Costamare reports Q1 cont. ops. EPS 88c vs. 62c last year

Reports Q1 voyager revenue $217.18M vs. $201.56M last year. “During the Q1 of the year, the Company generated Net Income of about $75 million. Total liquidity amounted to about $645M. Executing on our strategy of renewing the fleet and securing long-term cash flows from high quality counterparties, we have ordered a total of 16 newbuildings from two first-class Chinese shipyards. Twelve of the ships are 9,200 TEUs and four are 3,100 TEUs capacity. The vessels are expected to be delivered between the fourth quarter of 2027 and the second quarter of 2030. Upon delivery all ships will commence long-term charters with Cosco Shipping, with durations of 15 years for the twelve 9,200 TEU ships and 8 years for the four 3,100 TEU vessels. We are pleased to expand our valued and long-lasting relationship with Cosco through the completion of our latest 16 newbuilding transaction. Incremental contracted revenues from the new charters amount to about $2.8B.”