Category: Transportation

Wednesday October 16, 2019

Scorpio Bulkers (SALT)

Dry Bulk Market Firmer, But Fine-Tuning 2H2019 Estimates

Scorpio Bulkers Inc is a shipping company based in Monaco. It owns and operates a fleet of modern mid to large-size dry bulk carriers which provide marine transportation for major bulks, which include iron ore, coal and grain and minor bulks which include bauxite, fertilizers and steel products internationally. In terms of its dead weight tonnage, its vessels are classified as Capesize, Kamsarmax and Ultramax, by the order of highest to lowest capacity, with Kamsarmax accounting for the highest revenue.

Poe Fratt, Senior Research Analyst, Noble Capital Markets, Inc.

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• Dry Bulk market firmer despite continued trade overhang.   A rebound in iron ore shipments out of Brazil and the start of dry-docking activity tied to the installation of scrubbers in advance of the upcoming IMO2020 regulations have been positive.
• Lowering 2019 EBITDA estimate to $97.3 million based on TCE rates of $11,237/day, but maintaining 2020 EBITDA estimate of $145.0 million based on TCE rates of $13,821/day. Kamsarmax TCE rate estimate dropped to $12,314/day (down ~$800/day), but Ultramax TCE rates stay at…
  

  
  
  

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Monday October 7, 2019

Eagle Bulk Shipping (EGLE)

Scrubber Program Change Impacts Estimates, But Outlook Remains Solid

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. is a US-based drybulk owner-operator focused on the Supramax/Ultramax mid-size asset class, which ranges from 50,000 and 65,000 deadweight tons in size; these vessels are equipped with onboard cranes allowing for the self-loading and unloading of cargoes, a feature which distinguishes them from the larger classes of drybulk vessels and provides for greatly enhanced flexibility and versatility- both with respect to cargo diversity and port accessibility. The Company transports a broad range of major and minor bulk cargoes around the world, including coal, grain, ore, pet coke, cement, and fertilizer. Eagle operates out of three offices, Stamford (headquarters), Singapore, and Hamburg, and performs all aspects of vessel management in-house including: commercial, operational, technical, and strategic.

Poe Fratt, Senior Research Analyst, Noble Capital Markets, Inc.

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• Acquisition timing and scrubber program updates impact estimates.  Lowering 2019 EBITDA estimate to $66.6 million from $69.3 million. Higher off-hire days for scrubbers and updated timing on pending acquisitions more than offset higher TCE rates of $10,949/day, up from $10,913/day. No change to 2020 EBITDA estimate of $110.6 million and TCE rates of $12,501/day.
• Acquisition update.  Six Ultramaxes to be acquired for ~$122 million. Three delivered and rest by yearend 2019, including one in October. Pro forma fleet expands by…
  

  
  
  

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Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD)

Total 3Q2019 Awards of $319 million Above Expectations.

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock is a marine and environmental infrastructure contractor, and the largest dredging company in the United States. Headquartered in suburban Chicago, the company provides port expansion and maintenance, coastal restoration, river dredging and environmental restoration for public and private entities worldwide. In June 2019, the Environmental & industrial (E&I) business was sold for $17.5 million in cash and the company is now pure play on the dredging market.

Poe Fratt, Senior Research Analyst, Noble Capital Markets, Inc.

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• New awards of $178 million announced.  Moves total 3Q2019 awards to $319 million. As highlighted in recent notes, GLDD has been low bidder on numerous projects that we track. Yesterday, GLDD confirmed the likely awards of $135 million and announced $53 million of awards on other off-the-radar projects that exceeded our expectations. Please see comments and Figure 1 on page 2 for more details.
• 2H2019 Backlog rebound remains likely even though 2019 win rate in the 25% range has been below average.  There were misses on…
  

  
  
  

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Thursday October 3, 2019

Orion Group Holdings (ORN)

Two Marine Awards Help 2020 Outlook

Orion Group Holdings, based in Houston, Texas, is a specialty construction company within the Marine and Industrial Construction sectors, with operations focused in the continental United States and Caribbean. Revenue is split roughly 50/50 between a Marine Construction segment that provides marine facility, pipeline and structural construction services and a Commercial Concrete segment that provides turnkey concrete services in the light commercial and structural construction markets.

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• Marine awards of $14 million add to record backlog.  Two dredging jobs on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) in Texas were awarded; one for $6.6 million and another for $7.8 million. The work, which should be completed in 2H2020, helps marine backlog visibility into 2020.
• The outlook looks very good due to record backlog and added awards on the horizon. About $1.3 billion of bids remain outstanding so additional awards are likely. A large proposed…
  

  
  
  

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Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD)

Two New Jobs – 3Q2019 Awards Likely Above $265 million

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock is a marine and environmental infrastructure contractor, and the largest dredging company in the United States. Headquartered in suburban Chicago, the company provides port expansion and maintenance, coastal restoration, river dredging and environmental restoration for public and private entities worldwide. In June 2019, the Environmental & industrial (E&I) business was sold for $17.5 million in cash and the company is now pure play on the dredging market.

Poe Fratt, Senior Research Analyst, Noble Capital Markets, Inc.

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• Two new awards add $44 million. Combined with other awards announced earlier in September, total 3Q2019 awards now likely to exceed $265 million. Last Friday, a $11.7 million contract for maintenance dredging in Chesapeake City, Maryland was awarded. Late Monday, a $32.5 million contract for beach re-nourishment in Cape May, New Jersey was awarded. Both awards were officially announced via the Department of Defense web site.
• 2H2019 Backlog rebound remains likely even though win rate has been below average in 2019.  There were misses on three large projects in Savannah, Norfolk and Charleston, but low bids are pending on…
  

  
  
  

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Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Euroseas (ESEA)

One Good Contract But Rest of the Fleet Not Following…Yet.

Euroseas (ESEA) operates a fleet of 15 container ships (14 feeders and one intermediate) in the container shipping markets following the closing of a four feeder container vessel acquisition in early August 2019. Euroseas’ operations are managed by Eurobulk Ltd., an affiliated ship management company, and Eurobulk FE (Far East) Ltd, which are responsible for the day-to-day commercial and technical management and operation of the fleet. Euroseas employs the fleet on mainly on spot and time period charters.

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• Attractive contract announced.  Akinada Bridge, the only intermediate container vessel, has received a 10-13 month charter at $16.5k beginning in mid-4Q2019. Once a ballast water treatment system (BWTS) is installed during a dry dock, the charter rate will move up to $16.5k from $8.5k. The $2.5 million cost of the BWTS/dry dock will be funded by a loan from the major shareholder.
• Feeder fleet mixed.  Similar to earlier this year when almost every containership rolled onto new contracts at lower rates, two feeders recently rolled to lower rates, including the…
  

  
  
  

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Friday September 27, 2019

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD)

3Q2019 Awards Could Exceed $220 million

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock is a marine and environmental infrastructure contractor, and the largest dredging company in the United States. Headquartered in suburban Chicago, the company provides port expansion and maintenance, coastal restoration, river dredging and environmental restoration for public and private entities worldwide. In June 2019, the Environmental & industrial (E&I) business was sold for $17.5 million in cash and the company is now pure play on the dredging market.

Poe Fratt, Senior Research Analyst, Noble Capital Markets, Inc.

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• Three new awards for $82 million out shortly. Combined with $141 million of other awards, total 3Q2019 awards likely to exceed $220 million. A Mississippi Senator announced that $56.6 million of MsCIP work was awarded recently, a $8.7 million Florida beach project was awarded on Tuesday, and a $16 million dredging project was awarded on September 13th.
• 2H2019 Backlog rebound remains likely even though GLDD was not the low bidder on three large projects in Savannah, Norfolk and Charleston.  Low bids are pending on other projects and bids on several larger projects should be…
  

  
  
  

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Thursday September 26, 2019

EuroDry (EDRY)

Moving Estimates Higher to Reflect Dry Bulk Market Improvement

EuroDry operates in the dry bulk shipping markets. EuroDry’s operations are managed by Eurobulk Ltd., an affiliated ship management company, and Eurobulk FE (Far East) Ltd, which are responsible for the day-to-day commercial and technical management and operation of the fleet. EuroDry employs the fleet on spot and period charters and through pool arrangements.

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• Dry Bulk market has improved despite continued trade overhang. Despite the continued overhang of global trade tensions and sluggish global economic growth, the dry bulk market has been stronger than expected.
• Adjusting our 2019 EBITDA estimate to current dry bulk market environment.   We are increasing our adjusted 2019 EBITDA estimate to $10.8 million from $10.4 million, mainly due to an increase in…
  

  
  
  

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Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Scorpio Bulkers (SALT)

Asset Sales Enhance Liquidity. Will Dry Bulk Market Remain Firm?

Scorpio Bulkers (SALT) owns/operates a fleet of 56 dry bulk vessels, including 37 Ultramax and 19 Kamsarmax dry bulk vessels. The Ultramax and Kamsarmax sectors are the upper end of the range for the Handymax sector, and the sector is characterized by onboard cranes to allow the loading/unloading of cargo. SALT moves both major and minor bulk around the world. SALT actively markets and manages the fleet internally (both commercial and technical) and also charters in dry bulk vessels to expand operating leverage.

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• Asset sales and recent financings boost liquidity and enhance financial flexibility.  Agreement reached to sell two Ultramaxes for $37.9 million in early 4Q2019. Liquidity should improve by $16.0 million after debt repayment.
• Dry Bulk market improving despite continued trade overhang.   Despite the continued overhang of global trade tensions and sluggish global economic growth, the dry bulk market has been stronger than expected in 3Q2019…
  

  
  
  

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Thursday September 19, 2019

Orion Group Holdings (ORN)

Added Construction Awards Bolster Robust Outlook

Orion Group Holdings, based in Houston, Texas, is a specialty construction company within the Marine and Industrial Construction sectors, with operations focused in the continental United States and Caribbean. Revenue is split roughly 50/50 between a Marine Construction segment that provides marine facility, pipeline and structural construction services and a Commercial Concrete segment that provides turnkey concrete services in the light commercial and structural construction markets.

Poe Fratt, Senior Research Analyst, Noble Capital Markets, Inc.

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• Three added construction awards are positive.   Two light commercial projects in Houston totaling $22 million will begin in 3Q2019 and run about eight months. Another $7 million structural project in Dallas/Fort Worth will also begin in 3Q2019 and run about 11 months.
• Added awards on the horizon, including a large project in Cayman Islands.  About $1.3 billion of bids remain outstanding so additional awards, including a…
  

  
  
  

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Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. Takes Delivery of M/V Sydney Eagle

STAMFORD, Conn., Sept. 16, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. (NASDAQ: EGLE) (“Eagle Bulk” or the “Company”), one of the world’s largest owner-operators within the Supramax / Ultramax segment, today announced that is has taken delivery of the second of six Ultramax drybulk vessels, it has recently agreed to acquire.

The ship, which has been renamed the M/V Sydney Eagle, is a 2015-built, high specification scrubber-fitted SDARI-64 Ultramax vessel built at Jiangsu New Hantong Ship Heavy Industry Co., Ltd.

Proforma for the four remaining acquisition vessels, which have yet to be delivered, the Company’s fleet will total 50 ships, including 20 Ultramax drybulk vessels acquired over the last 36 months.

About Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. (“Eagle” or the “Company”) is a US-based fully integrated shipowner-operator providing global transportation solutions to a diverse group of customers including miners, producers, traders, and end users. Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, with offices in Singapore and Copenhagen, Eagle focuses exclusively on the versatile mid-size drybulk vessel segment and owns one of the largest fleets of Supramax / Ultramax vessels in the world. The Company performs all management services in-house (including: strategic, commercial, operational, technical, and administrative) and employs an active management approach to fleet trading with the objective of optimizing revenue performance and maximizing earnings on a risk-managed basis. For further information, please visit our website: www.eagleships.com.

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Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc.
Tel. +1 203-276-8100

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Thursday September 12, 2019

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD)

Project Awards Should Stem Backlog Decline

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock is a marine and environmental infrastructure contractor, and the largest dredging company in the United States. Headquartered in suburban Chicago, the company provides port expansion and maintenance, coastal restoration, river dredging and environmental restoration for public and private entities worldwide. In June 2019, the Environmental & industrial (E&I) business was sold for $17.5 million in cash and the company is now pure play on the dredging market.

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• Three awards announced for total of $141 million.  Work awarded includes Jacksonville Deepening Contract B Option for $97 million, Baltimore Harbor maintenance for $38 million, and Boston Harbor maintenance for $6 million. In addition to the announced awards, total low bids on other projects equal ~$48 million and most should be announced shortly.
• 2H2019 Backlog rebound remains likely.   While GLDD has not been the low bidder on three very large projects in Savannah, Norfolk and Charleston, we are tracking several other large projects in…
  

  
  
  

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Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. Takes Delivery of M/V Dublin Eagle

STAMFORD, Conn.,, Sept. 11, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. (NASDAQ: EGLE) (“Eagle Bulk” or the “Company”), one of the world’s largest owner-operators within the Supramax / Ultramax segment, today announced that it has taken delivery of the first of six modern Ultramax drybulk vessels the Company has previously agreed to acquire.

The ship, which has been renamed the M/V Dublin Eagle, is a 2015-built, high specification scrubber-fitted SDARI-64 Ultramax vessel built at Jiangsu New Hantong Ship Heavy Industry Co., Ltd.

Proforma for the five remaining acquisition vessels, which have yet to be delivered, the Company’s fleet will total 50 ships, including 20 Ultramax drybulk vessels acquired over the last 36 months.

About Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. (“Eagle” or the “Company”) is a US-based fully integrated shipowner-operator providing global transportation solutions to a diverse group of customers including miners, producers, traders, and end users. Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, with offices in Singapore and Copenhagen, Eagle focuses exclusively on the versatile mid-size drybulk vessel segment and owns one of the largest fleets of Supramax/Ultramax vessels in the world. The Company performs all management services in-house (including: strategic, commercial, operational, technical, and administrative) and employs an active management approach to fleet trading with the objective of optimizing revenue performance and maximizing earnings on a risk-managed basis. For further information, please visit our website: www.eagleships.com.

Company Contact:
Frank De Costanzo
Chief Financial Officer
Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc.
Tel. +1 203-276-8100

Media Contact:
Rose & Company
Tel. +1 212-359-2228