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Costamare Inc. Reports Results for the Third Quarter and Nine-Month Period Ended September 30, 2024

BY GlobeNewswire | CORPORATE | 11/01/24 07:06 AM EDT

MONACO, Nov. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Costamare Inc. (CMRE) (?Costamare? or the ?Company?) today reported unaudited financial results for the third quarter (?Q3 2024?) and nine-months ended September 30, 2024.

I. PROFITABILITY AND LIQUIDITY

  • Q3 2024 Net Income available to common stockholders of $75.5 million ($0.63 per share).
  • Q3 2024 Adjusted Net Income available to common stockholders1 of $80.7 million ($0.68 per share).
  • Q3 2024 liquidity of $1,019.2 million2.

II. SALE AND PURCHASE ACTIVITY

Vessel Acquisitions

  • Agreement for:
    • the acquisition of the 2011-built, 179,546 DWT capacity dry bulk vessel, Nord Magnes (tbr.?Magnes). Expected conclusion of the acquisition within Q4 2024.
    • the acquisition of the 2014-built, 61,090 DWT capacity dry bulk vessel, Alwine Oldendorff (tbr.?Alwine). Expected conclusion of the acquisition within Q4 2024.
    • the acquisition of the 2015-built, 61,090 DWT capacity dry bulk vessel, August Oldendorff (tbr.?August). Expected conclusion of the acquisition by Q1 2025.

Vessel Disposals

  • Conclusion of:
    • the sale of the 2009-built, 58,018 DWT capacity dry bulk vessel, Oracle. Net sale proceeds after debt repayment amounted to $4.0 million.
    • the sale of the 2009-built, 58,090 DWT capacity dry bulk vessel, Titan I. Net sale proceeds after debt repayment amounted to $10.8 million.
  • Agreement for the sale of the 2012-built, 37,019 DWT capacity dry bulk vessel, Discovery (expected conclusion of the sale within Q4 2024). Estimated net sale proceeds after debt prepayment of $7.7 million.

III. OWNED FLEET CHARTER UPDATE - FULLY EMPLOYED CONTAINERSHIP FLEET3

  • 100% and 94% of the containership fleet4 fixed for 2024 and 2025, respectively.
  • Contracted revenues for the containership fleet of approximately $2.3 billion with a TEU-weighted duration of 3.3 years5.
  • Forward fixing of seven containerships for a period ranging from 14 to 34 months with incremental revenues of $166 million, since the Q2 2024 earnings release.
  • Entered into more than 30 chartering agreements for the owned dry bulk fleet since the Q2 2024 earnings release.

IV. DRY BULK OPERATING PLATFORM

  • Costamare Bulkers Inc. (?CBI?) has currently fixed a fleet of 56 dry bulk vessels on period charters, consisting of:
    • 34 Newcastlemax/ Capesize vessels
    • 22 Kamsarmax/ Panamax vessels
  • Majority of the fixed fleet is on index linked charter-in agreements. More specifically:
    • 29 charters for Newcastlemax/ Capesize vessels that are index linked.
    • 11 charters for Kamsarmax/ Panamax vessels that are index linked.
  • Average remaining tenor for the Newcastlemax/ Capesize and Kamsarmax period chartered-in fleet of 12 and 7 months, respectively.

V. FULL PREPAYMENT OF UNSECURED BONDS

  • Prepayment in full of the ?100 million aggregate principal amount of unsecured bonds issued by its wholly owned subsidiary, Costamare Participations Plc.
  • Prepayment will be made with cash on hand on November 25, 2024.

VI. NEW DEBT FINANCING

  • Bilateral commitments, subject to final documentation, from four European financial institutions for the financing/ refinancing of the dry bulk fleet. More specifically:
    • Total amount of the four bilateral facilities of up to approximately $352.1 million.
    • Minimum tenor of 5 years.
    • Improvement of funding cost.
  • Approximately $94.2 million available for the financing of future acquisitions for dry bulk and container vessels until December 2025.
  • No meaningful debt maturities until 2027.

VII. LEASE FINANCING PLATFORM

  • Controlling interest in Neptune Maritime Leasing Limited (?NML?).
  • Costamare (CMRE) equity investment of up to $200 million.
  • Company?s current investment in NML of $123.3 million.
  • Growing leasing platform, with committed funding for 32 shipping assets and total funding commitments exceeding $410 million, on the back of what we believe is a healthy pipeline.

VIII. DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • On October 1, 2024, the Company declared a dividend of $0.115 per share on the common stock, which is payable on November 6, 2024, to holders of record of common stock as of October 21, 2024.
  • On October 1, 2024, the Company declared a dividend of $0.476563 per share on the Series B Preferred Stock, $0.531250 per share on the Series C Preferred Stock and $0.546875 per share on the Series D Preferred Stock which were all paid on October 15, 2024 to holders of record as of October 11, 2024.

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1 Adjusted Net Income available to common stockholders and respective per share figures are non-GAAP measures and should not be used in isolation or as substitutes for Costamare?s financial results presented in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (?GAAP?). For the definition and reconciliation of these measures to the most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP, please refer to Exhibit I.
2 Including our share of cash amounting to $0.1 million held by vessel-owning companies set-up pursuant to the Framework Deed dated May 15, 2013, as amended and restated from time to time (the ?Framework Deed?), between the Company and York Capital Management Global Advisors LLC and an affiliated fund (collectively, ?York Capital?), margin deposits relating to our forward freight agreements (?FFAs?) and bunker swaps of $29.9 million, short term investments in U.S. Treasury Bills amounting to $18.3 million and $94.2 million of available undrawn funds from two hunting license facilities as of September 30, 2024.
3 Please refer to the Containership Fleet List table for additional information on vessel employment details for our containership fleet.
4 Calculated on a TEU basis.
5 As of October 31, 2024.

Mr. Gregory Zikos, Chief Financial Officer of Costamare Inc. (CMRE), commented:

?During the third quarter of the year, the Company generated Net Income of about $80 million. As of quarter end, liquidity was above $1 billion.

In the containership sector, with idle vessels of less than 1%, the fleet can still be considered as ?fully employed?. The market is split between the larger sizes which remain in limited supply, and smaller vessels where the availability of tonnage is greater. As the pool of bigger tonnage is unable to meet demand, charter rates continue to evolve at firm levels.

During the quarter we chartered 7 containerships at healthy levels. The new charter agreements are expected to generate incremental contracted revenues of above $165 million.

The containership fleet employment stands at 100% and 94% for 2024 and 2025, respectively. Total contracted revenues amount to $2.3 billion with a remaining time charter duration of 3.3 years.

On the dry bulk side, we progress with our strategy to renew the owned fleet and increase its average size; during the quarter we agreed to acquire two 2014 and 2015 built Ultramax vessels and one 2011-built Capesize ship, while progressing with the disposal of smaller tonnage.

CBI manages a fleet of 56 ships, the majority of which are on index-linked charter-in agreements. We have a long-term commitment to the sector, and we view the vessel-owning and the trading platform as highly complementary activities.

Finally, with regards to Neptune Maritime Leasing, the platform continues to grow with committed funding for 32 shipping assets, reflecting total funding commitments exceeding $410 million on the back of a healthy pipeline.?


Financial Summary
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?Nine-month period ended
September 30,		?Three-month period ended
September 30,
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except share and per share data)?2023???2024???2023???2024?
????????????
Voyage revenue$1,011,968??$1,406,695??$397,256??$459,040?
Voyage revenue ? related parties?-??$111,128???-??$79,352?
Total voyage revenue$1,011,968??$1,517,823??$397,256??$538,392?
Accrued charter revenue (1)$4,515??$(3,027)?$3,984??$(2,457)
Amortization of time-charter assumed$(141)?$(383)?$(170)?$(239)
Total voyage revenue adjusted on a cash basis (2)$1,016,342??$1,514,413??$401,070??$535,696?
Income from investments in leaseback vessels$4,591??$17,668??$3,114??$6,249?
????????
Adjusted Net Income available to common stockholders (3)$169,024??$247,348??$53,931??$80,722?
Weighted Average number of shares?121,059,768???119,129,429???118,107,881???119,577,920?
Adjusted Earnings per share (3)$1.40??$2.08??$0.46??$0.68?
????????
Net Income$276,344??$284,418??$60,086??$78,871?
Net Income available to common stockholders$258,094??$260,935??$53,287??$75,463?
Weighted Average number of shares?121,059,768???119,129,429???118,107,881???119,577,920?
Earnings per share$2.13??$2.19??$0.45??$0.63?

(1) Accrued charter revenue represents the difference between cash received during the period and revenue recognized on a straight-line basis. In the early years of a charter with escalating charter rates, voyage revenue will exceed cash received during the period and during the last years of such charter cash received will exceed revenue recognized on a straight-line basis. The reverse is true for charters with descending rates.
(2) Total voyage revenue adjusted on a cash basis represents Voyage revenue after adjusting for non-cash ?Accrued charter revenue? recorded under charters with escalating or descending charter rates. However, Total voyage revenue adjusted on a cash basis is not a recognized measurement under U.S. GAAP. We believe that the presentation of Total voyage revenue adjusted on a cash basis is useful to investors because it presents the charter revenue for the relevant period based on the then current daily charter rates. The increases or decreases in daily charter rates under our charter party agreements of our fleet are described in the notes to the ?Fleet List? tables below.
(3) Adjusted Net Income available to common stockholders and Adjusted Earnings per Share are non-GAAP measures. Refer to the reconciliation of Net Income to Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Earnings per Share.

Non-GAAP Measures

The Company reports its financial results in accordance with U.S. GAAP. However, management believes that certain non-GAAP financial measures used in managing the business may provide users of these financial measures additional meaningful comparisons between current results and results in prior operating periods. Management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures can provide additional meaningful reflection of underlying trends of the business because they provide a comparison of historical information that excludes certain items that impact the overall comparability. Management also uses these non-GAAP financial measures in making financial, operating and planning decisions and in evaluating the Company?s performance. The tables below set out supplemental financial data and corresponding reconciliations to GAAP financial measures for the three-month and the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023. Non-GAAP financial measures should be viewed in addition to, and not as an alternative for, voyage revenue or net income as determined in accordance with GAAP. Non-GAAP financial measures include (i) Voyage revenue adjusted on a cash basis (reconciled above), (ii) Adjusted Net Income available to common stockholders and (iii) Adjusted Earnings per Share.

Exhibit I
Reconciliation of Net Income to Adjusted Net Income available to common stockholders and Adjusted Earnings per Share

??Nine-month period ended
September 30,		?Three-month period ended
September 30,
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except share and per share data)?2023??2024??2023??2024?
??????????
Net Income$276,344?$284,418?$60,086?$78,871?
Earnings allocated to Preferred Stock?(23,302)?(18,566)?(7,854)?(5,288)
Deemed dividend of Series E Preferred Stock?-??(5,446)?-??-?
Non-Controlling Interest?5,052??529??1,055??1,880?
Net Income available to common stockholders?258,094??260,935??53,287??75,463?
Accrued charter revenue?4,515??(3,027)?3,984??(2,457)
Deferred charter-in expense?-??300??-??(201)
General and administrative expenses - non-cash component?4,294??6,508??1,440??2,352?
Amortization of time-charter assumed?(141)?(383)?(170)?(239)
Realized gain on Euro/USD forward contracts?(536)?(787)?(301)?(299)
Vessel?s impairment loss?229??-??229??-?
Gain on sale of vessels, net?(118,046)?(3,348)?-??(2,234)
Loss on vessel held for sale?4,855??-??4,855??-?
(Gain) / Loss on sale of vessels, net, by jointly owned companies with York Capital included in equity gain on investments (1)?493??-??(1,572)?-?
Non-recurring, non-cash write-off of loan deferred financing costs?1,439??405??-??100?
(Gain) / Loss on derivative instruments, excluding realized (gain) / loss on derivative instruments (1)?13,828??(16,384)?(7,821)?8,053?
Other non-cash items?-??3,129??-??184?
Adjusted Net Income available to common stockholders$169,024?$247,348?$53,931?$80,722?
Adjusted Earnings per Share$1.40?$2.08?$0.46?$0.68?
Weighted average number of shares?121,059,768??119,129,429??118,107,881??119,577,920?


Adjusted Net Income available to common stockholders and Adjusted Earnings per Share represent Net Income after earnings allocated to preferred stock, deemed dividend of Series E Preferred Stock and Non-Controlling Interest, but before non-cash ?Accrued charter revenue? recorded under charters with escalating or descending charter rates, deferred charter-in expense, amortization of time-charter assumed, loss on vessel held for sale, vessel?s impairment loss, realized gain on Euro/USD forward contracts, gain on sale of vessels, net , (gain)/loss on sale of vessels, net, by jointly owned companies with York Capital included in equity gain on investments, non-recurring, non-cash write-off of loan deferred financing costs, general and administrative expenses - non-cash component, (gain)/loss on derivative instruments, excluding realized (gain)/loss on derivative instruments and other non-cash items. ?Accrued charter revenue? is attributed to the timing difference between the revenue recognition and the cash collection. However, Adjusted Net Income available to common stockholders and Adjusted Earnings per Share are not recognized measurements under U.S. GAAP. We believe that the presentation of Adjusted Net Income available to common stockholders and Adjusted Earnings per Share are useful to investors because they are frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in the evaluation of companies in our industry. We also believe that Adjusted Net Income available to common stockholders and Adjusted Earnings per Share are useful in evaluating our ability to service additional debt and make capital expenditures. In addition, we believe that Adjusted Net Income available to common stockholders and Adjusted Earnings per Share are useful in evaluating our operating performance and liquidity position compared to that of other companies in our industry because the calculation of Adjusted Net Income available to common stockholders and Adjusted Earnings per Share generally eliminates the effects of the accounting effects of capital expenditures and acquisitions, certain hedging instruments and other accounting treatments, items which may vary for different companies for reasons unrelated to overall operating performance and liquidity. In evaluating Adjusted Net Income available to common stockholders and Adjusted Earnings per Share, you should be aware that in the future we may incur expenses that are the same as or similar to some of the adjustments in this presentation. Our presentation of Adjusted Net Income available to common stockholders and Adjusted Earnings per Share should not be construed as an inference that our future results will be unaffected by unusual or non-recurring items.

(1)???Items to consider for comparability include gains and charges. Gains positively impacting Net Income available to common stockholders are reflected as deductions to Adjusted Net Income available to common stockholders. Charges negatively impacting Net Income available to common stockholders are reflected as increases to Adjusted Net Income available to common stockholders.

Results of Operations

Three-month period ended September 30, 2024 compared to the three-month period ended September 30, 2023

During the three-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, we had an average of 105.2 and 111.1 vessels, respectively, in our owned fleet. In addition, during the three-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, through our dry bulk operating platform Costamare Bulkers Inc. (?CBI?) we chartered-in an average of 66.1 and 55.0 third party dry bulk vessels, respectively. As of October 31, 2024, CBI charters-in 56 dry bulk vessels on period charters.

During the three-month period ended September 30, 2024, we took delivery of the secondhand dry bulk vessel Frontier with a DWT of 181,415 and we sold the dry bulk vessels Oracle and Titan I with an aggregate DWT of 116,108.

During the three-month period ended September 30, 2023, we acquired the secondhand dry bulk vessels Enna, Dorado and Arya with an aggregate DWT of 417,241.

As of September 30, 2024,?we have?invested?in NML the amount of?$123.3 million.?NML has been included in our consolidated financial statements since the second quarter of 2023.

In the three-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, our fleet ownership days totaled 9,680 and 10,222 days, respectively. Ownership days are one of the primary drivers of voyage revenue and vessels? operating expenses and represent the aggregate number of days in a period during which each vessel in our fleet is owned.

Consolidated Financial Results and Vessels? Operational Data

??Three-month period ended
September 30,		?Change?Percentage
Change
(Expressed in millions of U.S. dollars,
except percentages)		?2023?2024??
?????????
Voyage revenue$397.3?$459.0?$61.7??15.5%
Voyage revenue ? related parties?-??79.4??79.4??n.m.
Total voyage revenue$397.3?$538.4??141.1??35.5%
Income from investments in leaseback vessels?3.1??6.2??3.1??100.0%
Voyage expenses?(84.8)?(93.3)?8.5??10.0%
Charter-in hire expenses?(87.7)?(212.9)?125.2??142.8%
Voyage expenses ? related parties?(3.6)?(6.4)?2.8??77.8%
Vessels? operating expenses?(63.5)?(60.3)?(3.2)?(5.0%)
General and administrative expenses?(6.0)?(7.8)?1.8??30.0%
Management and agency fees ? related parties?(13.9)?(15.9)?2.0??14.4%
General and administrative expenses - non-cash component?(1.4)?(2.3)?0.9??64.3%
Amortization of dry-docking and special survey costs?(5.0)?(6.0)?1.0??20.0%
Depreciation?(42.2)?(41.5)?(0.7)?(1.7%)
Gain on sale of vessels, net?-??2.2??2.2??n.m.
Loss on vessel held for sale?(4.8)?-??(4.8)?n.m.
Vessel?s impairment loss?(0.2)?-??(0.2)?n.m.
Foreign exchange gains / (losses)?(3.1)?3.6??6.7??n.m.
Interest income?9.1??8.6??(0.5)?(5.5%)
Interest and finance costs?(36.7)?(32.9)?(3.8)?(10.4%)
Income / (loss) from equity method investments?1.8??-??(1.8)?n.m.
Other?1.9??0.2??(1.7)?(89.5%)
Loss on derivative instruments, net?(0.2)?(1.0)?(0.8)?n.m.
Net Income$60.1?$78.9????
?????????
??Three-month period ended
September 30,		????
(Expressed in millions of U.S. dollars,
except percentages)		?2023?2024?Change??Percentage
Change
Total voyage revenue$397.3?$538.4?$141.1??35.5%
Accrued charter revenue?4.0??(2.5)?(6.5)?n.m.
Amortization of time-charter assumed?(0.2)?(0.2)?-??-?
Total voyage revenue adjusted on a cash basis (1)$401.1?$535.7?$134.6??33.6%
?????????
??Three-month period ended
September 30,		????
Vessels? operational data?2023
?2024
?Change?Percentage
Change
Average number of vessels?111.1??105.2??(5.9)?(5.3%)
Ownership days?10,222??9,680??(542)?(5.3%)
Number of vessels under dry-docking and special survey?6??3??(3)??

(1) Total voyage revenue adjusted on a cash basis is not a recognized measurement under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (?GAAP?). Refer to ?Consolidated Financial Results and Vessels? Operational Data? above for the reconciliation of Total voyage revenue adjusted on a cash basis.

Total Voyage Revenue

Total voyage revenue increased by 35.5%, or $141.1 million, to $538.4 million during the three-month period ended September 30, 2024, from $397.3 million during the three-month period ended September 30, 2023. The increase is mainly attributable to (i) increased revenue earned by CBI due to increased volume of its operations period over period, (ii) revenue earned by one container vessel acquired during the fourth quarter of 2023, two dry bulk vessels acquired during the third quarter of 2023, one dry bulk vessel acquired during the first quarter of 2024 and one dry bulk vessel acquired during the second quarter of 2024, (iii) increased charter rates in certain of our dry bulk vessels in the third quarter of 2024 compared to the third quarter of 2023 and (iv) decreased fleet off-hire and idle days in the third quarter of 2024 compared to the third quarter of 2023; partly offset by revenue not earned by one container vessel and three dry bulk vessels sold during the second half of 2023 and nine dry bulk vessels sold during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2024.

Total voyage revenue adjusted on a cash basis (which eliminates non-cash ?Accrued charter revenue?) increased by 33.6%, or $134.6 million, to $535.7 million during the three-month period ended September 30, 2024, from $401.1 million during the three-month period ended September 30, 2023. Accrued charter revenue for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 was a negative amount of $2.5 million and a positive amount of $4.0 million, respectively.

Income from investments in leaseback vessels

Income from investments in leaseback vessels was $6.2 million and $3.1 million for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Income from investments in leaseback vessels increased, period over period, due to the increased volume of NML?s operations during the three-month period ended September 30, 2024 compared to the three-month period ended September 30, 2023. NML acquires, owns and bareboat charters out vessels through its wholly-owned subsidiaries.

Voyage Expenses

Voyage expenses were $93.3 million and $84.8 million for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Voyage expenses mainly include (i) fuel consumption mainly related to dry bulk vessels, (ii) third-party commissions, (iii) port expenses and (iv) canal tolls.

Charter-in Hire Expenses

Charter-in hire expenses were $212.9 million and $87.7 million for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Charter-in hire expenses are expenses relating to chartering-in of third-party dry bulk vessels under charter agreements through CBI.

Voyage Expenses ? related parties

Voyage expenses ? related parties were $6.4 million and $3.6 million for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Voyage expenses ? related parties represent (i) fees of 1.25%, in the aggregate, on voyage revenues earned by our owned fleet charged by a related manager and a related service provider, (ii) charter brokerage fees (in respect of our container vessels) payable to two related charter brokerage companies for an amount of approximately $0.4 million and $0.4 million, in the aggregate, for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively and (iii) address commission on certain charter-out agreements payable to a related agent (since the second quarter of 2024). This commission is subsequently paid in full on a back-to-back basis by the related agent to its respective third-party clients with no benefit for the related agent.

Vessels? Operating Expenses

Vessels? operating expenses, which also include the realized gain/(loss) under derivative contracts entered into in relation to foreign currency exposure, were $60.3 million and $63.5 million during the three-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Daily vessels? operating expenses were $6,227 and $6,212 for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Daily operating expenses are calculated as vessels? operating expenses for the period over the ownership days of the period.

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expenses were $7.8 million and $6.0 million during the three-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and include amounts of $0.67 million and $0.67 million, respectively, that were paid to a related service provider.

Management and Agency Fees ? related parties

Management fees charged by our related party managers were $10.9 million and $11.2 million during the three-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The amounts charged by our related party managers include amounts paid to third party managers of $2.3 million and $3.7 million for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Furthermore, during the three-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, agency fees of $5.0 million and $2.7 million, in aggregate, were charged by four and three related agents, respectively, in connection with the operations of CBI.

General and Administrative Expenses - non-cash component

General and administrative expenses - non-cash component for the three-month period ended September 30, 2024 amounted to $2.3 million, representing the value of the shares issued to a related service provider on September 30, 2024. General and administrative expenses - non-cash component for the three-month period ended September 30, 2023 amounted to $1.4 million, representing the value of the shares issued to a related service provider on September 29, 2023.

Amortization of Dry-Docking and Special Survey Costs

Amortization of deferred dry-docking and special survey costs was $6.0 million and $5.0 million during the three-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. During the three-month period ended September 30, 2024, three vessels underwent and completed their dry-docking and special survey. During the three-month period ended September 30, 2023, five vessels underwent and completed their dry-docking and special survey and one vessel was in the process of completing her dry-docking and special survey.

Depreciation

Depreciation expense for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 was $41.5 million and $42.2 million, respectively.

Gain on Sale of Vessels, net

During the three-month period ended September 30, 2024, we recorded a gain of $2.2 million from the sale of the dry bulk vessel Titan I. Furthermore, the dry bulk vessel Oracle, which was classified as a vessel held for sale as of June 30, 2024, was delivered to her new owners. No vessels were sold during the three-month period ended September 30, 2023.

Loss on Vessel Held for Sale

We did not record any loss on any vessels held for sale during the three-month period ended September 30, 2024. During the three-month period ended September 30, 2023, we recorded a loss on vessel held for sale of $4.8 million representing the expected loss from the sale of the container vessel Oakland during the next twelve-month period.

Vessel?s Impairment Loss

During the three-month period ended September 30, 2024, no impairment loss was recorded. During the three-month period ended September 30, 2023, we recorded an impairment loss in relation to one of our dry bulk vessels in the amount of $0.2 million.

Interest Income

Interest income amounted to $8.6 million and $9.1 million for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Interest and Finance Costs

Interest and finance costs were $32.9 million and $36.7 million during the three-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The decrease is mainly attributable to the decreased interest expense due to a lower average loan balance during the three-month period ended September 30, 2024, compared to the three-month period ended September 30, 2023.

Income / (Loss) from Equity Method Investments

Income/(loss) from equity method investments for the three-month period ended September 30, 2024, was nil (compared to income of $1.8 million for the three-month period ended September 30, 2023) representing our share in the jointly owned companies set up pursuant to the Framework Deed. As of September 30, 2024 and 2023, two and three companies, respectively, were jointly owned pursuant to the Framework Deed out of which none and one company, respectively, owned container vessels.

Loss on Derivative Instruments, net

As of September 30, 2024, we hold derivative financial instruments that qualify for hedge accounting and derivative financial instruments that do not qualify for hedge accounting. The change in the fair value of each derivative instrument that qualifies for hedge accounting is recorded in ?Other Comprehensive Income? (?OCI?). The change in the fair value of each derivative instrument that does not qualify for hedge accounting is recorded in the consolidated statements of income.

As of September 30, 2024, the fair value of these instruments, in aggregate, amounted to a net asset of $44.1 million. During the three-month period ended September 30, 2024, a net loss of $21.8 million has been included in OCI and a net loss of $1.0 million has been included in Loss on Derivative Instruments, net.

Cash Flows
Three-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023

Condensed cash flowsThree-month period ended
September 30,
(Expressed in millions of U.S. dollars)?2023???2024?
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities$74.8??$123.7?
Net Cash Provided by / (Used in) Investing Activities$(1.6)?$9.1?
Net Cash Used in Financing Activities$(42.8)?$(229.7)


Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities

Net cash flows provided by operating activities for the three-month period ended September 30, 2024, increased by $48.9 million to $123.7 million, from $74.8 million for the three-month period ended September 30, 2023. The increase is mainly attributable to the favorable change in working capital position, excluding the current portion of long-term debt and the accrued charter revenue (representing the difference between cash received in that period and revenue recognized on a straight-line basis), the increased cash from operations during the three-month period ended September 30, 2024 compared to the three-month period ended September 30, 2023, the decrease in interest payments (including interest rate derivatives net receipts) during the three-month period ended September 30, 2024 compared to the three-month period ended September 30, 2023 and the decreased dry-docking and special survey costs during the three-month period ended September 30, 2024 compared to the three-month period ended September 30, 2023.

Net Cash Provided by / (Used in) Investing Activities

Net cash provided by investing activities was $9.1 million in the three-month period ended September 30, 2024, which mainly consisted of (i) proceeds we received from the sale of the dry bulk vessels Oracle and Titan I and (ii) net proceeds for the investments into which NML entered; partly offset by (i) the settlement payment for the acquisition of the secondhand dry bulk vessel Frontier, (ii) the advance payment for the acquisition of the secondhand dry bulk vessel Nord Magnes (tbr.?Magnes) and (iii) payments for upgrades for certain of our container and dry bulk vessels.

Net cash used in investing activities was $1.6 million in the three-month period ended September 30, 2023, which mainly consisted of (i) payments for the acquisition of the secondhand dry bulk vessels Enna, Dorado and Arya, (ii) payments for upgrades for certain of our container and dry bulk vessels and (iii) net payments for investments into which NML entered; partly offset by the proceeds we received from the maturity of our short-term investments in US Treasury Bills.

Net Cash Used in Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities was $229.7 million in the three-month period ended September 30, 2024, which mainly consisted of (i) $96.3 million net payments relating to our debt financing agreements and finance lease liability agreement (including proceeds of $21.6 million we received from one existing debt financing agreement), (ii) $116.0 million we paid, in aggregate, for the full redemption of our 8.875% Series E Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock (?Series E Preferred Stock?), (iii) $11.2 million we paid for dividends to holders of our common stock for the second quarter of 2024 and (iv) $0.9 million we paid for dividends to holders of our 7.625% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock (?Series B Preferred Stock?), $2.1 million we paid for dividends to holders of our 8.500% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock (?Series C Preferred Stock?) and $2.2 million we paid for dividends to holders of our 8.75% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock (?Series D Preferred Stock?) for the period from April 15, 2024 to July 14, 2024.

Net cash used in financing activities was $42.8 million in the three-month period ended September 30, 2023, which mainly consisted of (i) $3.0 million net payments relating to our debt financing agreements and finance lease liability agreement (including proceeds of $82.4 million we received from three debt financing agreements), (ii) $28.8 million we paid for the re-purchase of 2.8 million of our common shares, (iii) $9.5 million we paid for dividends to holders of our common stock for the second quarter of 2023 and (iv) $0.9 million we paid for dividends to holders of our Series B Preferred Stock, $2.1 million we paid for dividends to holders of our Series C Preferred Stock, $2.2 million we paid for dividends to holders of our Series D Preferred Stock and $2.5 million we paid for dividends to holders of our Series E Preferred Stock for the period from April 15, 2023 to July 14, 2023.

Results of Operations

Nine-month period ended September 30, 2024 compared to the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023

During the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, we had an average of 105.9 and 111.3 vessels, respectively, in our owned fleet. In addition, during the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, through CBI we chartered-in an average of 60.8 and 36.3 third-party dry bulk vessels, respectively. As of October 31, 2024, CBI has chartered-in 56 dry bulk vessels on period charters.

During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2024, we took delivery of the secondhand dry bulk vessels Miracle, Prosper and Frontier with an aggregate DWT of 541,953 and we sold the dry bulk vessels Manzanillo, Progress, Konstantinos, Merida, Alliance, Pegasus, Adventure, Oracle and Titan I with an aggregate DWT capacity of 396,014.

During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023, we (i) sold our 49% equity interest in the company owning the 2018-built, 3,800 TEU capacity containership, Polar Argentina to York Capital and (ii) acquired the 51% equity interest of York Capital in the 2018-built, 3,800 TEU capacity containership Polar Brasil and as a result we obtained 100% of the equity interest in the vessel. Furthermore, during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023, we acquired the secondhand dry bulk vessels Enna, Dorado and Arya with an aggregate DWT of 417,241 and we sold the container vessels Maersk Kalamata and Sealand Washington with an aggregate TEU capacity of 13,292 and the dry bulk vessels Miner, Taibo and Comity with an aggregate DWT of 104,714.

As of September 30, 2024,?we have?invested?in NML the amount of?$123.3 million.?NML has been included in our consolidated financial statements since the second quarter of 2023.

In the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, our fleet ownership days totaled 29,028 and 30,385 days, respectively. Ownership days are one of the primary drivers of voyage revenue and vessels? operating expenses and represent the aggregate number of days in a period during which each vessel in our fleet is owned.

Consolidated Financial Results and Vessels? Operational Data

?(Expressed in millions of U.S. dollars,
except percentages)

?Nine-month period
ended September 30,		?Change
?Percentage
Change
?2023
?2024???
?????????
Voyage revenue$1,012.0?$1,406.7?$394.7??39.0%
Voyage revenue ? related parties?-??111.1??111.1??n.m.
Total voyage revenue?1,012.0??1,517.8??505.8??50.0%
Income from investments in lease back vessels?4.6??17.7??13.1??n.m.
Voyage expenses?(185.9)?(277.8)?91.9??49.4%
Charter-in hire expenses?(174.7)?(521.4)?346.7??198.5%
Voyage expenses ? related parties?(10.3)?(14.7)?4.4??42.7%
Vessels? operating expenses?(194.1)?(180.5)?(13.6)?(7.0%)
General and administrative expenses?(14.5)?(18.7)?4.2??29.0%
Management and agency fees ? related parties?(43.9)?(45.3)?1.4??3.2%
General and administrative expenses ? non-cash component?(4.3)?(6.5)?2.2??51.2%
Amortization of dry-docking and special survey costs?(14.5)?(17.3)?2.8??19.3%
Depreciation?(124.5)?(122.5)?(2.0)?(1.6%)
Gain on sale of vessels, net?118.0??3.3??(114.7)?n.m.
Loss on vessel held for sale?(4.8)?-??(4.8)?n.m.
Vessel?s impairment loss?(0.2)?-??(0.2)?n.m.
Foreign exchange gains / (losses)?(1.3)?0.9??2.2??n.m.
Interest income?25.5??26.2??0.7??2.7%
Interest and finance costs?(110.0)?(99.9)?(10.1)?(9.2%)
Income from equity method investments?0.7??-??(0.7)?n.m.
Other?5.7??2.3??(3.4)?(59.6%)
Gain /(Loss) on derivative instruments, net?(7.2)?20.8??28.0??n.m.
Net Income$276.3?$284.4????
?????????
(Expressed in millions of U.S. dollars,
except percentages)
?Nine-month period
ended September 30,		?Change
?Percentage
Change
?2023??2024???
Total voyage revenue$1,012.0?$1,517.8?$505.8??50.0%
Accrued charter revenue?4.5??(3.0)?(7.5)?n.m.
Amortization of time-charter assumed?(0.1)?(0.4)?(0.3)?n.m.
Total voyage revenue adjusted on a cash basis (1)$1,016.4?$1,514.4?$498.0??49.0%
?????????????
?????????????
Vessels? operational data?Nine-month period
ended September 30,		??
Change
?
Percentage
Change
???2023
?2024
??
Average number of vessels?111.3???105.9??(5.4)?(4.9%)
Ownership days?30,385???29,028??(1,357)?(4.5%)
Number of vessels under dry-docking and special survey?18???9??(9)???

(1) Total voyage revenue adjusted on a cash basis is not a recognized measurement under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (?GAAP?). Refer to ?Consolidated Financial Results and Vessels? Operational Data? above for the reconciliation of Total voyage revenue adjusted on a cash basis.

Total Voyage Revenue

Total voyage revenue increased by 50.0%, or $505.8 million, to $1,517.8 million during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2024, from $1,012.0 million during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023. The increase is mainly attributable to (i) increased revenue earned by CBI due to the increased volume of its operations period over period, (ii) increased charter rates in certain of our owned container and dry bulk vessels and (iii) revenue earned by two container vessels acquired during the second and fourth quarter of 2023, respectively, two dry bulk vessels acquired during the third quarter of 2023 and two dry bulk vessels acquired during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2024, (iv) decreased fleet off-hire and idle days in the nine-month period ended September 30, 2024 compared to the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023; partly offset by revenue not earned by one container vessel and six dry bulk vessels sold during the year ended 2023 and nine dry bulk vessels sold during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2024.

Total voyage revenue adjusted on a cash basis (which eliminates non-cash ?Accrued charter revenue?) increased by 49.0%, or $498.0 million, to $1,514.4 million during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2024, from $1,016.4 million during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023. Accrued charter revenue for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 was a negative amount of $3.0 million and a positive amount of $4.5 million, respectively.

Income from investments in leaseback vessels

Income from investments in leaseback vessels was $17.7 million and $4.6 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Increased income from investments in leaseback vessels, period over period, is attributable to (i) the income earned from NML?s operations for the entire nine-month period ended September 30, 2024 (in 2023, we earned income from NML?s operations starting from the second quarter of 2023) and (ii) the increased volume of NML?s operations during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2024 compared to the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023. NML acquires, owns and bareboat charters out vessels through its wholly-owned subsidiaries.

Voyage Expenses

Voyage expenses were $277.8 million and $185.9 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Voyage expenses increased, period over period, mainly due to CBI?s increased volume of operations during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2024 compared to the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023. Voyage expenses mainly include (i) fuel consumption mainly related to dry bulk vessels, (ii) third-party commissions, (iii) port expenses and (iv) canal tolls.

Charter-in Hire Expenses

Charter-in hire expenses were $521.4 million and $174.7 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Charter-in hire expenses are expenses relating to chartering-in of third-party dry bulk vessels under charter agreements through CBI.

Voyage Expenses ? related parties

Voyage expenses ? related parties were $14.7 million and $10.3 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Voyage expenses ? related parties represent (i) fees of 1.25%, in the aggregate, on voyage revenues earned by our owned fleet charged by a related manager and a related service provider, (ii) charter brokerage fees (in respect of our container vessels) payable to two related charter brokerage companies for an amount of approximately $1.1 million and $1.0 million, in the aggregate, for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively and (iii) address commissions on certain charter-out agreements payable to a related agent (since the second quarter of 2024). This commission is subsequently paid in full on a back-to-back basis by the related agent to its respective third-party clients with no benefit for the related agent.

Vessels? Operating Expenses

Vessels? operating expenses, which also include the realized gain/(loss) under derivative contracts entered into in relation to foreign currency exposure, were $180.5 million and $194.1 million during the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Daily vessels? operating expenses were $6,220 and $6,388 for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Daily operating expenses are calculated as vessels? operating expenses for the period over the ownership days of the period.

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expenses were $18.7 million and $14.5 million during the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and include amounts of $2.0 million and $2.0 million, respectively, that were paid to a related service provider.

Management and Agency Fees ? related parties

Management fees charged by our related party managers were $32.9 million and $32.8 million during the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The amounts charged by our related party managers include amounts paid to third party managers of $8.3 million and $10.7 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Furthermore, during the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, agency fees of $12.4 million and $11.1 million, in aggregate, were charged by four and three related agents, respectively, in connection with the operations of CBI.

General and Administrative Expenses ? non-cash component

General and administrative expenses - non-cash component for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2024 amounted to $6.5 million, representing the value of the shares issued to a related service provider on March 29, 2024, June 28, 2024 and September 30, 2024. General and administrative expenses ? non-cash component for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023 amounted to $4.3 million, representing the value of the shares issued to a related service provider on March 30, 2023, June 30, 2023 and September 29, 2023.

Amortization of Dry-Docking and Special Survey Costs

Amortization of deferred dry-docking and special survey costs was $17.3 million and $14.5 million during the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2024, nine vessels underwent and completed their dry-docking and special survey. During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023, 17 vessels underwent and completed their dry-docking and special survey and one vessel was in the process of completing her dry-docking and special survey.

Depreciation

Depreciation expense for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 was $122.5 million and $124.5 million, respectively.

Gain on Sale of Vessels, net

During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2024, we recorded a net gain of $3.3 million from (i) the sale of the dry bulk vessels Manzanillo, Progress and Konstantinos, each of which was classified as a vessel held for sale as of December 31, 2023, (ii) the sale of the dry bulk vessels Merida, Alliance and Pegasus, (iii) the sale of the dry bulk vessel Adventure which was classified as a vessel held for sale as of March 31, 2024 (initially classified as vessels held for sale as of December 31, 2023), (iv) the sale of the dry bulk vessel Oracle which was classified as a vessel held for sale as of June 30, 2024 and (v) the sale of the dry bulk vessel Titan I. During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023, we recorded an aggregate net gain of $118.0 million from (i) the sale of the container vessels Maersk Kalamata and Sealand Washington, which were classified as vessels held for sale as of December 31, 2022 (initially classified as vessels held for sale as of March 31, 2022), (ii) the sale of the dry bulk vessel Taibo, which was classified as a vessel held for sale as of March 31, 2023, (iii) the sale of the dry bulk vessels Miner and Comity and (iv) the result of the accounting classification of the container vessels Vela and Vulpecula as ?Net investment in Sale type lease (Vessels)?.

Loss on Vessel Held for Sale

We did not record any loss on any vessels held for sale during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2024. During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023, we recorded a loss on a vessel held for sale of $4.8 million, representing the expected loss from the sale of the container vessel Oakland during the next twelve-month period.

Vessel?s Impairment Loss

During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2024, no impairment loss was recorded. During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023, we recorded an impairment loss in relation to one of our dry-bulk vessels in the amount of $0.2 million.

Interest Income

Interest income amounted to $26.2 million and $25.5 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Interest and Finance Costs

Interest and finance costs were $99.9 million and $110.0 million during the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The decrease is mainly attributable to the decreased interest expense due to lower average loan balance during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2024, compared to the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023.

Income /(Loss) from Equity Method Investments

Income/(loss) from equity method investments for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2024, was nil (income of $0.7 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023) representing our share in jointly owned companies set up pursuant to the Framework Deed. During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023, we (i) sold our 49% equity interest in the company owning the 2018-built, 3,800 TEU capacity containership, Polar Argentina to York Capital and (ii) acquired the 51% equity interest of York Capital in the 2018-built, 3,800 TEU capacity containership Polar Brasil and as a result we obtained 100% of the equity interest in the vessel. As of September 30, 2024 and 2023 two and three companies, respectively, were jointly owned pursuant to the Framework Deed out of which none and one company, respectively, owned container vessels.

Gain / (Loss) on Derivative Instruments, net

As of September 30, 2024, we hold derivative financial instruments that qualify for hedge accounting and derivative financial instruments that do not qualify for hedge accounting. The change in the fair value of each derivative instrument that qualifies for hedge accounting is recorded in ?Other Comprehensive Income? (?OCI?). The change in the fair value of each derivative instrument that does not qualify for hedge accounting is recorded in the consolidated statements of income.

As of September 30, 2024, the fair value of these instruments, in aggregate, amounted to a net asset of $44.1 million. During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2024, a net loss of $16.2 million has been included in OCI and a net gain of $20.8 million has been included in Gain / (Loss) on Derivative Instruments, net.

Cash Flows
Nine-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023

Condensed cash flowsNine-month period ended
September 30,
(Expressed in millions of U.S. dollars)?2023???2024?
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities$178.5??$408.8?
Net Cash Provided by / (Used in) Investing Activities$112.4??$(8.8)
Net Cash Used in Financing Activities$(295.8)?$(348.5)


Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities

Net cash flows provided by operating activities for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2024, increased by $230.3 million to $408.8 million, from $178.5 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023. The increase is mainly attributable to the favorable change in working capital position, excluding the current portion of long-term debt and the accrued charter revenue (representing the difference between cash received in that period and revenue recognized on a straight-line basis), the increased cash from operations during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2024 compared to the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023, the decrease in interest payments (including interest derivatives net receipts) during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2024 compared to the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023 and the decreased dry-docking and special survey costs during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2024 compared to the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023.

Net Cash Provided by / (Used in) Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities was $8.8 million in the nine-month period ended September 30, 2024, which mainly consisted of (i) a settlement payment for the delivery of the secondhand dry bulk vessel Miracle, (ii) payments for the acquisition of the secondhand dry bulk vessels Prosper and Frontier, (iii) an advance payment for the acquisition of the secondhand dry bulk vessel Nord Magnes (tbr.?Magnes), (iv) payments for upgrades for certain of our container and dry bulk vessels and (v) net payments for investments into which NML entered; partly offset by proceeds we received from the sale of the dry bulk vessels Manzanillo, Progress, Konstantinos, Merida, Alliance, Pegasus, Adventure, Oracle and Titan I.

Net cash provided by investing activities was $112.4 million in the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023, which mainly consisted of proceeds we received from (i) the sale of the container vessels Sealand Washington and Maersk Kalamata and the dry bulk vessels Miner, Taibo and Comity and (ii) the maturity of our short-term investments in US Treasury Bills; partly offset by payments for the purchase of short-term investments in US Treasury Bills, payments for upgrades for certain of our container and dry bulk vessels, payments for the acquisition of the secondhand dry bulk vessels Enna, Dorado and Arya and payments for net investments into which NML entered.

Net Cash Used in Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities was $348.5 million in the nine-month period ended September 30, 2024, which mainly consisted of (i) $178.6 million net payments relating to our debt financing agreements and finance lease liability agreement (including proceeds of $167.4 million we received from 10 debt financing agreements), (ii) $116.0 million we paid, in aggregate, for the full redemption of our Series E Preferred Stock, (iii) $29.9 million we paid for dividends to holders of our common stock for the fourth quarter of 2023 and the first quarter of 2024 and the second quarter of 2024 and (iv) $2.8 million we paid for dividends to holders of our Series B Preferred Stock, $6.3 million we paid for dividends to holders of our Series C Preferred Stock, $6.6 million we paid for dividends to holders of our Series D Preferred Stock for the period from October 15, 2023 to January 14, 2024, January 15, 2024 to April 14, 2024 and April 15, 2024 to July 14, 2024 and $5.1 million we paid for dividends to holders of our Series E Preferred Stock for the period from October 15, 2023 to January 14, 2024 and January 15, 2024 to April 14, 2024.

Net cash used in financing activities was $295.8 million in the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023, which mainly consisted of (i) $168.0 million net payments relating to our debt financing agreements and finance lease liability agreement (including proceeds of $564.2 million we received from seven debt financing agreements), (ii) $60.0 million we paid for the re-purchase of 6.3 million of our common shares, (iii) $29.8 million we paid for dividends to holders of our common stock for the fourth quarter of 2022, the first quarter of 2023 and the second quarter of 2023 and (iv) $2.8 million we paid for dividends to holders of our Series B Preferred Stock, $6.3 million we paid for dividends to holders of our Series C Preferred Stock, $6.6 million we paid for dividends to holders of our Series D Preferred Stock and $7.6 million we paid for dividends to holders of our Series E Preferred Stock for the period from October 15, 2022 to January 14, 2023, January 15, 2023 to April 14, 2023 and April 15, 2023 to July 14, 2023.

Liquidity and Unencumbered Vessels

Cash and cash equivalents

As of September 30, 2024, we had Cash and cash equivalents (including restricted cash) of $876.6 million, $18.3 million invested in short-dated US Treasury Bills (short-term investments) and $29.9 million margin deposits in relation to our FFAs and bunker swaps. Furthermore, as of September 30, 2024, our liquidity stood at approximately $1,019.2 million including (a) our share of cash amounting to $0.1 million held in joint venture companies set up pursuant to the Framework Deed and (b) $94.2 million of available undrawn funds from two hunting license facilities.

Debt-free vessels

As of October 31, 2024, the following vessels were free of debt.

Unencumbered Vessels
(Refer to Fleet list for full details)

Vessel NameYear
Built		?TEU / DWT
Capacity
Containerships???
KURE1996?7,403
MAERSK KOWLOON2005?7,471
ETOILE2005?2,556
MICHIGAN2008?1,300
ARKADIA2001?1,550
Dry Bulk Vessels???
PROSPER2012?179,895


Conference Call details:

On Friday, November 1, 2024 at 8:30 a.m. EST, Costamare?s management team will hold a conference call to discuss the financial results. Participants should dial into the call 10 minutes before the scheduled time using the following numbers: 1-844-887-9405 (from the US), 0808-238-9064 (from the UK) or +1-412-317-9258 (from outside the US and the UK). Please quote ?Costamare?. A replay of the conference call will be available until November 8, 2024. The United States replay number is +1-877-344-7529; the standard international replay number is +1-412-317-0088; and the access code required for the replay is: 8837868.

Live webcast:
There will also be a simultaneous live webcast over the Internet, through the Costamare Inc. (CMRE) website (www.costamare.com). Participants to the live webcast should register on the website approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the webcast.

About Costamare Inc. (CMRE)

Costamare Inc. (CMRE) is one of the world?s leading owners and providers of containerships and dry bulk vessels for charter. The Company has 50 years of history in the international shipping industry and a fleet of 68 containerships, with a total capacity of approximately 513,000 TEU and 39 owned dry bulk vessels with a total capacity of approximately 3,054,000 DWT (including three vessels we have agreed to acquire and one vessel we have agreed to sell). The Company also has a dry bulk operating platform which charters in/out dry bulk vessels, enters into contracts of affreightment, forward freight agreements and may also utilize hedging solutions. The Company participates in a leasing business that provides financing to third-party owners. The Company?s common stock, Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock and Series D Preferred Stock trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols ?CMRE?, ?CMRE PR B?, ?CMRE PR C? and ?CMRE PR D?, respectively.

Forward-Looking Statements

This earnings release contains ?forward-looking statements?. In some cases, you can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as ?believe?, ?intend?, ?anticipate?, ?estimate?, ?project?, ?forecast?, ?plan?, ?potential?, ?may?, ?should?, ?could?, ?expect? and similar expressions. These statements are not historical facts but instead represent only Costamare?s belief regarding future results, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and outside of Costamare?s control. It is possible that actual results may differ, possibly materially, from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements. For a discussion of some of the risks and important factors that could affect future results, see the discussion in the Company?s Annual Report on Form 20-F under the caption ?Risk Factors?.

Company Contacts:

Gregory Zikos ? Chief Financial Officer
Konstantinos Tsakalidis ? Business Development

Costamare Inc. (CMRE), Monaco
Tel: (+377) 93 25 09 40
Email: ir@costamare.com

Containership Fleet List

The table below provides additional information, as of October 31, 2024, about our fleet of containerships, and those vessels subject to sale and leaseback agreements. Each vessel is a cellular containership, meaning it is a dedicated container vessel.

?Vessel NameChartererYear
Built		Capacity
(TEU)		Current Daily
Charter Rate(1)
 (U.S.?dollars)		Expiration of
Charter(2)
1TRITONEvergreen201614,424(*)March 2026
2TITAN(i)Evergreen201614,424(*)April 2026
3TALOS(i)Evergreen201614,424(*)July 2026
4TAURUS(i)Evergreen201614,424(*)August 2026
5THESEUS(i)Evergreen201614,424(*)August 2026
6YM TRIUMPH(i)Yang Ming202012,690(*)May 2030
7YM TRUTH(i)Yang Ming202012,690(*)May 2030
8YM TOTALITY(i)Yang Ming202012,690(*)July 2030
9YM TARGET(i)Yang Ming202112,690(*)November 2030
10YM TIPTOP(i)Yang Ming202112,690(*)March 2031
11CAPE AKRITASMSC201611,01033,000August 2031
12CAPE TAINAROMSC201711,01033,000April 2031
13CAPE KORTIAMSC201711,01033,000August 2031
14CAPE SOUNIOMSC201711,01033,000April 2031
15CAPE ARTEMISIOHapag Lloyd/(*)201711,01036,650/(*) March 2030(3)
16ZIM SHANGHAIZIM/(*)20069,46972,700/(*)May 2028(4)
17ZIM YANTIANZIM/(*)20069,46972,700/(*)April 2028(5)
18YANTIANCOSCO/(*)20069,469(*)/(*)May 2028(6)
19COSCO HELLASCOSCO/(*)20069,469(*)/(*)August 2028(7)
20BEIJINGCOSCO/(*)20069,469(*)/(*)July 2028(8)
21MSC AZOVMSC20149,40335,300December 2026
22MSC AMALFIMSC20149,40335,300March 2027
23MSC AJACCIOMSC20149,40335,300February 2027
24MSC ATHENSMSC20138,82735,300January 2026
25MSC ATHOSMSC20138,82735,300February 2026
26VALORHapag Lloyd/(*)20138,82732,400/(*)April 2030(9)
27VALUEHapag Lloyd/(*)20138,82732,400/(*)April 2030(10)
28VALIANTHapag Lloyd/(*)20138,82732,400/(*)June 2030(11)
29VALENCEHapag Lloyd/(*)20138,82732,400/(*)July 2030(12)
30VANTAGEHapag Lloyd/(*)20138,82732,400/(*)September 2030(13)
31NAVARINOMSC/(*)20108,53131,000/(*)March 2029(14)
32KLEVENMSC19968,04441,500November 2026
33KOTKAMSC19968,04441,500December 2026
34MAERSK KOWLOONMaersk20057,47118,500August 2025
35KUREMSC19967,40341,500July 2026
36METHONIMaersk20036,72446,500August 2026
37PORTO CHELIMaersk20016,71230,075June 2026
38TAMPA IZIM/(*)20006,64845,000/(*)July 2025 / June 2028(15)
39ZIM VIETNAMZIM20036,64453,000October 2025
40ZIM AMERICAZIM20036,64453,000October 2025
41ARIES(*)20046,49258,500March 2026
42ARGUS(*)20046,49258,500April 2026
43PORTO KAGIOMaersk20025,90828,822June 2026
44GLEN CANYONZIM/(*)20065,64262,500/(*)June 2025/ April 2028(16)
45PORTO GERMENOMaersk20025,57028,822June 2026
46LEONIDIOMaersk20144,95717,000October 2026(17)
47KYPARISSIAMaersk20144,95717,000October 2026(18)
48MEGALOPOLISMaersk20134,95713,500July 2025(19)
49MARATHOPOLISMaersk20134,95713,500July 2025(19)
50GIALOVA(*)20094,578(*)March 2026
51DYROSMaersk20084,57835,500April 2027(20)
52NORFOLK(*)/(*)
20094,259 (*)/(*)May 2025/ March 2028(21)
53VULPECULAZIM20104,258Please refer to note 22May 2028(22)
54VOLANS(*)20104,258(*)July 2027
55VIRGOMaersk20094,25835,500April 2027(23)
56VELAZIM20094,258Please refer to note 24April 2028(24)
57ANDROUSA(*)20104,256(*)March 2026
58NEOKASTROCMA CGM20114,17839,000February 2027
59ULSANMaersk20024,13234,730January 2026
60POLAR BRASIL (i)Maersk20183,80021,000March 2026(25)
61LAKONIACOSCO20042,58623,500February 2027(26)
62SCORPIUSHapag Lloyd20072,57216,500February 2026
63ETOILE(*)20052,556 (*)June 2026
64AREOPOLISCOSCO20002,47423,500March 2027(27)
65ARKADIASwire Shipping20011,55013,000March 2025
66MICHIGAN(*)20081,300(*)October 2025
67TRADER(*)20081,300(*)October 2026
68LUEBECK(*)20011,078 (*)April 2026


(1)Daily charter rates are gross, unless stated otherwise. Amounts set out for current daily charter rate are the amounts contained in the charter contracts.
(2)Charter terms and expiration dates are based on the earliest date charters (unless otherwise noted) could expire.
(3)Cape Artemisio is currently chartered to Hapag Lloyd at a daily rate of $36,650 until March 12, 2025, at the earliest. Upon redelivery of the vessel from Hapag Lloyd, the vessel will commence a new charter with a leading liner company for a period of 60 to 64 months at an undisclosed rate.
(4)Zim Shanghai is currently chartered to ZIM at a daily rate of $72,700 until July 1, 2025, at the earliest. Upon redelivery of the vessel from ZIM, the vessel will commence a new charter with a leading liner company for a period of 34 to 36 months at an undisclosed rate.
(5)Zim Yantian is currently chartered to ZIM at a daily rate of $72,700 until June 27, 2025, at the earliest. Upon redelivery of the vessel from ZIM, the vessel will commence a new charter with a leading liner company for a period of 34 to 36 months at an undisclosed rate.
(6)Yantian is currently chartered to COSCO at an undisclosed rate until May 1, 2026, at the earliest. Following the aforementioned date, the vessel will be employed with a leading liner company for a period of 24 to 26 months at an undisclosed rate.
(7)Cosco Hellas is currently chartered to COSCO at an undisclosed rate until August 1, 2026, at the earliest. Following the aforementioned date, the vessel will be employed with a leading liner company for a period of 24 to 26 months at an undisclosed rate.
(8)Beijing is currently chartered to COSCO at an undisclosed rate until July 1, 2026, at the earliest. Following the aforementioned date, the vessel will be employed with a leading liner company for a period of 24 to 26 months at an undisclosed rate.
(9)Valor is currently chartered to Hapag Lloyd at a daily rate of $32,400 until April 3, 2025, at the earliest. Upon redelivery of the vessel from Hapag Lloyd, the vessel will commence a new charter with a leading liner company for a period of 60 to 64 months at an undisclosed rate.
(10)Value is currently chartered to Hapag Lloyd at a daily rate of $32,400 until April 25, 2025, at the earliest. Upon redelivery of the vessel from Hapag Lloyd, the vessel will commence a new charter with a leading liner company for a period of 60 to 64 months at an undisclosed rate.
(11)Valiant is currently chartered to Hapag Lloyd at a daily rate of $32,400 until June 5, 2025, at the earliest. Upon redelivery of the vessel from Hapag Lloyd, the vessel will commence a new charter with a leading liner company for a period of 60 to 64 months at an undisclosed rate.
(12)Valence is currently chartered to Hapag Lloyd at a daily rate of $32,400 until July 3, 2025, at the earliest. Upon redelivery of the vessel from Hapag Lloyd, the vessel will commence a new charter with a leading liner company for a period of 60 to 64 months at an undisclosed rate.
(13)Vantage is currently chartered to Hapag Lloyd at a daily rate of $32,400 until September 8, 2025, at the earliest. Upon redelivery of the vessel from Hapag Lloyd, the vessel will commence a new charter with a leading liner company for a period of 60 to 64 months at an undisclosed rate.
(14)Navarino is currently chartered to MSC at a daily rate of $31,000 until March 1, 2025, at the earliest. Upon redelivery of the vessel from MSC, the vessel will commence a new charter with a leading liner company for a period of 48 to 52 months at an undisclosed rate.
(15)Tampa I is currently chartered to ZIM at a daily rate of $45,000 until July 2025 (earliest redelivery) - August 2025 (latest redelivery). Upon redelivery of the vessel from ZIM, the vessel will commence a new charter with a leading liner company for a period of 34 to 36 months at an undisclosed rate.
(16)Glen Canyon is currently chartered to ZIM at a daily rate of $62,500 until June 2025 (earliest redelivery) - September 2025 (latest redelivery). Upon redelivery of the vessel from ZIM, the vessel will commence a new charter with a leading liner company for a period of 34 to 36 months at an undisclosed rate.
(17)Leonidio is currently chartered at a daily rate of $14,200 until December 7, 2024. From such date and until the expiration of the charter the new daily rate will be $17,000.
(18)Kyparissia is currently chartered at a daily rate of $14,200 until November 24, 2024. From such date and until the expiration of the charter the new daily rate will be $17,000.
(19)Charterer has the option to extend the current time charter for an additional period of approximately 24 months at a daily rate of $14,500.
(20)Dyros is currently chartered to Maersk at a daily rate of $17,500 until April 15, 2025. Following the aforementioned date, the new daily rate will be $35,500 for a period of 24 to 26 months.
(21)Norfolk is currently chartered until March 2025 (earliest redelivery) - May 2025 (latest redelivery). Upon redelivery of the vessel from its current charterer, the vessel will commence a new charter with a leading liner company until March 2028 (earliest redelivery) - May 2028 (latest redelivery) at an undisclosed rate.
(22)Vulpecula is currently chartered to ZIM under a charterparty agreement which commenced in May 2023. The tenor of the charter is for a period of 60 to 64 months. For this charter, the daily rate is $99,000 for the first 12 month period, $91,250 for the second 12 month period, $10,000 for the third 12 month period and $8,000 for the remaining duration of the charter.
(23)Virgo is currently chartered to Maersk at a daily rate of $21,500 until April 15, 2025. Following the aforementioned date, the new daily rate will be $35,500 for a period of 24 to 26 months.
(24)Vela is currently chartered to ZIM under a charterparty agreement which commenced in April 2023. The tenor of the charter is for a period of 60 to 64 months. For this charter, the daily rate is $99,000 for the first 12 month period, $91,250 for the second 12 month period, $10,000 for the third 12 month period and $8,000 for the remaining duration of the charter.
(25)Polar Brasil is currently chartered at a daily rate of $19,700 until April 27, 2025. From such date and until the expiration of the charter the new daily rate will be $21,000. Charterer has the option to extend the current time charter for two additional one-year periods at a daily rate of $21,000.
(26)Lakonia is currently chartered to COSCO at a daily rate of $26,500 until March 24, 2025. Following the aforementioned date, the new daily rate will be $23,500 for a period of 23 to 25 months.
(27)Areopolis is currently chartered to COSCO at a daily rate of $26,500 until April 3, 2025. Following the aforementioned date, the new daily rate will be $23,500 for a period of 23 to 25 months.
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(i)Denotes vessels subject to a sale and leaseback transaction.
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(*)Denotes charterer?s identity and/or current daily charter rates and/or charter expiration dates, which are treated as confidential.


Owned Dry Bulk Vessel Fleet List

The tables below provide information, as of October 31, 2024 about our owned fleet of dry bulk vessels. Each vessel is owned by one of our subsidiaries.

?Vessel NameYear BuiltCapacity (DWT)
1FRONTIER2012181,415
2MIRACLE2011180,643
3PROSPER2012179,895
4DORADO2011179,842
5NORD MAGNES (tbr. MAGNES)(i)2011179,546
6ENNA2011175,975
7AEOLIAN201283,478
8GRENETA201082,166
9HYDRUS201181,601
10PHOENIX201281,569
11BUILDER201281,541
12FARMER201281,541
13SAUVAN201079,700
14ROSE200876,619
15MERCHIA201563,585
16DAWN201863,561
17SEABIRD201663,553
18ORION201563,473
19DAMON201263,301
20ARYA201361,424
21ALWINE OLDENDORFF (tbr. ALWINE) (i)201461,090
22AUGUST OLDENDORFF (tbr. AUGUST) (i)201561,090
23ATHENA201258,018
24ERACLE201258,018
25PYTHIAS201058,018
26NORMA201058,018
27CURACAO201157,937
28URUGUAY201157,937
29SERENA201057,266
30LIBRA201056,701
31CLARA200856,557
32BERMONDI200955,469
33VERITY201237,163
34PARITY201237,152
35ACUITY201137,152
36EQUITY201337,071
37DISCOVERY (ii)201237,019
38BERNIS201135,995
39RESOURCE201031,775

(i) Denotes vessel that we have agreed to acquire.
(ii) Denotes vessel that we have agreed to sell.????????


Consolidated Statements of Income
?
??Nine-months ended
September 30,		?Three-months ended
September 30,
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars,
except share and per share amounts)
?2023??2024??2023??2024?
?????????
??(Unaudited)?(Unaudited)
REVENUES:????????
Voyage revenue$1,011,968?$1,406,695?$397,256?$459,040?
Voyage revenue ? related parties?-??111,128??-??79,352?
Total voyage revenue?1,011,968??1,517,823??397,256??538,392?
Income from investments in leaseback vessels?4,591??17,668??3,114??6,249?
Total revenues$1,016,559?$1,535,491?$400,370?$544,641?
?????????
EXPENSES:????????
Voyage expenses?(185,851)?(277,791)?(84,840)?(93,348)
Charter-in hire expenses?(174,670)?(521,431)?(87,709)?(212,874)
Voyage expenses ? related parties?(10,262)?(14,701)?(3,626)?(6,425)
Vessels? operating expenses?(194,110)?(180,545)?(63,503)?(60,277)
General and administrative expenses?(14,459)?(18,698)?(5,984)?(7,762)
Management and agency fees ? related parties?(43,950)?(45,279)?(13,889)?(15,936)
General and administrative expenses ? non-cash component?(4,294)?(6,508)?(1,440)?(2,352)
Amortization of dry-docking and special survey costs?(14,472)?(17,307)?(5,015)?(6,043)
Depreciation?(124,566)?(122,529)?(42,155)?(41,485)
Gain on sale of vessels, net?118,046??3,348??-??2,234?
Loss on asset held for sale?(4,855)?-??(4,855)?-?
Vessel?s impairment loss?(229)?-??(229)?-?
Foreign exchange gains / losses?(1,284)?974??(3,113)?3,628?
Operating income$361,603?$335,024?$84,012?$104,001?
?????????
OTHER INCOME / (EXPENSES):????????
Interest income$25,544?$26,196?$9,173?$8,629?
Interest and finance costs?(110,023)?(99,897)?(36,686)?(32,911)
Income / (loss) from equity method investments?689??19??1,826??(23)
Other?5,710??2,285??1,954??168?
Gain / (Loss) on derivative instruments, net?(7,179)?20,791??(193)?(993)
Total other expenses, net$(85,259)$(50,606)$(23,926)$(25,130)
Net Income$276,344?$284,418?$60,086?$78,871?
Earnings allocated to Preferred Stock?(23,302)?(18,566)?(7,854)?(5,288)
Deemed dividend to Series E Preferred Stock?-??(5,446)?-??-?
Net Gain attributable to the non-controlling interest?5,052??529??1,055??1,880?
Net Income available to common stockholders$258,094?$260,935?$53,287?$75,463?
?????????
?????????
Earnings per common share, basic and diluted$2.13?$2.19?$0.45?$0.63?
Weighted average number of shares, basic and diluted?121,059,768??119,129,429??118,107,881??119,577,920?


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COSTAMARE INC. (CMRE)
Consolidated Balance Sheets
?
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars)?As of December 31, 2023?As of September 30, 2024
ASSETS?(Audited)?(Unaudited)
CURRENT ASSETS:????
Cash and cash equivalents$745,544?$798,751?
Restricted cash?10,645??10,390?
Margin deposits?13,748??29,948?
Short-term investments?17,492??18,284?
Investment in leaseback vessels, current?27,362??28,066?
Net investment in sales type lease (Vessels), current?22,620??21,091?
Accounts receivable?50,684??61,770?
Inventories?61,266??61,488?
Due from related parties?4,119??11,641?
Fair value of derivatives?33,310??35,725?
Insurance claims receivable?18,458??11,346?
Vessels held for sale?40,307??-?
Time-charter assumed?405??197?
Accrued charter revenue?9,752??9,399?
Prepayments and other?61,949??62,617?
Total current assets$1,117,661?$1,160,713?
FIXED ASSETS, NET:????
Vessels and advances, net?3,446,797??3,360,263?
Total fixed assets, net$3,446,797?$3,360,263?
NON-CURRENT ASSETS:????
Equity method investments$552?$81?
Investment in leaseback vessels, non-current?191,674??219,136?
Deferred charges, net?72,801??73,398?
Finance leases, right-of-use assets (Vessels)?39,211??38,168?
Net investment in sales type lease (Vessels), non-current?19,482??6,392?
Operating leases, right-of-use assets?284,398??286,906?
Accounts receivable, non-current?5,586??3,611?
Due from related parties, non-current?-??1,875?
Restricted cash?69,015??67,481?
Fair value of derivatives, non-current?28,639??21,604?
Accrued charter revenue, non-current?10,937??4,626?
Time-charter assumed, non-current?269??122?
Total assets$5,287,022?$5,244,376?
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS? EQUITY????
CURRENT LIABILITIES:????
Current portion of long-term debt$347,027?$317,386?
Finance lease liability?2,684??24,565?
Operating lease liabilities, current portion?160,993??180,298?
Accounts payable?46,769??65,892?
Due to related parties?3,172??4,218?
Accrued liabilities?39,521??34,795?
Unearned revenue?52,177??51,779?
Fair value of derivatives?3,050??9,951?
Other current liabilities?7,377??15,721?
Total current liabilities$662,770?$704,605?
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES ????
Long-term debt, net of current portion$1,999,193?$1,857,325?
Finance lease liability, net of current portion?23,877??-?
Operating lease liabilities, non-current portion?114,063??98,865?
Fair value of derivatives, net of current portion?11,194??3,250?
Unearned revenue, net of current portion?27,352??17,289?
Other non-current liabilities?9,184??17,537?
Total non-current liabilities$2,184,863?$1,994,266?
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES?-??-?
Temporary equity ? Redeemable non-controlling interest in subsidiary$629?$(2,407)
STOCKHOLDERS? EQUITY:????
Preferred stock$-?$-?
Common stock?13??13?
Treasury stock?(120,095)?(120,095)
Additional paid-in capital?1,435,294??1,341,777?
Retained earnings?1,045,932??1,263,640?
Accumulated other comprehensive income?21,387??5,211?
Total Costamare Inc. (CMRE) stockholders? equity$2,382,531?$2,490,546?
Non-controlling interest?56,229??57,366?
Total stockholders? equity?2,438,760??2,547,912?
Total liabilities and stockholders? equity$5,287,022?$5,244,376?
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