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Note 7 - Long-term Debt
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Notes to Financial Statements  
Long-Term Debt [Text Block]

7. Long-Term Debt

 

This consists of bank loans of the ship-owning companies guaranteed by Euroseas Ltd., as well as a sale and leaseback financing arrangement. Outstanding long-term debt as of December 31, 2025 and June 30, 2026 is as follows:

 

Borrower

 

December 31,
2025

   

June 30,
2026

 

Antwerp Shipping Ltd. / Busan Shipping Ltd. / Keelung Shipping Ltd. / Oakland Shipping Ltd.

    28,750,000       26,250,000  

Gregos Maritime Ltd.

    18,300,000       17,150,000  

Terataki Shipping Ltd.

    18,000,000       16,400,000  

Tender Soul Shipping Ltd.

    23,954,298       23,166,769  

Leonidas Shipping Ltd. / Dear Panel Shipping Ltd.

    44,250,000       42,350,000  

Monica Shipowners Ltd. / Stephania Shipping Ltd.

    41,625,000       40,500,000  

Pepi Shipping Ltd.

    19,125,000       18,615,000  

Symeon Shipping Ltd.

    24,620,000       23,700,000  
      218,624,298       208,131,769  

Less: Current portion

    (19,548,115 )     (18,098,115 )

Long-term portion

    199,076,183       190,033,654  

Deferred charges, current portion

    396,183       396,183  

Deferred charges, long-term portion

    1,416,732       1,218,643  

Long-term debt, current portion net of deferred charges

    19,151,932       17,701,932  

Long-term debt, long-term portion net of deferred charges

    197,659,451       188,815,011  

 

The future annual debt repayments are as follows:

 

To June 30:

       

2027

    18,098,115  

2028

    33,973,115  

2029

    41,598,115  

2030

    35,273,115  

2031

    21,924,309  

Thereafter

    57,265,000  

Total

    208,131,769  

 

Details of the loans are discussed in Note 9 of our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025 included in the 2025 Annual Report.

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2026 there were no changes in the Company’s financing agreements and related terms.

 


The Company’s bank loans are secured with one or more of the following:

 

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first priority mortgage over the respective vessels on a joint and several basis.

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first assignment of earnings and insurance.

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a corporate guarantee of Euroseas Ltd.

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a pledge of all the issued shares of each borrower.

 

The bank loan agreements also contain covenants such as minimum requirements regarding the security cover ratio covenant (the ratio of fair value of vessel to outstanding loan less cash in retention accounts), restrictions as to changes in management and ownership of the ship-owning companies, distribution of profits or assets (i.e. not permitting dividend payment or other distributions in cases that an event of default has occurred), additional indebtedness and mortgage of vessels without the lender’s prior consent, sale of vessels, maximum fleet-wide leverage, sale of capital stock of the Company’s subsidiaries, ability to make investments and other capital expenditures, entering in mergers or acquisitions, minimum cash balance requirements and minimum cash retention accounts (restricted cash). The loan agreements also require the Company to make deposits in retention accounts with certain banks that can only be used to pay the current loan installments. Minimum cash balance requirements are in addition to cash held in retention accounts.

 

These cash deposits amounted to $6,864,027 and $6,961,050 as of December 31, 2025 and June 30, 2026, respectively, and are included in "Restricted cash" under "Current assets" and "Long-term assets" in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets. As of June 30, 2026, the Company satisfied all its debt covenants.

 

Interest expense, including loan fee amortization for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2025 and 2026 amounted to $7,877,401 and $5,683,352, respectively, after capitalized interest on vessels under construction was recorded for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2025 and 2026 of $115,788 and $nil, respectively.