Star Bulk Takes Delivery of Secondhand Capesize Vessel

Star Bulk Carriers Corp. SBLK, today announced that it has taken delivery of the Star Big, a 1996-built, 168,404 dwt Capesize vessel. Following the completion of its regularly scheduled drydock, the vessel is expected to be redelivered to its charterer, a multinational mining company, for the remaining period of 4.3 years under the vessel's time-charter employment at a gross daily rate of $25,000.