Contships moves to slash bank debt with $100m in voluntary prepayments
- Move will use about half Contships’ cash, counting proceeds from the latest vessel sale
- For 2026, principal repayments will be $29.5m lower and interest costs will be reduced by $4.2m
- Decision to use ‘excess liquidity’ to nearly erase bank debt comes amid strong cashflow from market
Nikolas Pateras says the strategy will reinforce the balance sheet as his feeder containership company seeks to ‘expand and renew’ its fleet
