic">See</font> Stephen J. Choi, <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-STYLE: italic">Resales of Offshore Securities into the United States: Evaluating the Overvaluation Risk to US Investors, </font>78 WASH.U.L.Q. 520 (2000) ("Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933 represents a policy choice to respect territorial boundaries: where a securities transaction affects parties within the United States, the U.S. securities regime should apply; where a transaction occurs wholly outside the United States, the securities regulatory regime of other countries should apply").&#160; <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-STYLE: italic">See also</font> Offshore Offers and Sales, Securities Act Release No. 33-6779, 1988 WL 239804, *9 (S.E.C.) ("The Regulation proposed today is based on a territorial approach to section 5 of the Securities Act&#8230;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">&#160;</font>The territorial approach recognizes the primary of the laws in which a market is located. As investors choose their markets, they would choose the disclosure requirements applicable to such markets.")</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The trend among the line of the <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><u>Exxon Capital</u></font> no-action letters, which continuously expanded the application of the A/B Exchange Offer from debt securities for domestic issuers to equity securities for foreign private issuers, and the recognition that the A/B Exchange Offer is a "stepping stone" approach to the U.S. capital markets for foreign private issuers, supports the Company's conclusion that it may avail itself of the A/B Exchange Offer as a means to provide its shareholders such publicly tradable shares.&#160; We also refer the Staff to the examples of registration statements on Form F-4 that were declared effective on June 12, 2014 and January 28, 2014 in connection with A/B Exchange Offers conducted by Nordic American Offshore Ltd. and North Atlantic Drilling Ltd., respectively.&#160; These companies only conducted Regulation S offerings abroad, which the Company believes further supports the position that an A/B Exchange Offer should be available to the Company.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">We note your disclosure that the Company will apply to list the Exchange Shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market. Please tell us how a trading price in the securities will be established after the exchange offer.</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Please revise to distinguish between the services that you currently provide, and the services that you intend to provide in the future.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The Company advises the Staff that it has revised the Prospectus Summary to distinguish between services currently offered by the Company and the services the Company intends to provide in the future.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><u>We may not be able to re-charter or obtain new and favorable charters..., page 15</u></div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The Company advises the Staff that it has revised the risk factor referenced above to state its current charter will expire upon redelivery of the Vessel to the Company, which is currently expected to occur by the end of January 2018.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><u>The aging of our Vessel may result in increased operating costs in the future, page 17</u></div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Please revise to disclose the age of your current vessel in this risk factor.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The Company advises the Staff that it has revised the risk factor referenced above to state the age of its current vessel, which is 14 years.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Please revise to clarify how the risks relating to your Series A Preferred Shares present risks to the registrant or the holders of common shares to be received in this offering.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">In response to the Staff's comment, the Company has revised and deleted any risk factors relating to the Series A Preferred Shares that do not present risks to the registrant or the holders of common shares to be received in this offering.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Please reconcile your disclosure that Mr. Panagiotidis is your only employee with your disclosure on page 37 that you employ approximately 22 officers and crew for your vessel.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The Company advises the Staff that it has revised the "Employees" and the "Business-Officers and Crewing" sections to clarify that Mr. Panagiotidis is the sole employee of Castor Maritime. Pavimar S.A., the Company's manager, employs approximately 22 officers and crew which serve on the Company's Vessel.</div>

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