Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (SBLK) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

Thank you for standing by, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Star Bulk Carriers Conference Call on the Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results. We have with us Mr. Hamish Norton, President; Mr. Simos Spyrou, Co-Chief Financial Officer; Mr. Christos Begleris, Co-Chief Financial Officer; Mr. Constantine Nanopoulos, Deputy Chief Financial Officer; Mr. Nicos Rescos, Chief Operating Officer; Mrs. Charis Plakantonaki, Chief Strategy Officer; Mr. Constantinos Simantiras, Head of Market Research.

Thank you, operator. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you for joining us today. I'm Simos Spyrou, Co-Chief Financial Officer of Star Bulk Carriers, and I would like to welcome you to our conference call regarding our financial results for the second quarter of 2026. Before we begin, I kindly ask you to take a moment to read the safe harbor statement on Slide #2 of the presentation. In today's presentation, we will review our second quarter 2026 company highlights, financial performance, capital allocation initiatives, cash evolution during the quarter, operational performance and cash flow potential, our continued investments in the fleet, developments on the regulatory front and our perspective on industry fundamentals. We will then open the floor for questions.