v3.25.1
Transactions with Related Parties and Shareholders
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Transactions with Related Parties and Shareholders
3.
Transactions with related parties and shareholders

Profit and Loss Sharing agreement:

During the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, the accrued interest costs of the profit and loss sharing agreement (the “Agreement”) entered into for one vessel described in Note 10 relating to MM Shipinvest Holdings Co., a related party company owned by one of HMI’s two shareholders, (“Assignee A”), based on the effective interest method, were $77,117, $4,833 and $nil, respectively, and are presented under “Finance costs, related party” in the accompanying consolidated statements of income.

Payables to Assignee A, which mainly include the accrued recognized interest cost from the operations of the vessel and are analyzed as follows:

 

 

Payable to Assignee A, related party

 

January 1, 2023

 

 

-

 

Proceeds from assignee

 

 

779,019

 

Interest cost

 

 

4,833

 

December 31, 2023

 

 

783,852

 

Interest cost

 

 

77,117

 

Repayments to assignee

 

 

(779,019

)

Interest paid

 

 

(21,058

)

December 31, 2024

 

 

60,892

 

 

3.
Transactions with related parties and shareholders - continued

Transactions with the Non-consolidated Pool Subsidiaries:

The Company earns management fees and commissions from the Non-consolidated Pool Subsidiaries (Note 2). The amounts earned for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 are included in “Trade revenues, related parties” in the accompanying consolidated statements of income and are analyzed as follows:

 

 

December 31, 2024

 

 

Management Fees

 

 

Commissions

 

Blue Fin Pool

 

 

593,352

 

 

 

744,795

 

SeaLion Pool

 

 

966,198

 

 

 

2,825,367

 

Dorado Pool

 

 

29,452

 

 

 

768,779

 

SeaHorse Pool

 

 

22,500

 

 

 

17,075

 

Seadragon Pool

 

 

134,100

 

 

 

3,663,182

 

Total

 

 

1,745,602

 

 

 

8,019,198

 

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

 

Management Fees

 

 

Commissions

 

Blue Fin Pool

 

 

562,732

 

 

 

1,612,632

 

SeaLion Pool

 

 

1,080,585

 

 

 

4,163,287

 

Dorado Pool

 

 

73,000

 

 

 

889,057

 

SeaHorse Pool

 

 

160,772

 

 

 

206,890

 

Seadragon Pool

 

 

-

 

 

 

5,040,000

 

Total

 

 

1,877,089

 

 

 

11,911,866

 

 

 

December 31, 2022

 

 

Management Fees

 

 

Commissions

 

Blue Fin Pool

 

 

1,022,820

 

 

 

1,318,765

 

SeaLion Pool

 

 

1,074,411

 

 

 

3,187,366

 

Star Pool

 

 

-

 

 

 

13,288

 

Dorado Pool

 

 

53,726

 

 

 

412,254

 

SeaHorse Pool

 

 

95,138

 

 

 

138,644

 

Seadragon Pool

 

 

-

 

 

 

3,131,188

 

Total

 

 

2,246,095

 

 

 

8,201,505

 

 

During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company provided aggregate funding of $930,000 to the Non-consolidated Pool Subsidiaries for working capital purposes. This loan to the Non-consolidated Pool Subsidiaries is included in “Receivables from related parties” in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. The loan receivable is unsecured, with no fixed payment terms and repayable by the Non-consolidated Pool Subsidiaries upon demand and no later than December 31, 2025. The rate of interest on this loan receivable is 4.06% plus Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”). The Company earned interest income of $77,308 from the Non-consolidated Pool Subsidiaries, at weighted average interest rates of 9.2% and 8.7% included in “Interest income, related parties” in the accompanying consolidated statement of income.

Receivables from the Non-consolidated Pool subsidiaries are included in “Receivables from related parties” in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and consist of receivables related to unpaid management fees, commissions earned from the Non-consolidated Pool Subsidiaries and amounts paid for expenses of the Non-consolidated Pool Subsidiaries on behalf of them or loan receivable from the Non-consolidated Pool Subsidiaries. Payables to the Non-consolidated Pool subsidiaries are included in “Payables to related parties” in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and mainly consist of revenue collected from Heidmar Inc. on behalf of Non-consolidated Pool Subsidiaries. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company had receivables from/ (payables to) the following Non-consolidated Pool subsidiaries:

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

Blue Fin Pool

 

 

2,457,095

 

 

 

747,149

 

SeaLion Pool

 

 

1,299,135

 

 

 

2,594,788

 

Seadragon Pool

 

 

2,962,896

 

 

 

1,196,675

 

Seawolf Pool

 

 

15,592

 

 

 

12,944

 

Dorado Pool

 

 

1,041,740

 

 

 

444,841

 

Star Pool

 

 

7,186

 

 

 

7,202

 

Marlin Pool

 

 

4,595

 

 

 

4,595

 

SeaHorse Pool

 

 

525,384

 

 

 

511,861

 

Total Receivables

 

 

8,313,623

 

 

 

5,520,055

 

Sigma Pool

 

 

-

 

 

 

507,047

 

Total Payables

 

 

-

 

 

 

507,047

 

 

3.
Transactions with related parties and shareholders - continued

Revenues, costs and expenses applicable to revenues, net income current and total assets, current and total liabilities of the Non-consolidated Pool subsidiaries as of and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 are analyzed as follows:

 

 

December 31, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

 

December 31, 2022

 

Revenues of the Non-consolidated Pool Subsidiaries

 

 

691,734,800

 

 

 

877,449,952

 

 

 

683,809,587

 

Costs and expenses of the Non-consolidated Pool Subsidiaries

 

 

281,851,357

 

 

 

328,587,308

 

 

 

347,922,997

 

Net income of the Non-consolidated Pool Subsidiaries

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Current and total assets of the Non-consolidated Pool Subsidiaries

 

 

114,193,010

 

 

 

194,146,719

 

 

 

228,948,203

 

Current and total liabilities of the Non-consolidated Pool Subsidiaries

 

 

114,192,810

 

 

 

194,146,519

 

 

 

228,948,103

 

 

Transactions with Syndication partner:

Receivables and trade revenues from the Syndication partner consist of balances with Heidmar Trading LLC. (“Syndication partner”), an entity that is controlled by one of Company’s shareholders.

Syndication income

Syndication income that amounted to $670,231 (2023: $8,409,528, 2022: $6,223,911) for the year ended December 31, 2024 represents the variable remuneration relating to the operating results of the Two Vessels under the Syndication Agreement. The syndication agreement for one vessel ended in April 2023 and for the second one in March 2024.

Receivable from Syndication partner: Receivable from Syndication partner of $nil and $5,261,008 as at December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively, mainly includes amounts due from the Syndication partner relating to the Syndication result and advances for expenses paid on behalf of the Syndication partner and is included in “Receivables from related parties” in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The receivable as of December 31, 2023, has been fully settled during the year ended December 31, 2024.

Payables to shareholder: Payables to shareholder consist of amounts paid by one of the shareholders, Maistros Shipinvest Corp., for working capital purposes with regards to the operations of the newly established office in Dubai (Note 9). The balance as of both December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 was $5,239,219. This balance is unsecured, with no fixed payment terms, interest free and repayable upon demand.

Other: Included in “Other receivables” in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets, is the advance to an employee in a management position which is unsecured, interest free and callable upon demand. The balance as at December 31, 2024 and 2023 was $98,026 and $nil, respectively.

The following table presents a summary of the receivables/(payables) from/(to) related parties:

 

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

Non-consolidated pool subsidiaries

 

 

8,313,623

 

 

 

5,520,055

 

Syndication partner

 

 

-

 

 

 

5,261,008

 

Total Receivables

 

 

8,313,623

 

 

 

10,781,063

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-consolidated pool subsidiaries

 

 

-

 

 

 

507,047

 

Total Payables

 

 

-

 

 

 

507,047