The 50,000-dwt Nave Pulsar andthe NaveEquinox (both built 2007) have both been chartered out to “aninvestment grade counterparty” for one year at a rate of $14,813 net per day.
TradeWinds recently reported that oil giant BP had beenlinked with one-year fixtures for the two.
Athens-based Navios will pocket a premium of $2,000 per day whenthe vessels are trading in ice, the company revealed in a statement.
The rate is a mark up on the $13,331 daily the NewYork-listed owner was previously earning for the two vessels purchased fromItaly’s PB Tankers last year.
The contracts will pull in a total of around $6m beforeinterest, tax, depreciation and amortisation assuming operating costs remain atcurrent levels.
Navios Acquisition has contracted 88.8% of its availabledays on a charter-out basis for 2014 and and 45.1% for 2015.
