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Transactions with Related Parties
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]  
Transactions with Related Parties

3. Transactions with related parties

Profit and Loss Sharing agreement:

During the six-month periods ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, the accrued interest costs of the profit and loss sharing agreement (the “Agreement”) entered into for one vessel, as described in Note 10 of the 2024 Financial Statements, relating to Assignee A, based on the effective interest method, were $nil and $77,117 and are presented under “Finance costs, related party” in the accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of operations.

As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, payables to Assignee A, which mainly includes the working capital provided from the Assignee A for the operations of the vessel, amounted to $60,892.

Transactions with the Non-consolidated Pool Subsidiaries: The Company earns management fees and commissions from its wholly-owned subsidiaries, to which HMI provides pool management services, that are not controlled by HMI, but rather by the participants in the pools pursuant to the one vote-per-vessel contractual arrangements between HMI and the participants in the pools (the “Non-consolidated Pool Subsidiaries”). The amounts earned for the six-months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 are included in “Trade revenues, related parties” in the accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of operations and are analyzed as follows:

 

 June 30, 2025

Management Fees

Commissions

Blue Fin Pool

210,141

419,969

Sea Lion Pool

317,157

1,082,220

Dorado Pool

54,300

374,875

Seahorse Pool

-

15,974

Seadragon Pool

794,802

549,256

Total

1,376,400

2,442,294

 

June 30, 2024

Management Fees

Commissions

Blue Fin Pool

337,700

492,845

Sea Lion Pool

491,400

1,792,897

Dorado Pool

7,438

439,568

Seahorse Pool

-

17,075

Seadragon Pool

28,125

1,954,611

Total

864,663

4,696,996

During the second half of 2024, the Company provided aggregate funding of $930,000 to the Non-consolidated Pool Subsidiaries for working capital purposes. This loan is included in “Receivables from related parties” in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2024. The loan receivable was unsecured, with no fixed payment terms, and was repayable by the Non-consolidated Pool Subsidiaries upon demand and no later than December 31, 2025. The interest rate on the loan was 4.06% plus the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”). As of June 30, 2025, the loan had been fully repaid. For the six-month periods ended June 30, 2025, the Company earned interest income of $5,060 from the Non-consolidated Pool Subsidiaries, at weighted average interest rate of 6.75% included in “Interest income, related parties” and nil for the period ended June 30, 2024 in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations.

 

 

Receivables from the Non-consolidated Pool subsidiaries are included in “Receivables from related parties” in the accompanying unaudited interim condensed 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. As of June 30, 2025, and December 31, 2024, the Company’s receivables from the Non-consolidated Pool subsidiaries consisted of:

 

June 30, 2025

December 31, 2024

Blue Fin Pool

1,638,782

2,457,095

SeaLion Pool

208,439

1,299,135

Seadragon Pool

3,043,131

2,962,896

Seawolf Pool

15,853

15,592

 

Dorado Pool

1,802,047

1,041,740

Star Pool

7,302

7,186

Marlin Pool

4,595

4,595

SeaHorse Pool

528,170

525,384

Total Receivables

7,248,319

8,313,623

 

Revenues of the Non-consolidated Pool Subsidiaries, costs and expenses applicable to revenues of the Non-consolidated Pool Subsidiaries, net income of the Non-consolidated Pool Subsidiaries for the six-month period ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 and current and total assets of the Non-consolidated Pool subsidiaries, current and total liabilities of the Non-consolidated Pool subsidiaries as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 are presented below:

Six Month Period

Ended June 30, 2025

Six Month Period

Ended June 30, 2024

Revenues of the Non-consolidated Pool Subsidiaries

194,960,271

385,073,104

Costs and expenses of the Non-consolidated Pool Subsidiaries

88,214,133

144,193,662

Net income of the Non-consolidated Pool Subsidiaries

-

-

 June 30, 2025

December 31, 2024

Current and total assets of the Non-consolidated Pool Subsidiaries

76,945,934

114,193,010

Current and total liabilities of the Non-consolidated Pool Subsidiaries

76,945,734

114,192,810

Transactions with syndication partner:

Syndication income, related party consist of balances with Heidmar Trading LLC. (“Syndication partner”), an entity that is controlled by one of our shareholders.

Syndication income, related party

Syndication income, related party amounting to $nil and $649,722 for the six-months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, represents the variable remuneration relating to the operating results of the two vessels under the syndication agreements, as described in Note 2 of the 2024 Financial Statements. The syndication agreement for one vessel ended in April 2023 and for the second vessel in March 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. The balance as of both June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 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 unaudited interim condensed 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 of both June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 was $98,026.

 

On June 30, 2025, the Company entered into a MOA to acquire from a related party the C/V A. Obelix, a 1,702 TEU feeder container vessel that was built in 2008 at Wadan/Aker Yards, Wismar Germany. The C/V A. Obelix will be delivered with an approximate 2.5-year time charter. The aggregate purchase price is $25.25 million, which is supported by seller and debt financing. Delivery is expected during October and is subject to customary closing conditions.