CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION FUND

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2025

7. CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION FUND

The Capital Construction Fund (“CCF”) is described in Note 7 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. A summary of the activities within the CCF cash and cash equivalents, and investments account for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 consisted of the following:


	Six Months Ended
	June 30,
(In millions)	2025		2024
CCF Cash and Cash Equivalents:
CCF cash and cash equivalents balance at beginning of period	$	230.7	$	599.4
Cash withdrawal for the purchase of U.S. Treasury debt securities and accrued interest		—		(449.8)
Proceeds from U.S. Treasury debt securities at maturity		91.1		—
Interest income on cash and cash equivalents, and CCF investments		8.3		11.0
Repurchase of assigned accounts receivable		100.7		35.8
Qualifying withdrawal payments for vessel construction expenditures		(100.7)		(35.8)
Total CCF cash and cash equivalents balance at end of period		330.1		160.6

CCF Investments:
CCF investments balance at beginning of period		411.9		—
Purchase of U.S. Treasury debt securities		—		448.1
Sale of U.S. Treasury debt securities at maturity		(91.1)		—
Accretion of investments		5.8		5.2
Total CCF investments balance at end of period		326.6		453.3
Total CCF cash and cash equivalents, and investments balance at end of period	$	656.7	$	613.9

CCF Cash and Cash Equivalents: Cash on deposit in the CCF account is invested in a short-term U.S. Treasury obligations fund with daily liquidity. At June 30, 2025, these short-term securities had a weighted average life of 99 days.

CCF Investments: In February 2024, the Company purchased approximately $448.1 million of fixed-rate U.S. Treasuries with accrued interest of $1.7 million using CCF cash. The fixed-rate debt securities were purchased at a discount and have various maturity dates of less than 2 years. The cost of these investments accretes to face value on a straight-line basis until maturity. Such accretion is included in interest income in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income.

As of June 30, 2025, CCF investments maturities are as follows:


	As of
	June 30, 2025
Year (in millions)	Cost		Fair Value
Remainder of 2025	$	103.7	$	103.7
2026		170.5		171.0
2027		52.4		52.7
Total CCF investments	$	326.6	$	327.4

CCF cash and cash equivalents, and investments are classified as a long-term asset on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as the Company intends to use withdrawals to fund qualified milestone progress payments for the construction of three new Jones Act vessels.

CCF Assigned Accounts Receivable: As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, eligible accounts receivable of $80.2 million and $178.1 million were assigned to the CCF, respectively. Due to the nature of the assignment of eligible accounts receivable into the CCF, such assigned amounts are classified as part of accounts receivable in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.