Navios Maritime Partners L.P. (Navios Partners), an owner and operator of dry cargo vessels, announced yesterday that it has purchased from Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. the Navios Buena Ventura, a 2010 South-Korean-built Capesize vessel of 179,259 dwt for $67.5 million cash consideration of which $22.0 million are debt financing and the $45.5 million cash from balance sheet.

The vessel is chartered out at $29,356 (net) per day until December 2020 with 50/50 profit sharing which commences when the Baltic Exchange Capesize TC Average exceeds $38,500. The Navios Buena Ventura is expected to generate annual base EBITDA of approximately $8.3 million and aggregate base EBITDA of approximately $70.8 million over the life of the charter contract. The charter contract is insured by an AA rated insurance company in the European Union.