Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. (NASDAQ: EGLE) (Eagle Bulk), one of the world’s largest owner-operators within the Supramax / Ultramax drybulk segment, today announced that it has taken delivery of its previously announced vessel acquisition, the M/V Antwerp Eagle.

Eagle Bulk Shipping Takes Delivery of MV Antwerp Eagle
Caption: Bulk carrier Antwerp Eagle ex NAUTICAL HILARY - Image courtesy of Marco Schoone

The ship, which was acquired this past May, is a 2015-built, high specification scrubber-fitted SDARI-64 Ultramax vessel built at Jiangsu Hantong Ship Heavy Industry Co.

Proforma for the one pending vessel acquisition, the Company’s fleet totals 53 ships with an average age of 8.8 years.