DANAOS CORP, 20-F filed on 3/6/2017
Annual and Transition Report (foreign private issuer)
Document and Entity Information
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Document and Entity Information
 
Entity Registrant Name
Danaos Corp 
Entity Central Index Key
0001369241 
Document Type
20-F 
Document Period End Date
Dec. 31, 2016 
Amendment Flag
false 
Current Fiscal Year End Date
--12-31 
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer
No 
Entity Voluntary Filers
No 
Entity Current Reporting Status
Yes 
Entity Filer Category
Non-accelerated Filer 
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding
109,799,352 
Document Fiscal Year Focus
2016 
Document Fiscal Period Focus
FY 
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Dec. 31, 2016
Dec. 31, 2015
CURRENT ASSETS
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$ 73,717 
$ 72,253 
Restricted cash
2,812 
2,818 
Accounts receivable, net
8,028 
10,652 
Inventories
11,395 
11,040 
Prepaid expenses
1,351 
1,079 
Due from related parties
32,603 
19,007 
Vessels held for sale
 
6,264 
Other current assets
6,048 
4,457 
Total current assets
135,954 
127,570 
NON-CURRENT ASSETS
 
 
Fixed assets at cost, net of accumulated depreciation of $647,962 (2015: $690,794)
2,906,721 
3,446,323 
Deferred charges, net
8,199 
4,751 
Investments in affiliates
5,033 
11,289 
Other non-current assets
71,157 
72,188 
Total non-current assets
2,991,110 
3,534,551 
Total assets
3,127,064 
3,662,121 
CURRENT LIABILITIES
 
 
Accounts payable
11,156 
12,971 
Accrued liabilities
15,464 
14,014 
Current portion of long-term debt
2,504,932 
269,979 
Unearned revenue
27,724 
9,853 
Other current liabilities
7,005 
5,328 
Total current liabilities
2,566,281 
312,145 
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
 
 
Long-term debt, net
 
2,470,417 
Unearned revenue, net of current portion
70,589 
24,426 
Other long-term liabilities
2,481 
13,219 
Total long-term liabilities
73,070 
2,508,062 
Total liabilities
2,639,351 
2,820,207 
Commitments and Contingencies
   
   
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
 
 
Preferred stock (par value $0.01, 100,000,000 preferred shares authorized and not issued as of December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015)
   
   
Common stock (par value $0.01, 750,000,000 common shares authorized as of December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015. 109,799,352 and 109,781,744 issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively)
1,098 
1,098 
Additional paid-in capital
546,898 
546,822 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(91,163)
(103,081)
Retained earnings
30,880 
397,075 
Total stockholders' equity
487,713 
841,914 
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
$ 3,127,064 
$ 3,662,121 
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Parenthetical) (USD $)
In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
Dec. 31, 2016
Dec. 31, 2015
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
 
 
Accumulated depreciation
$ 647,962 
$ 690,794 
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share)
$ 0.01 
$ 0.01 
Preferred stock, shares authorized
100,000,000 
100,000,000 
Preferred stock, shares issued
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)
$ 0.01 
$ 0.01 
Common stock, shares authorized
750,000,000 
750,000,000 
Common stock, shares issued
109,799,352 
109,781,744 
Common stock, shares outstanding
109,799,352 
109,781,744 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (USD $)
In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Dec. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
 
 
 
OPERATING REVENUES
$ 498,332 
$ 567,936 
$ 552,091 
OPERATING EXPENSES
 
 
 
Voyage expenses
(13,925)
(12,284)
(12,974)
Vessel operating expenses
(109,384)
(112,736)
(113,755)
Depreciation
(129,045)
(131,783)
(137,061)
Amortization of deferred drydocking and special survey costs
(5,528)
(3,845)
(4,387)
Impairment loss
(415,118)
(41,080)
(75,776)
Bad debt expense
(15,834)
 
 
General and administrative expenses
(22,105)
(21,831)
(21,442)
Gain/(loss) on sale of vessels
(36)
 
5,709 
Income/(loss) from operations
(212,643)
244,377 
192,405 
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES):
 
 
 
Interest income
4,682 
3,419 
1,703 
Interest expense
(82,966)
(84,435)
(95,050)
Other finance expenses
(4,932)
(4,658)
(4,687)
Equity loss on investments
(16,252)
(1,941)
 
Other income/(expense), net
(41,602)
111 
422 
Net unrealized and realized losses on derivatives
(12,482)
(39,857)
(98,713)
Total Other Expenses, net
(153,552)
(127,361)
(196,325)
Net Income/(Loss)
$ (366,195)
$ 117,016 
$ (3,920)
EARNINGS/(LOSS) PER SHARE
 
 
 
Basic and diluted earnings/(loss) per share
$ (3.34)
$ 1.07 
$ (0.04)
Basic and diluted weighted average number of common shares
109,801,586 
109,785,484 
109,676,056 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME/(LOSS) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Dec. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME/(LOSS)
 
 
 
Net Income/(Loss)
$ (366,195)
$ 117,016 
$ (3,920)
Other comprehensive income/(loss):
 
 
 
Amortization of deferred realized losses on cash flow hedges
4,028 
4,017 
4,016 
Accelerated amortization of deferred realized losses on cash flow hedges
7,706 
 
 
Reclassification of unrealized losses to earnings
184 
32,644 
88,939 
Total Other Comprehensive Income
11,918 
36,661 
92,955 
Comprehensive Income/(Loss)
$ (354,277)
$ 153,677 
$ 89,035 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (USD $)
In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
Common Stock
Additional paid-in capital
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
Retained earnings
Total
Balance at Dec. 31, 2013
$ 1,097 
$ 546,097 
$ (232,697)
$ 283,979 
$ 598,476 
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2013
109,653,000 
 
 
 
 
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity
 
 
 
 
 
Net Income/(Loss)
 
 
 
(3,920)
(3,920)
Net movement in other comprehensive income
 
 
92,955 
 
92,955 
Issuance of common stock (in shares)
16,000 
 
 
 
 
Stock compensation
 
638 
 
 
638 
Balance at Dec. 31, 2014
1,097 
546,735 
(139,742)
280,059 
688,149 
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2014
109,669,000 
 
 
 
 
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity
 
 
 
 
 
Net Income/(Loss)
 
 
 
117,016 
117,016 
Net movement in other comprehensive income
 
 
36,661 
 
36,661 
Issuance of common stock
(1)
 
 
 
Issuance of common stock (in shares)
113,000 
 
 
 
 
Stock compensation
 
88 
 
 
88 
Balance at Dec. 31, 2015
1,098 
546,822 
(103,081)
397,075 
841,914 
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2015
109,782,000 
 
 
 
 
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity
 
 
 
 
 
Net Income/(Loss)
 
 
 
(366,195)
(366,195)
Net movement in other comprehensive income
 
 
11,918 
 
11,918 
Issuance of common stock (in shares)
17,000 
 
 
 
 
Stock compensation
 
76 
 
 
76 
Balance at Dec. 31, 2016
$ 1,098 
$ 546,898 
$ (91,163)
$ 30,880 
$ 487,713 
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2016
109,799,000 
 
 
 
 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Dec. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Cash flows from operating activities
 
 
 
Net income/(loss)
$ (366,195)
$ 117,016 
$ (3,920)
Adjustments to reconcile net income/(loss) to net cash provided by operating activities
 
 
 
Depreciation
129,045 
131,783 
137,061 
Amortization of deferred drydocking and special survey costs
5,528 
3,845 
4,387 
Impairment losses
444,502 
41,080 
75,776 
Amortization of finance costs and written-off finance costs
12,652 
14,038 
15,070 
Exit fee accrued on debt
3,447 
3,639 
3,745 
Bad debt expense
15,834 
 
 
Loss on sale of securities
12,906 
 
 
Payments for drydocking and special survey costs deferred
(8,976)
(2,341)
(6,887)
(Gain)/loss on sale of vessels
36 
 
(5,709)
Stock based compensation
76 
88 
638 
Amortization of deferred realized losses on interest rate swaps
11,734 
4,017 
4,016 
Unrealized (gains)/loss on derivatives
(4,649)
(16,285)
(24,915)
Equity loss on investments
16,252 
1,941 
 
(Increase)/Decrease in:
 
 
 
Accounts receivable
(13,210)
(2,748)
134 
Inventories
(355)
625 
2,831 
Prepaid expenses
(654)
16 
106 
Due from related parties
(13,596)
(8,410)
3,862 
Other assets, current and non-current
(5,455)
2,975 
(7,518)
Increase/(Decrease) in:
 
 
 
Accounts payable
(383)
(971)
(614)
Accrued liabilities
1,450 
(10,691)
(6,206)
Unearned revenue, current and long-term
26,501 
(9,852)
(2,306)
Other liabilities, current and long-term
(4,523)
1,911 
2,630 
Net cash provided by operating activities
261,967 
271,676 
192,181 
Cash flows from investing activities
 
 
 
Vessels additions
(4,561)
(1,112)
(39,165)
Investments in affiliates
(9,996)
(13,230)
 
Net proceeds from sale of vessels
5,178 
1,050 
50,602 
Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities
(9,379)
(13,292)
11,437 
Cash flows from financing activities
 
 
 
Payments of long-term debt
(251,130)
(178,808)
(164,154)
Payments of vendor financing
 
(64,367)
(57,388)
Deferred finance costs
 
(692)
(4,392)
Decrease in restricted cash
11,893 
Net cash used in financing activities
(251,124)
(243,861)
(214,041)
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
1,464 
14,523 
(10,423)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year
72,253 
57,730 
68,153 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year
73,717 
72,253 
57,730 
Supplemental cash flow information
 
 
 
Cash paid for interest
69,180 
71,795 
82,957 
Non-cash investing and financing activities
 
 
 
Acquisition of debt securities and equity investment
24,627 
 
64,896 
Non-cash deferred financing fees
 
 
$ 90 
Basis of Presentation and General Information
Basis of Presentation and General Information

1. Basis of Presentation and General Information

        The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("U.S. GAAP"). The reporting and functional currency of the Company is the United States Dollar.

        Danaos Corporation ("Danaos"), formerly Danaos Holdings Limited, was formed on December 7, 1998 under the laws of Liberia and is presently the sole owner of all outstanding shares of the companies listed below. Danaos Holdings Limited was redomiciled in the Marshall Islands on October 7, 2005. In connection with the redomiciliation, the Company changed its name to Danaos Corporation. On October 14, 2005, the Company filed and the Marshall Islands accepted Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation. The authorized capital stock of Danaos Corporation is 750,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.01 and 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.01. Refer to Note 20, "Stockholders' Equity".

        The Company's vessels operate worldwide, carrying containers for many established charterers.

        The Company's principal business is the acquisition and operation of vessels. Danaos conducts its operations through the vessel owning companies whose principal activity is the ownership and operation of containerships (refer to Note 2, "Significant Accounting Policies") that are under the exclusive management of a related party of the Company (refer to Note 13, "Related Party Transactions").

        The consolidated financial statements have been prepared to reflect the consolidation of the companies listed below. The historical balance sheets and results of operations of the companies listed below have been reflected in the consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of operations, consolidated statements of comprehensive income/(loss), cash flows and stockholders' equity at and for each period since their respective incorporation dates.

        The consolidated companies are referred to as "Danaos," or "the Company."

        As of December 31, 2016, Danaos consolidated the vessel owning companies (the "Danaos Subsidiaries") listed below. All vessels are container vessels:

                                                                                                                                                                                    

Company

 

Date of Incorporation

 

Vessel Name

 

Year
Built

 

TEU(2)

 

Megacarrier (No. 1) Corp. 

 

September 10, 2007

 

Hyundai Together

 

 

2012 

 

 

13,100 

 

Megacarrier (No. 2) Corp. 

 

September 10, 2007

 

Hyundai Tenacity

 

 

2012 

 

 

13,100 

 

Megacarrier (No. 3) Corp. 

 

September 10, 2007

 

Hyundai Smart

 

 

2012 

 

 

13,100 

 

Megacarrier (No. 4) Corp. 

 

September 10, 2007

 

Hyundai Speed

 

 

2012 

 

 

13,100 

 

Megacarrier (No. 5) Corp. 

 

September 10, 2007

 

Hyundai Ambition

 

 

2012 

 

 

13,100 

 

CellContainer (No. 6) Corp. 

 

October 31, 2007

 

Express Berlin (ex Hanjin Germany)

 

 

2011 

 

 

10,100 

 

CellContainer (No. 7) Corp. 

 

October 31, 2007

 

Express Rome (ex Hanjin Italy)

 

 

2011 

 

 

10,100 

 

CellContainer (No. 8) Corp. 

 

October 31, 2007

 

Express Athens (ex Hanjin Greece)

 

 

2011 

 

 

10,100 

 

Karlita Shipping Co. Ltd. 

 

February 27, 2003

 

CSCL Pusan

 

 

2006 

 

 

9,580 

 

Ramona Marine Co. Ltd. 

 

February 27, 2003

 

CSCL Le Havre

 

 

2006 

 

 

9,580 

 

Teucarrier (No. 5) Corp. 

 

September 17, 2007

 

CMA CGM Melisande

 

 

2012 

 

 

8,530 

 

Teucarrier (No. 1) Corp. 

 

January 31, 2007

 

CMA CGM Attila

 

 

2011 

 

 

8,530 

 

Teucarrier (No. 2) Corp. 

 

January 31, 2007

 

CMA CGM Tancredi

 

 

2011 

 

 

8,530 

 

Teucarrier (No. 3) Corp. 

 

January 31, 2007

 

CMA CGM Bianca

 

 

2011 

 

 

8,530 

 

Teucarrier (No. 4) Corp. 

 

January 31, 2007

 

CMA CGM Samson

 

 

2011 

 

 

8,530 

 

Oceanew Shipping Ltd. 

 

January 14, 2002

 

Europe (ex CSCL Europe)

 

 

2004 

 

 

8,468 

 

Oceanprize Navigation Ltd. 

 

January 21, 2003

 

CSCL America

 

 

2004 

 

 

8,468 

 

Boxcarrier (No. 2) Corp. 

 

June 27, 2006

 

CMA CGM Musset(1)

 

 

2010 

 

 

6,500 

 

Boxcarrier (No. 3) Corp. 

 

June 27, 2006

 

CMA CGM Nerval(1)

 

 

2010 

 

 

6,500 

 

Boxcarrier (No. 4) Corp. 

 

June 27, 2006

 

CMA CGM Rabelais(1)

 

 

2010 

 

 

6,500 

 

Boxcarrier (No. 5) Corp. 

 

June 27, 2006

 

CMA CGM Racine(1)

 

 

2010 

 

 

6,500 

 

Boxcarrier (No. 1) Corp. 

 

June 27, 2006

 

CMA CGM Moliere(1)

 

 

2009 

 

 

6,500 

 

Expresscarrier (No. 1) Corp. 

 

March 5, 2007

 

YM Mandate

 

 

2010 

 

 

6,500 

 

Expresscarrier (No. 2) Corp. 

 

March 5, 2007

 

YM Maturity

 

 

2010 

 

 

6,500 

 

Actaea Company Limited

 

October 14, 2014

 

Performance

 

 

2002 

 

 

6,402 

 

Asteria Shipping Company Limited

 

October 14, 2014

 

Priority

 

 

2002 

 

 

6,402 

 

Auckland Marine Inc. 

 

January 27, 2005

 

Colombo (ex SNL Colombo)

 

 

2004 

 

 

4,300 

 

Wellington Marine Inc. 

 

January 27, 2005

 

YM Singapore

 

 

2004 

 

 

4,300 

 

Continent Marine Inc. 

 

March 22, 2006

 

Zim Monaco

 

 

2009 

 

 

4,253 

 

Medsea Marine Inc. 

 

May 8, 2006

 

OOCL Novorossiysk

 

 

2009 

 

 

4,253 

 

Blacksea Marine Inc. 

 

May 8, 2006

 

Zim Luanda

 

 

2009 

 

 

4,253 

 

Bayview Shipping Inc. 

 

March 22, 2006

 

Zim Rio Grande

 

 

2008 

 

 

4,253 

 

Channelview Marine Inc. 

 

March 22, 2006

 

Zim Sao Paolo

 

 

2008 

 

 

4,253 

 

Balticsea Marine Inc. 

 

March 22, 2006

 

OOCL Istanbul

 

 

2008 

 

 

4,253 

 

Seacarriers Services Inc. 

 

June 28, 2005

 

YM Seattle

 

 

2007 

 

 

4,253 

 

Seacarriers Lines Inc. 

 

June 28, 2005

 

YM Vancouver

 

 

2007 

 

 

4,253 

 

Containers Services Inc. 

 

May 30, 2002

 

Deva

 

 

2004 

 

 

4,253 

 

Containers Lines Inc. 

 

May 30, 2002

 

Derby D

 

 

2004 

 

 

4,253 

 

Boulevard Shiptrade S.A

 

September 12, 2013

 

Dimitris C

 

 

2001 

 

 

3,430 

 

CellContainer (No. 4) Corp. 

 

March 23, 2007

 

Express Spain (ex Hanjin Algeciras)

 

 

2011 

 

 

3,400 

 

CellContainer (No. 5) Corp. 

 

March 23, 2007

 

Express Black Sea (ex Hanjin Constantza)

 

 

2011 

 

 

3,400 

 

CellContainer (No. 1) Corp. 

 

March 23, 2007

 

Express Argentina (ex Hanjin Buenos Aires)

 

 

2010 

 

 

3,400 

 

CellContainer (No. 2) Corp. 

 

March 23, 2007

 

Express Brazil (ex Hanjin Santos)

 

 

2010 

 

 

3,400 

 

CellContainer (No. 3) Corp. 

 

March 23, 2007

 

Express France (ex Hanjin Versailles)

 

 

2010 

 

 

3,400 

 

Vilos Navigation Company Ltd. 

 

May 30, 2013

 

MSC Zebra

 

 

2001 

 

 

2,602 

 

Trindade Maritime Company

 

April 10, 2013

 

Amalia C

 

 

1998 

 

 

2,452 

 

Sarond Shipping Inc. 

 

January 18, 2013

 

Danae C

 

 

2001 

 

 

2,524 

 

Speedcarrier (No. 7) Corp. 

 

December 6, 2007

 

Hyundai Highway

 

 

1998 

 

 

2,200 

 

Speedcarrier (No. 6) Corp. 

 

December 6, 2007

 

Hyundai Progress

 

 

1998 

 

 

2,200 

 

Speedcarrier (No. 8) Corp. 

 

December 6, 2007

 

Hyundai Bridge

 

 

1998 

 

 

2,200 

 

Speedcarrier (No. 1) Corp. 

 

June 28, 2007

 

Hyundai Vladivostok

 

 

1997 

 

 

2,200 

 

Speedcarrier (No. 2) Corp. 

 

June 28, 2007

 

Hyundai Advance

 

 

1997 

 

 

2,200 

 

Speedcarrier (No. 3) Corp. 

 

June 28, 2007

 

Hyundai Stride

 

 

1997 

 

 

2,200 

 

Speedcarrier (No. 5) Corp. 

 

June 28, 2007

 

Hyundai Future

 

 

1997 

 

 

2,200 

 

Speedcarrier (No. 4) Corp. 

 

June 28, 2007

 

Hyundai Sprinter

 

 

1997 

 

 

2,200 

 

Vessels sold during 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal Marine Inc. 

 

February 14, 2006

 

Federal

 

 

1994 

 

 

4,651 

 

Vessels sold during 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boxcarrier (No. 6) Corp. 

 

June 27, 2006

 

Marathonas

 

 

1991 

 

 

4,814 

 

Boxcarrier (No. 7) Corp. 

 

June 27, 2006

 

Messologi

 

 

1991 

 

 

4,814 

 

Boxcarrier (No. 8) Corp. 

 

November 16, 2006

 

Mytilini

 

 

1991 

 

 

4,814 

 

Duke Marine Inc. 

 

April 14, 2003

 

Duka

 

 

1992 

 

 

4,651 

 

Commodore Marine Inc. 

 

April 14, 2003

 

Commodore

 

 

1992 

 

 

4,651 

 


 

 

 

(1)          

Vessel subject to charterer's option to purchase vessel after first eight years of time charter term for $78.0 million.

(2)          

Twenty-foot equivalent unit, the international standard measure for containers and containership capacity.

 

Significant Accounting Policies
Significant Accounting Policies

2. Significant Accounting Policies

        Principles of Consolidation:    The accompanying consolidated financial statements represent the consolidation of the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. The subsidiaries are fully consolidated from the date on which control is obtained by the Company.

        The Company also consolidates entities that are determined to be variable interest entities, of which the Company is the primary beneficiary, as defined in the accounting guidance, if it determines that it is the primary beneficiary. A variable interest entity is defined as a legal entity where either (a) equity interest holders as a group lack the characteristics of a controlling financial interest, including decision making ability and an interest in the entity's residual risks and rewards, or (b) the equity holders have not provided sufficient equity investment to permit the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support, or (c) the voting rights of some investors are not proportional to their obligations to absorb the expected losses of the entity, their rights to receive the expected residual returns of the entity, or both and substantially all of the entity's activities either involve or are conducted on behalf of an investor that has disproportionately few voting rights.

        Inter-company transaction balances and unrealized gains/(losses) on transactions between the companies are eliminated.

        Investments in affiliates:    The Company's investments in affiliates are accounted for using the equity method of accounting. Under the equity method of accounting, investments are stated at initial cost and are adjusted for subsequent additional investments and the Company's proportionate share of earnings or losses and distributions. The Company evaluates its investments in affiliates for impairment when events or circumstances indicate that the carrying value of such investments may have experienced other than temporary decline in value below their carrying value. If the estimated fair value is less than the carrying value and is considered an other than temporary decline, the carrying value is written down to its estimated fair value and the resulting impairment is recorded in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

        Use of Estimates:    The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. On an on-going basis, management evaluates the estimates and judgments, including those related to future drydock dates, the selection of useful lives for tangible assets, expected future cash flows from long-lived assets to support impairment tests, provisions necessary for accounts receivables, provisions for legal disputes, and contingencies. Management bases its estimates and judgments on historical experience and on various other factors that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results could differ from those estimates under different assumptions and/or conditions.

        Reclassifications in Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss):    The Company had the following reclassifications out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss as of December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively (in thousands):

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

 

 

Year ended December 31,

 

 

 

Location of Reclassification into Income

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

2014

 

Amortization of deferred realized losses on cash flow hedges

 

Net unrealized and realized losses on derivatives

 

 

4,028 

 

 

4,017 

 

 

4,016 

 

Accelerated amortization of deferred realized losses on cash flow hedges

 

Net unrealized and realized losses on derivatives

 

 

7,706 

 

 

 

 

 

Reclassification of unrealized losses to earnings

 

Net unrealized and realized losses on derivatives

 

 

184 

 

 

32,644 

 

 

88,939 

 

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​  

​  

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Total Reclassifications

 

 

 

$

11,918 

 

$

36,661 

 

$

92,955 

 

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        Foreign Currency Translation:    The functional currency of the Company is the U.S. dollar. The Company engages in worldwide commerce with a variety of entities. Although its operations may expose it to certain levels of foreign currency risk, its transactions are predominantly U.S. dollar denominated. Additionally, the Company's wholly-owned vessel subsidiaries transacted a nominal amount of their operations in Euros; however, all of the subsidiaries' primary cash flows are U.S. dollar denominated. Transactions in currencies other than the functional currency are translated at the exchange rate in effect at the date of each transaction. Differences in exchange rates during the period between the date a transaction denominated in a foreign currency is consummated and the date on which it is either settled or translated, are recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The foreign currency exchange gains/(losses) recognized in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations for each of the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 were $0.1 million loss, $0.1 million loss and $0.3 million gain, respectively.

        Cash and Cash Equivalents:    Cash and cash equivalents consist of interest bearing call deposits, where the Company has instant access to its funds and withdrawals and deposits can be made at any time, as well as time deposits with original maturities of three months or less which are not restricted for use or withdrawal. Cash and cash equivalents of $73.7 million as of December 31, 2016 (December 31, 2015: $72.3 million) comprised cash balances and short-term deposits.

        Restricted Cash:    Cash restricted accounts include retention accounts. Certain of the Company's loan agreements require the Company to deposit one- third of quarterly and one-sixth of the semi-annual principal installments and interest payments, respectively, due on the outstanding loan balance monthly in a retention account. On the rollover settlement date, both principal and interest are paid from the retention account. Refer to Note 4, "Restricted Cash".

        Accounts Receivable, Net:    The amount shown as Accounts Receivable, net, at each balance sheet date includes estimated recoveries from charterers for hire and demurrage billings, net of a provision for doubtful accounts. At each balance sheet date, all potentially uncollectible accounts are assessed individually for purposes of determining the appropriate provision for doubtful accounts based on the Company's history of write-offs, level of past due accounts based on the contractual term of the receivables and its relationships with and economic status of its customers. Bad debts are written off in the period in which they are identified.

        Insurance Claims:    Insurance claims represent the claimable expenses, net of deductibles, which are expected to be recovered from insurance companies. Any costs to complete the claims are included in accrued liabilities. The Company accounts for the cost of possible additional call amounts under its insurance arrangements in accordance with the accounting guidance for contingencies based on the Company's historical experience and the shipping industry practices. Insurance claims are included in the consolidated balance sheet line item "Other current assets".

        Prepaid Expenses and Inventories:    Prepaid expenses consist mainly of insurance expenses, and inventories consist of bunkers, lubricants and provisions remaining on board the vessels at each period end, which are valued at cost as determined using the first-in, first-out method. Costs of spare parts are expensed as incurred.

        Financing Costs:    Fees incurred for obtaining new loans and loans that have been accounted for as modified are deferred and amortized over the loans' respective repayment periods using the effective interest rate method. The Company historically presented fees incurred for obtaining loans as deferred charges in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-03 "Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs" ("ASU 2015-03"). ASU 2015-03 requires that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the consolidated balance sheets as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. Upon adoption, the Company applied the new guidance retrospectively to prior periods presented in the consolidated financial statements. The effect of the retrospective application of this change in accounting principle on the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2015 resulted in a reduction of deferred charges, net by $35.0 million, with a corresponding reduction of long-term debt, net. Additionally, amortization of deferred charges amounting to $14.0 million and $15.1 million was reclassified from "Other finance expenses" to "Interest expense" in the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014.

        Fixed Assets:    Fixed assets consist of vessels. Vessels are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation. The cost of vessels consists of the contract purchase price and any material expenses incurred upon acquisition (improvements and delivery expenses). Subsequent expenditures for conversions and major improvements are also capitalized when they appreciably extend the life, increase the earning capacity or improve the efficiency or safety of the vessels. Otherwise, these expenditures are charged to expense as incurred. Interest costs while under construction are included in vessels' cost.

        Vessels acquired in the secondhand market are treated as a business combination to the extent that such acquisitions include continuing operations and business characteristics such as management agreements, employees and customer base. Otherwise, these are treated as purchase of assets. Where the Company identifies any intangible assets or liabilities associated with the acquisition of a vessel purchased in the secondhand market, the Company records all identified tangible and intangible assets or liabilities at fair value. Fair value is determined by reference to market data and the discounted amount of expected future cash flows. The Company has acquired certain vessels in the secondhand market, all of which were considered to be acquisitions of assets.

        Depreciation:    The cost of the Company's vessels is depreciated on a straight-line basis over the vessels' remaining economic useful lives after considering the estimated residual value (refer to Note 5, "Fixed Assets, net"). Management has estimated the useful life of the Company's vessels to be 30 years from the year built.

        Vessels held for sale:    Vessels are classified as "Vessels held for sale" when all of the following criteria are met: management has committed to a plan to sell the vessel; the vessel is available for immediate sale in its present condition subject only to terms that are usual and customary for sales of vessels; an active program to locate a buyer and other actions required to complete the plan to sell the vessel have been initiated; the sale of the vessel is probable and transfer of the vessel is expected to qualify for recognition as a completed sale within one year; the asset is being actively marketed for sale at a price that is reasonable in relation to its current fair value and actions required to complete the plan indicate that it is unlikely that significant changes to the plan will be made or that the plan will be withdrawn. Vessels classified as held for sale are measured at the lower of their carrying amount or fair value less cost to sell. These vessels are not depreciated once they meet the criteria to be held for sale. As of December 31, 2015, the Company recorded an impairment loss of $2.1 million for the vessel held for sale, which is included under "Impairment loss" in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

        Accounting for Special Survey and Drydocking Costs:    The Company follows the accounting guidance for planned major maintenance activities. Drydocking and special survey costs, which are reported in the balance sheet within "Deferred charges, net", include planned major maintenance and overhaul activities for ongoing certification including the inspection, refurbishment and replacement of steel, engine components, electrical, pipes and valves, and other parts of the vessel. The Company follows the deferral method of accounting for special survey and drydocking costs, whereby actual costs incurred are deferred and amortized on a straight-line basis over the period until the next scheduled survey and drydocking, which is two and a half years. If special survey or drydocking is performed prior to the scheduled date, the remaining unamortized balances are immediately written off.

        The amortization periods reflect the estimated useful economic life of the deferred charge, which is the period between each special survey and drydocking.

        Costs incurred during the drydocking period relating to routine repairs and maintenance are expensed. The unamortized portion of special survey and drydocking costs for vessels sold is included as part of the carrying amount of the vessel in determining the gain/(loss) on sale of the vessel.

        Impairment of Long-lived Assets:    The accounting standard for impairment of long-lived assets requires that long-lived assets and certain identifiable intangibles held and used or disposed of by an entity be reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable. In the case of long-lived assets held and used, if the future net undiscounted cash flows are less than the carrying value of the asset, an impairment loss is recorded equal to the difference between the asset's carrying value and fair value.

        As of December 31, 2016, December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company concluded that events and circumstances triggered the existence of potential impairment of its long-lived assets. These indicators included loss of a charterer, volatility in the spot market and decline in the vessels' market values, as well as the potential impact the current marketplace may have on its future operations. As a result, the Company performed step one of the impairment assessment of the Company's long-lived assets by comparing the undiscounted projected net operating cash flows for each vessel to its carrying value. The Company's strategy is to charter its vessels under multi-year, fixed rate period charters that range from less than 1 to 18 years for vessels in its fleet, providing the Company with contracted stable cash flows. The significant factors and assumptions the Company used in its undiscounted projected net operating cash flow analysis included, among others, operating revenues, off-hire revenues, drydocking costs, operating expenses and management fees estimates. Revenue assumptions were based on contracted time charter rates up to the end of life of the current contract of each vessel as well as the estimated average time charter equivalent rates for the remaining life of the vessel after the completion of its current contract. The estimated daily time charter equivalent rates used for non-contracted revenue days are based on a combination of (i) recent charter market rates, (ii) conditions existing in the containership market as of December 31, 2016, December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 in relation to laid up vessels; (iii) historical average time charter rates, based on publications by independent third party maritime research services, and (iv) estimated future time charter rates, based on publications by independent third party maritime research services that provide such forecasts. Recognizing that the container transportation industry is cyclical and subject to significant volatility based on factors beyond the Company's control, management believes the use of revenue estimates, based on the combination of factors (i) to (iv) above, to be reasonable as of the reporting date. In addition, the Company used an annual operating expenses escalation factor and estimates of scheduled and unscheduled off-hire revenues based on historical experience. All estimates used and assumptions made were in accordance with the Company's internal budgets and historical experience of the shipping industry.

        As of December 31, 2016, December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company's assessment concluded that step two of the impairment analysis was required for certain of its vessels, as undiscounted projected net operating cash flows of certain vessels did not exceed the carrying value of the respective vessels. Fair value of each vessel was determined with the assistance from valuations obtained by third party independent shipbrokers (on the basis of a commercial transaction between a willing buyer and a willing seller). As of December 31, 2016, December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company recorded an impairment loss of $415.1 million, $39.0 million and $75.8 million, respectively for its vessels mainly due to the decrease in the estimated average time charter equivalent rates for the remaining life of the vessels, after the completion of their current contracts. The impairment loss is included under "Impairment loss" in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

        Investments in Debt Securities:    The Company classifies its debt securities as held-to-maturity based on management's positive intent and ability to hold to maturity. These securities are reported at amortized cost, subject to impairment. Management evaluates securities for other than temporary impairment on a quarterly basis. An investment is considered impaired if the fair value of the investment is less than its amortized cost. Consideration is given to: 1) if the Company intends to sell the security (that is, it has decided to sell the security); 2) it is more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell the security before the recovery of its (entire) amortized cost basis; or 3) a credit loss exists—that is, the Company does not expect to recover the entire amortized cost basis of the security (the present value of cash flows expected to be collected is less than the amortized cost basis of the security).

        Investments in Equity Securities:    The Company classifies its equity securities of ZIM at cost as the Company does not have the ability to exercise significant influence. Equity securities of HMM were acquired and held principally for the purpose of resale in the near term and were classified as trading securities based on management's intention on the date of acquisition and were recorded at fair value based on quoted market prices with changes in fair value and realized gains/(losses) presented under "Other income/(expenses), net" in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

        Management evaluates the equity security for other than temporary impairment on a quarterly basis. An investment is considered impaired if the fair value of the investment is less than its cost. Consideration is given to significant deterioration in the earnings performance, credit rating, asset quality, or business prospects of the investee, significant adverse change in the regulatory, economic, or technological environment of the investee, significant adverse change in the general market condition of either the geographic area or the industry in which the investee operates, as well as factors that raise significant concerns about the investee's ability to continue as a going concern, such as negative cash flows from operations, working capital deficiencies, or noncompliance with statutory capital requirements or debt covenants.

        Pension and Retirement Benefit Obligations-Crew:    The crew on board the companies' vessels serve in such capacity under short-term contracts (usually up to seven months) and accordingly, the vessel-owning companies are not liable for any pension or post-retirement benefits.

        Accounting for Revenue and Expenses:    Revenues from time chartering of vessels are accounted for as operating leases and are thus recognized on a straight line basis as the average revenue over the rental periods of such charter agreements, as service is performed. The Company earns revenue from bareboat and time charters. Bareboat and time charters involve placing a vessel at the charterers' disposal for a period of time during which the charterer uses the vessel in return for the payment of a specified daily hire rate. Under a time charter, the daily hire rate includes the crew, lubricants, insurance, spares and stores. Under a bareboat charter, the charterer is provided only with the vessel.

        Voyage Expenses:    Voyage expenses include port and canal charges, bunker (fuel) expenses (bunker costs are normally covered by the Company's charterers, except in certain cases such as vessel re-positioning), address commissions and brokerage commissions. Under multi-year time charters and bareboat charters, such as those on which the Company charters its containerships and under short-term time charters, the charterers bear the voyage expenses other than brokerage and address commissions. As such, voyage expenses represent a relatively small portion of the vessels' overall expenses.

        Vessel Operating Expenses:    Vessel operating expenses include crew wages and related costs, the cost of insurance, expenses for repairs and maintenance, the cost of spares and consumable stores, tonnage taxes and other miscellaneous expenses. Aggregate expenses increase as the size of the Company's fleet increases. Under multi-year time charters, the Company pays for vessel operating expenses. Under bareboat charters, such as those on which the Company chartered two of the containerships in its fleet as of December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively, the Company's charterers bear most vessel operating expenses, including the costs of crewing, insurance, surveys, drydockings, maintenance and repairs.

        General and administrative expenses:    General and administrative expenses include management fees paid to the vessels' manager (refer to Note 13, "Related Party Transactions"), audit fees, legal fees, board remuneration, executive officers compensation, directors & officers insurance and stock exchange fees.

        Repairs and Maintenance:    All repair and maintenance expenses are charged against income when incurred and are included in vessel operating expenses in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations.

        Dividends:    Dividends, if any, are recorded in the Company's financial statements in the period in which they are declared by the Company's board of directors.

        Segment Reporting:    The Company reports financial information and evaluates its operations by total charter revenues. Although revenue can be identified for different types of charters, management does not identify expenses, profitability or other financial information for different charters. As a result, management, including the chief operating decision maker, reviews operating results solely by revenue per day and operating results of the fleet, and thus the Company has determined that it has only one operating and reportable segment.

        Going Concern:    The management of the Company assesses the Company's ability to continue as a going concern at each period end. The assessment evaluates whether there are conditions that give rise to substantial doubt to continue as a going concern within one year from the consolidated financial statements issuance date.

        If a substantial doubt to continue as a going concern is identified and after considering management's plans this substantial doubt is alleviated the Company discloses the following: (i) principal conditions or events that raised substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern (before consideration of management's plans), (ii) management's evaluation of the significance of those conditions or events in relation to the Company's ability to meet its obligations, (iii) management's plans that alleviated substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.

        If a substantial doubt to continue as a going concern is identified and after considering management's plans this substantial doubt is not alleviated the Company discloses the following: (i) a statement indicating that there is substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern, (ii) principal conditions or events that raised substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern, (iii) management's evaluation of the significance of those conditions or events in relation to the Company's ability to meet its obligations, (iiv) management's plans that are intended to mitigate the conditions or events that raised substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.

        The Company updates the going concern disclosure in subsequent periods until the period in which substantial doubt no longer exists disclosing how the relevant conditions or events that raised substantial doubt were resolved.

        Derivative Instruments:    The Company entered into interest rate swap contracts to create economic hedges for its interest rate risks. The Company recorded these financial instruments at their fair value. When such derivatives do not qualify for hedge accounting, changes in their fair value are recorded in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. When the derivatives do qualify for hedge accounting, depending upon the nature of the hedge, changes in the fair value of derivatives are either offset against the fair value of assets, liabilities or firm commitments through income, or recognized in other comprehensive income (effective portion) and are reclassified to earnings when the hedged transaction is reflected in earnings. The ineffective portion of a derivative's change in fair value is immediately recognized in income.

        At the inception of the transaction, the Company documents the relationship between hedging instruments and hedged items, as well as its risk management objective and the strategy for undertaking various hedging transactions. The Company also documents its assessment, both at the hedge inception and on an ongoing basis, of whether the derivative financial instruments that are used in hedging transactions are highly effective in offsetting changes in fair values or cash flows of hedged items.

        On July 1, 2012, the Company elected to prospectively de-designate fair value and cash flow interest rate swaps for which it was obtaining hedge accounting treatment due to the compliance burden associated with this accounting policy. As a result, all changes in the fair value of the Company's cash flow interest rate swap agreements were recorded in earnings under "Net Unrealized and Realized Losses on Derivatives" from the de-designation date forward.

        The Company evaluated whether it is probable that the previously hedged forecasted interest payments are probable to not occur in the originally specified time period. The Company has concluded that the previously hedged forecasted interest payments are probable of occurring. Therefore, unrealized gains or losses in accumulated other comprehensive loss associated with the previously designated cash flow interest rate swaps will remain frozen in accumulated other comprehensive loss and recognized in earnings when the interest payments will be recognized. If such interest payments were to be identified as being probable of not occurring, the accumulated other comprehensive loss balance pertaining to these amounts would be reversed through earnings immediately.

        The Company does not use financial instruments for trading or other speculative purposes.

        Earnings/(Loss) Per Share:    The Company has presented net earnings/(loss) per share for all years presented based on the weighted average number of outstanding shares of common stock of Danaos Corporation at the reported periods. The warrants issued in 2011 were excluded from the diluted earnings/(loss) per share for the year ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, because they were antidilutive. There are no other dilutive or potentially dilutive securities, accordingly there is no difference between basic and diluted net income per share.

        Equity Compensation Plan:    The Company has adopted an equity compensation plan (the "Plan"), which is generally administered by the compensation committee of the Board of Directors. The Plan allows the plan administrator to grant awards of shares of common stock or the right to receive or purchase shares of common stock to employees, directors or other persons or entities providing significant services to the Company or its subsidiaries. The actual terms of an award will be determined by the plan administrator and set forth in written award agreement with the participant. Any options granted under the Plan will be accounted for in accordance with the accounting guidance for share-based compensation arrangements.

        The aggregate number of shares of common stock for which awards may be granted under the Plan cannot exceed 6% of the number of shares of common stock issued and outstanding at the time any award is granted. Awards made under the Plan that have been forfeited, cancelled or have expired, will not be treated as having been granted for purposes of the preceding sentence. Unless otherwise set forth in an award agreement, any awards outstanding under the Plan will vest immediately upon a "change of control", as defined in the Plan. The Plan will automatically terminate ten years after it has been most recently approved by the Company's stockholders. Refer to Note 19, "Stock Based Compensation".

        As of April 18, 2008, the Company established the Directors Share Payment Plan ("Directors Plan") under the Plan. The purpose of the Directors Plan is to provide a means of payment of all or a portion of compensation payable to directors of the Company in the form of Company's Common Stock. Each member of the Board of Directors of the Company may participate in the Directors Plan. Pursuant to the terms of the Directors Plan, Directors may elect to receive in Common Stock all or a portion of their compensation. On the last business day of each quarter, the rights of common stock are credited to each Director's Share Payment Account. Following December 31st of each year, the Company will deliver to each Director the number of shares represented by the rights credited to their Share Payment Account during the preceding calendar year. Refer to Note 19, "Stock Based Compensation".

        As of April 18, 2008, the Board of Directors and the Compensation Committee approved the Company's ability to provide, from time to time, incentive compensation to the employees of Danaos Shipping Company Limited (the "Manager"), in the form of free shares of the Company's common stock under the Plan. Prior approval is required by the Compensation Committee and the Board of Directors. The plan was effective since December 31, 2008. Pursuant to the terms of the plan, employees of the Manager may receive (from time to time) shares of the Company's common stock as additional compensation for their services offered during the preceding period. The stock will have no vesting period and the employee will own the stock immediately after grant. The total amount of stock to be granted to employees of the Manager will be at the Company's Board of Directors' discretion only and there will be no contractual obligation for any stock to be granted as part of the employees' compensation package in future periods. Refer to Note 19, "Stock Based Compensation".

Recent Accounting Pronouncements:

        In May 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-9 "Revenue from Contracts with Customers" ("ASU 2014-09"), which will supersede the current revenue recognition guidance and outlines a single comprehensive model for entities to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers. The ASU 2014-09 was amended by ASU 2015-14 "Revenue from Contracts with Customers: Deferral of the Effective Date" ("ASU 2015-014"), which was issued in August 2015. Public entities can now elect to defer implementation of ASU 2014-09 to interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017. Additionally, ASU 2015-14 permits early adoption of the standard but not before the original effective date, i.e. annual period beginning after December 15, 2016. The standard permits the use of either the retrospective or cumulative effect transition method. In addition, in 2016, the FASB issued four amendments, which clarified the guidance on certain items such as reporting revenue as a principal versus agent, identifying performance obligations, accounting for intellectual property licenses, assessing collectability and presentation of sales taxes. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that the adoption of the new standard will have on its consolidated financial statements and associated disclosures, and have not yet selected a transition method.

        In January 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-01, "Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities" ("ASU 2016-01"). ASU 2016-01 requires all equity investments to be measured at fair value with changes in the fair value recognized through net income (other than those accounted for under equity method of accounting or those that result in consolidation of the investee). The amendments in this Update also require an entity to present separately in other comprehensive income the portion of the total change in the fair value of a liability resulting from a change in the instrument-specific credit risk when the entity has elected to measure the liability at fair value in accordance with the fair value option for financial instruments. In addition the amendments in this Update eliminate the requirement to disclose the fair value of financial instruments measured at amortized cost for entities that are not public business entities and the requirement for to disclose the methods and significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value that is required to be disclosed for financial instruments measured at amortized cost on the balance sheet for public business entities. The amendments are effective for annual periods ending after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early application is not permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the new guidance to determine the impact it will have on its consolidated financial statements and notes disclosures.

        In February 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02, "Leases (Topic 842)" ("ASU 2016-02"). ASU 2016-02 will apply to both types of leases—capital (or finance) leases and operating leases. According to the new Accounting Standard, lessees will be required to recognize assets and liabilities on the balance sheet for the rights and obligations created by all leases with terms of more than 12 months. ASU 2016-02 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early application is permitted. The Company is currently assessing the impact that adopting this new accounting guidance will have on its consolidated financial statements and notes disclosures.

        In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-07, "Investments—Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323)" ("ASU 2016-07"), which simplifies the accounting for equity method investments by removing the requirement that an entity retroactively adopt the equity method of accounting if an investment qualifies for use of the equity method as a result of an increase in the level of ownership or degree of influence. The amendments require that the equity method investor add the cost of acquiring the additional interest in the investee to the current basis of the investor's previously held interest and adopt the equity method of accounting as of the date the investment becomes qualified for equity method accounting. ASU 2016-07 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, and interim periods within those years, and must be applied prospectively. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the provisions of this guidance and assessing its impact on its consolidated financial statements and notes disclosures.

        In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-08, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Principal versus Agent Considerations (Reporting Revenue Gross versus Net)" ("ASU 2016-08"), which clarifies the implementation guidance on principal versus agent considerations. The amendments in ASU 2016-8 affect the guidance in the ASU 2014-09, which is not yet effective. ASU 2016-08 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim reporting periods within those years. Early application is permitted for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim reporting periods within that reporting period. The Company is currently evaluating the provisions of this guidance and assessing its impact on its consolidated financial statements and notes disclosures.

        In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-09, "Compensation—Stock Compensation—Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting (Topic 718)" ("ASU 2016-09"), which involves several aspects of the accounting for share-based payment transactions, including the income tax consequences, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities, and classification on the statement of cash flows. Under the new standard, all excess income tax benefits and deficiencies are to be recognized as income tax expense or benefit in the income statement and the tax effects of exercised or vested awards should be treated as discrete items in the reporting period in which they occur. An entity should also recognize excess tax benefits regardless of whether the benefit reduces taxes payable in the current period. Excess tax benefits should be classified along with other income tax cash flows as an operating activity. In regards to forfeitures, the entity may make an entity-wide accounting policy election to either estimate the number of awards that are expected to vest or account for forfeitures when they occur. ASU 2016-09 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016 including interim periods within that reporting period, however early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the guidance to determine the Company's adoption method and the effect it will have on its consolidated financial statements and notes disclosures.

        In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, "Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments" ("ASU 2016-13"), which amends the impairment model by requiring entities to use a forward-looking approach based on expected losses to estimate credit losses on certain types of financial instruments, including trade receivables. The ASU 2016-13 is effective for public entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the new standard on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

        In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, "Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments" ("ASU 2016-15"). The FASB issued ASU 2016-15 to decrease the diversity in practice in how certain cash receipts and cash payments are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows. The amendments in this update provide guidance on eight specific cash flow issues. Additionally, in November 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-18, "Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash—a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force" ("ASU 2016-18"), which requires that amounts described as restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents be included with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning-of-period and end-of-period total amounts shown on the statement of cash flows. These revised standards are effective for fiscal years, and for interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2017, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of these updated standards on the Company's consolidated statements of cash flows.

        In October 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-17 "Consolidation (Topic 810), Interests Held Through Related Parties That Are Under Common Control" ("ASU 2016-17"). ASU 2016-17 changes how a single decision maker will consider its indirect interests when performing the primary beneficiary analysis under the variable interest entity ("VIE") model. Under ASU 2015-02 "Consolidation (Topic 810), Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis," a single decision maker was required to consider an indirect interest held by a related party under common control in its entirety. Under ASU 2016-17, the single decision maker will consider the indirect interest on a proportionate basis. ASU 2016-17 does not change the characteristics of a primary beneficiary in the VIE model. The amendments of ASU 2016-17 are effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the new standard on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

 

Going Concern
Going Concern

3. Going Concern

        As a result of a decrease in operating income of the Company and the charter attached market value of certain of its vessels caused principally by the cancellation of eight charters with Hanjin Shipping, which recently filed for receivership with the Seoul Central District Court, the Company was in breach of certain financial covenants under its Bank Agreement and its other credit facilities as of December 31, 2016. Refer to Note 12 for further details. The Company has obtained waivers of the breaches of the financial covenants, including the lenders rights to call the debt due to non-compliance with these financial covenants, until April 1, 2017. As these waivers were obtained for a period of less than the next 12 months from the balance sheet date, and in accordance with the guidance related to the classification of obligations that are callable by the lenders, the Company has classified its long-term debt, net of deferred finance costs as current, resulting in total current liabilities amounting to $2,566.3 million, which substantially exceeded its total current assets amounting to $136.0 million as of December 31, 2016. The Company is currently in discussions with its lenders regarding the non-compliance with these covenants absent an extension of these waivers. If the Company is unable to comply with the covenants in the debt agreements, obtain waivers or reach agreements with the lenders to modify or refinance such debt agreements, the Company may have to restructure its obligations in a court supervised process or otherwise. These conditions and events raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a reasonable period of time. However, the Company continues to generate positive cash flows from its operations and currently is in a position to service all its operational obligations as well as all scheduled principal and interest payments under the original terms of the debt agreements.

        In light of the above, the consolidated financial statements were prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. Therefore, the accompanying consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded assets and liabilities, other than the reclassification of long-term debt to current liabilities as described above, or any other adjustments that might result in the event the Company is unable to continue as a going concern.

Restricted Cash
Restricted Cash

4. Restricted Cash

        The Company was required to maintain cash of $2.8 million as of December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 in retention bank accounts as a collateral for the upcoming scheduled debt payments of its KEXIM-ABN Amro credit facility, which were recorded under current assets in the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Fixed Assets, Net
Fixed Assets, Net

5. Fixed Assets, Net

        On December 23, 2015, the Company entered into an agreement to sell the Federal for gross sale consideration of $7.2 million, of which $1.4 million was received in advance during the year ended December 31, 2015 and the remaining $5.8 million was received upon the completion of the sale on January 8, 2016. As of December 31, 2015, the Federal was classified as vessel held for sale in the Consolidated Balance Sheet and was valued at $6.3 million, net of impairment loss of $2.1 million recognized in the year ended December 31, 2015. The sale of the vessel resulted in a loss on sale of the vessel of $36 thousand in the year ended December 31, 2016.

        During the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company sold and delivered five vessels: Marathonas, Commodore, Duka, Mytilini and Messologi for total gross sale consideration of $57.7 million. The Company realized a net gain on the sale of these vessels of $5.7 million.

        The net gain/(loss) on sale of the vessels is separately reflected in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations.

        On November 5, 2014, the Company acquired two 6,402 TEU containerships, Performance and Priority, both built in 2002 for total contract price of $36.5 million.

        As of December 31, 2016, December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 the Company concluded that events and circumstances triggered the existence of potential impairment of its long-lived assets. These indicators included loss of a charterer in 2016, volatility in the spot market and decline in the vessels' market values, as well as the potential impact the current marketplace may have on its future operations. As a result, the Company performed step one of the impairment assessment of the Company's long-lived assets by comparing the undiscounted projected net operating cash flows for each vessel to its carrying value. As at December 31, 2016, December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company's assessment concluded that step two of the impairment analysis was required for certain of its vessels, as the undiscounted projected net operating cash flows of certain vessels did not exceed the carrying value of the respective vessels. Fair value of each vessel was determined with the assistance from valuations obtained by third party independent shipbrokers. As of December 31, 2016, December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company recorded an impairment loss of $415.1 million, $39.0 million and $75.8 million, respectively for its vessels that are held and used, which is reflected under Impairment loss in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations.

        The residual value (estimated scrap value at the end of the vessels' useful lives) of the fleet was estimated at $379.6 million and $386.4 million as of December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively. The Company has calculated the residual value of the vessels taking into consideration the 10 year average and the 5 year average of the scrap. The Company has applied uniformly the scrap value of $300 per ton for all vessels. The Company believes that $300 per ton is a reasonable estimate of future scrap prices, taking into consideration the cyclicality of the nature of future demand for scrap steel. Although the Company believes that the assumptions used to determine the scrap rate are reasonable and appropriate, such assumptions are highly subjective, in part, because of the cyclical nature of future demand for scrap steel.

Deferred Charges, Net
Deferred Charges, Net

6. Deferred Charges, Net

        Deferred charges, net consisted of the following (in thousands):

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

Drydocking and
Special Survey
Costs

 

As of January 1, 2014

 

$

4,041

 

Additions

 

 

6,887

 

Written-off amounts

 

 

(286

)

Amortization

 

 

(4,387

)

​  

​  

As of January 1, 2015

 

$

6,255

 

Additions

 

 

2,341

 

Amortization

 

 

(3,845

)

​  

​  

As of December 31, 2015

 

$

4,751

 

Additions

 

 

8,976

 

Amortization

 

 

(5,528

)

​  

​  

As of December 31, 2016

 

$

8,199

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

        The Company follows the deferral method of accounting for drydocking and special survey costs in accordance with accounting for planned major maintenance activities, whereby actual costs incurred are deferred and amortized on a straight-line basis over the period until the next scheduled survey, which is two and a half years. If special survey or drydocking is performed prior to the scheduled date, the remaining unamortized balances are immediately written off. Furthermore, when a vessel is drydocked for more than one reporting period, the respective costs are identified and recorded in the period in which they were incurred and not at the conclusion of the drydocking.

Investments in affiliates
Investments in affiliates

7. Investments in affiliates

        In August 2015, an affiliated company Gemini Shipholdings Corporation ("Gemini") was formed by the Company and Virage International Ltd. ("Virage"), a company controlled by the Company's largest shareholder. Gemini acquired a 100% interest in entities with capital leases for the Suez Canal and Genoa and that own the container vessels NYK Lodestar and NYK Leo. Gemini financed these acquisitions with the assumption of capital lease obligations of $35.4 million, $19.0 million of borrowings under secured loan facilities and an aggregate of $47.4 million from equity contributions from the Company and Virage, which subscribed in cash for 49% and 51%, respectively, of Gemini's issued and outstanding share capital. As of December 31, 2016, Gemini consolidated its wholly owned subsidiaries listed below:

                                                                                                                                                                                    

Company

 

Vessel Name

 

Year
Built

 

TEU

 

Date of vessel delivery

Averto Shipping S.A. 

 

Suez Canal

 

 

2002 

 

 

5,610 

 

July 20, 2015

Sinoi Marine Ltd. 

 

Genoa

 

 

2002 

 

 

5,544 

 

August 2, 2015

Kingsland International Shipping Limited

 

NYK Lodestar

 

 

2001 

 

 

6,422 

 

September 21, 2015

Leo Shipping and Trading S.A. 

 

NYK Leo

 

 

2002 

 

 

6,422 

 

February 4, 2016

        The Company has determined that Gemini is a variable interest entity of which the Company is not the primary beneficiary, and as such, this affiliated company is accounted for under the equity method and recorded under "Equity loss on investments" in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The Company does not guarantee the debt of Gemini and its subsidiaries and has the right to purchase all of the beneficial interest in Gemini that it does not own for fair market value at any time after December 31, 2018, or earlier if permitted under its credit facilities. The net assets of Gemini total $10.3 million and $23.0 million as of December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively. The Company's exposure is limited to its share of the net assets of Gemini proportionate to its 49% equity interest in Gemini.

        A condensed summary of the financial information for equity accounted investments 49% owned by the Company shown on a 100% basis are as follows (in thousands):

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

Current assets

 

$

10,829 

 

$

12,578 

 

Non-current assets

 

$

42,752 

 

$

54,771 

 

Current liabilities

 

$

6,890 

 

$

5,552 

 

Long-term liabilities

 

$

36,420 

 

$

38,758 

 

Net operating revenues

 


$

13,909 

 


$

1,775 

 

Impairment loss

 

$

29,881 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

33,168 

 

$

3,961 

 

 

Other Non-current Assets
Other Non-current Assets

8. Other Non-current Assets

        Other non-current assets consisted of the following as at December 31 (in thousands):

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

ZIM notes, net

 

$

40,232 

 

$

39,094 

 

Equity participation ZIM

 

 

 

 

28,693 

 

HMM notes, net

 

 

25,651 

 

 

 

Other assets

 

 

5,274 

 

 

4,401 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

Total

 

$

71,157 

 

$

72,188 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

a.     ZIM

        As of July 16, 2014, ZIM and its creditors entered into definitive documentation effecting ZIM's restructuring with its creditors on substantially the same terms as the agreement in principle previously announced by ZIM in January 2014. The terms of the restructuring include a reduction in the charter rates payable by ZIM under its time charters, expiring in 2020 or 2021, for six of the Company's vessels, which had already been implemented beginning in January 2014. The terms also include the receipt of approximately $49.9 million aggregate principal amount of unsecured, interest bearing ZIM notes maturing in 2023 (consisting of $8.8 million of 3% Series 1 Notes due 2023 amortizing subject to available cash flow in accordance with a corporate cash sweep mechanism, and $41.1 million of 5% Series 2 Notes due 2023 non-amortizing (of the 5% interest rate, 3% is payable quarterly in cash and 2% is accrued quarterly with deferred cash payment on maturity)) and ZIM shares representing approximately 7.4% of the outstanding ZIM shares immediately after the restructuring, in exchange for such charter rate reductions and cancellation of ZIM's other obligations to the Company which related to the outstanding long term receivable as of December 31, 2013.

        As of July 16, 2014, the Company calculated the fair value of the instruments received from ZIM based on the agreement discussed above, other available information on ZIM, other contracts with similar terms, remaining maturities and interest rates and recorded at fair value an amount of $36.3 million in relation to the ZIM Notes and $28.7 million in relation to its equity participation in ZIM. On a quarterly basis, the Company accounts for the fair value unwinding of the ZIM Notes until the value of the instruments equals their face values on maturity. As of December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the Company recorded $40.2 million and $39.1 million in relation to the ZIM Notes, respectively and recognized $1.3 million, $1.1 million and $0.6 million in relation to their fair value unwinding in the Consolidated Statements of Operations in "Interest income" for years ended December 31, 2016, December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively. In relation to Series 1 Notes, the Company received redemption of $0.3 million in the year ended December 31, 2016. Furthermore, for the years ended December 31, 2016, December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Operations in "Interest income", a non-cash interest income of $0.9 million, $0.8 million and $0.4 million, respectively, in relation to the 2% interest of Series 2 Notes, which is accrued quarterly with deferred cash payment on maturity. The Company tests periodically for impairment of these investments based on the existence of triggering events that indicate ZIM's debt instruments and interest in equity may have been impaired. For the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company has recorded an impairment loss on its ZIM equity participation of $28.7 million and $0.7 million impairment loss on ZIM Notes, which were recognized under "Other Income/(Expenses), net" in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations.

        Furthermore, as of July 16, 2014, an amount of $39.1 million, which represents the additional compensation received from ZIM, was recorded as unearned revenue representing compensation to the Company for the future reductions in the daily charter rates payable by ZIM under its time charters, expiring in 2020 or 2021, for six of the Company's vessels. This amount is recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Operations in "Operating revenues" over the remaining life of the respective time charters. For the years ended December 31, 2016, December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company recorded an amount of $6.0 million, $6.0 million and $2.7 million, respectively, of unearned revenue amortization in "Operating revenues". As of December 31, 2016, the outstanding balances of the current and non-current portion of unearned revenue in relation to ZIM amounted to $6.0 million and $18.4 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2015, the corresponding outstanding balances of the current and non-current portion of unearned revenue amounted to $6.0 million and $24.4 million, respectively. Refer to Notes 15c, "Financial Instruments—Fair value of Financial Instruments".

b.     Hyundai Merchant Marine

        As of July 15, 2016, the Company entered into a charter restructuring agreement with Hyundai Merchant Marine ("HMM") which provides for a 20% reduction in charter rates, for the period from July 18, 2016 until December 31, 2019 (or earlier charter expiration in the case of eight vessels), in the charter hire rates payable for thirteen of the Company's vessels currently employed with HMM. In exchange, under the charter restructuring agreement the Company received (i) $32.8 million principal amount of senior, unsecured Loan Notes 1 ("Loan Notes 1 HMM"), amortizing subject to available cash flows, which accrue interest at 3% per annum payable on maturity in July 2024, (ii) $6.2 million principal amount of senior, unsecured, non-amortizing Loan Notes 2 ("Loan Notes 2 HMM"), which accrue interest at 3% per annum payable on maturity in December 2022 and (iii) 4,637,558 HMM shares issued on July 23, 2016.

        On July 18, 2016, the effective date of the agreement, the Company recognized the fair value of the instruments received from HMM as follows: (i) $20.4 million in relation to Loan Notes 1, (ii) $4.2 million in relation to Loan Notes 2 and (iii) $51.0 million in relation to its equity participation in HMM, all of which represent non-cash transactions for the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended December 31, 2016. The Company accounts for the fair value unwinding of the Loan Notes 1 and Loan Notes 2 until the values of these instruments equal their face values and accrued interest on maturity. On September 1, 2016, the Company sold all HMM shares for cash proceeds on sale of $38.1 million resulting in a loss on sale of $12.9 million, which was recorded under "Other income/(expenses), net" in the Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2016. The HMM shares were considered trading securities and the proceeds were classified as operating activities in the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended December 31, 2016. The proceeds were used to repay outstanding debt obligations. Furthermore, for the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company recognized $1.0 million of non-cash interest income and fair value unwinding of HMM notes under "Interest income" in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. The Company will test periodically for impairment of HMM's debt instruments based on the existence of triggering events.

        On July 18, 2016, the Company recognized unearned revenue of $75.6 million representing compensation to the Company for the future reductions in the daily charter rates payable by HMM under the time charter agreements, which represents non-cash transaction for the Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended December 31, 2016. The amortization of unearned revenue is recognized in the Consolidated Statement of Operations under "Operating revenues" over the remaining life of the respective charters. For the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company recorded an amount of $7.9 million of unearned revenue amortization. As of December 31, 2016, the outstanding balances of the current and non-current portion of unearned revenue in relation to HMM amounted to $15.6 million and $52.1 million, respectively. Refer also to Note 15c, "Financial Instruments—Fair value of Financial Instruments".

Accrued Liabilities
Accrued Liabilities

9. Accrued Liabilities

        Accrued liabilities consisted of the following as at December 31 (in thousands):

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

Accrued payroll

 

$

1,032 

 

$

1,162 

 

Accrued interest

 

 

9,193 

 

 

8,059 

 

Accrued expenses

 

 

5,239 

 

 

4,793 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

Total

 

$

15,464 

 

$

14,014 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

        Accrued expenses mainly consisted of accruals related to the operation of the Company's fleet of $5.2 million as of December 31, 2016. As of December 31, 2015, accrued expenses mainly consisted of accruals related to the operation of the Company's fleet of $3.6 million and accrued realized losses on cash flow interest rate swaps of $1.2 million.

Other Current Liabilities
Other Current Liabilities

10. Other Current Liabilities

        Other current liabilities consisted of the following as at December 31 (in thousands):

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

Fair value of swaps

 

 

 

$

4,538 

 

Other current liabilities

 

$

7,005 

 

 

790 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

Total

 

$

7,005 

 

$

5,328 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

        In respect to the fair value of swaps, refer to Note 15a, Financial Instruments—Cash Flow Interest Rate Swap Hedges. Other current liabilities relate to straight line basis recognition of lease rentals.

Lease Arrangements
Lease Arrangements

11. Lease Arrangements

Charters-out

        The future minimum rentals, expected to be earned on non-cancellable time charters consisted of the following as at December 31, 2016 (in thousands):

                                                                                                                                                                                    

2017

 

$

379,851 

 

2018

 

 

332,217 

 

2019

 

 

295,661 

 

2020

 

 

291,420 

 

2021

 

 

266,553 

 

2022 and thereafter

 

 

511,163 

 

​  

​  

Total future rentals

 

$

2,076,865 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

        Rentals from time charters are not generally received when a vessel is off-hire, including time required for normal periodic maintenance of the vessel. In arriving at the future minimum rentals, an estimated time off-hire to perform periodic maintenance on each vessel has been deducted, although there is no assurance that such estimate will be reflective of the actual off-hire in the future. The off-hire assumptions used relate mainly to drydocking and special survey maintenance carried out approximately every 2.5 years per vessel, or every 5 years for vessels less than 15-years old, and which may last approximately 10 to 15 days.

Long-Term Debt, net
Long-Term Debt, net

12. Long-Term Debt, net

        Long-term debt as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 consisted of the following (in thousands):

                                                                                                                                                                                    

Lender

 

As of
December 31,
2016

 

Current
portion

 

Long-term
portion

 

As of
December 31,
2015

 

Current
portion

 

Long-term
portion

 

The Royal Bank of Scotland

 

$

648,528

 

$

648,528

 

 

 

$

667,134

 

$

24,327

 

$

642,807

 

HSH Nordbank AG—Aegean Baltic Bank—Piraeus Bank

 

 

624,570

 

 

624,570

 

 

 

 

627,818

 

 

50

 

 

627,768

 

HSH Nordbank

 

 

12,200

 

 

12,200

 

 

 

 

21,208

 

 

9,006

 

 

12,202

 

The Export-Import Bank of Korea ("KEXIM")

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,204

 

 

8,204

 

 

 

The Export-Import Bank of Korea & ABN Amro

 

 

34,359

 

 

34,359

 

 

 

 

45,609

 

 

11,250

 

 

34,359

 

Deutsche Bank

 

 

164,582

 

 

164,582

 

 

 

 

169,921

 

 

5,338

 

 

164,583

 

Citibank

 

 

127,353

 

 

127,353

 

 

 

 

136,719

 

 

11,425

 

 

125,294

 

Credit Suisse

 

 

189,080

 

 

189,080

 

 

 

 

199,373

 

 

11,978

 

 

187,395

 

ABN Amro—Bank of America Merrill Lynch—Burlington Loan Management—National Bank of Greece—Sequoia

 

 

217,584

 

 

217,584

 

 

 

 

228,999

 

 

13,509

 

 

215,490

 

Entrustpermal—Credit Suisse—Golden Tree

 

 

242,229

 

 

242,229

 

 

 

 

258,089

 

 

20,139

 

 

237,950

 

The Royal Bank of Scotland (January 2011 Credit Facility)

 

 

42,384

 

 

42,384

 

 

 

 

69,948

 

 

30,990

 

 

38,958

 

HSH Nordbank AG—Aegean Baltic Bank—Piraeus Bank (January 2011 Credit Facility)

 

 

34,562

 

 

34,562

 

 

 

 

69,562

 

 

37,901

 

 

31,661

 

ABN Amro—Bank of America Merrill Lynch—Burlington Loan Management—National Bank of Greece (January 2011 Credit Facility)

 

 

9,655

 

 

9,655

 

 

 

 

20,582

 

 

14,244

 

 

6,338

 

Sinosure CEXIM—Citibank—ABN Amro Credit Facility

 

 

101,700

 

 

101,700

 

 

 

 

122,040

 

 

20,340

 

 

101,700

 

Club Facility (January 2011 Credit Facility)

 

 

11,590

 

 

11,590

 

 

 

 

50,404

 

 

32,665

 

 

17,739

 

Citibank—Eurobank Credit Facility (January 2011 Credit Facility)

 

 

47,938

 

 

47,938

 

 

 

 

63,834

 

 

18,180

 

 

45,654

 

Comprehensive Financing Plan exit fees accrued

 

 

18,948

 

 

18,948

 

 

 

 

15,501

 

 

 

 

15,501

 

Fair value hedged debt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

433

 

 

433

 

 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

Total long-term debt

 

$

2,527,262

 

$

2,527,262

 

 

 

$

2,775,378

 

$

269,979

 

$

2,505,399

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

Less: Deferred finance costs, net

 

 

(22,330

)

 

(22,330

)

 

 

 

(34,982

)

 

 

 

(34,982

)

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

Total long-term debt net of deferred finance costs

 

$

2,504,932

 

$

2,504,932

 

 

 

$

2,740,396

 

$

269,979

 

$

2,470,417

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

        All floating rate loans discussed above are collateralized by first and second preferred mortgages over the vessels financed, general assignment of all hire freights, income and earnings, the assignment of their insurance policies, as well as any proceeds from the sale of mortgaged vessels and the corporate guarantee of Danaos Corporation.

        Scheduled maturities of long-term debt subsequent to December 31, 2016 are as follows (in thousands):

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

Fixed
principal
repayments

 

Variable
principal
payments

 

Final
Payment
due on
December 31,
2018*

 

Total
principal
payments

 

2017

 

$

180,449 

 

 

 

 

 

$

180,449 

 

2018

 

 

204,935 

 

 

 

$

2,061,910 

 

 

2,266,845 

 

2019

 

 

20,340 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,340 

 

2020

 

 

20,340 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,340 

 

2021

 

 

20,340 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,340 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

Total long-term debt

 

$

446,404 

 

 

 

$

2,061,910 

 

$

2,508,314 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  


 

 

 

*          

The last payment due on December 31, 2018, includes the unamortized remaining principal debt balances under the Bank Agreement, as such amount will be determinable following the fixed and variable amortization.

        The maturities of long term debt for the twelve month periods subsequent to December 31, 2016 are based on the terms of the Bank Agreement, under which the Company was not required to repay any outstanding principal amounts under its credit facilities, other than the KEXIM and KEXIM ABN Amro credit facilities which are not covered by the Bank Agreement, until May 15, 2013; thereafter until December 31, 2018 it is required to make quarterly principal payments in fixed amounts. In addition, the Company is required to make an additional payment in such amount that, together with the fixed principal payment, equals a certain percentage of its Actual Free Cash Flow of the preceding financial quarter. The table above includes both the fixed payments for which the Company has a contractual obligation, as well as the Company's estimate of the future Actual Free Cash Flows and resulting variable amortization. The last payment due on December 31, 2018, will also include the unamortized remaining principal debt balances, as such amount will be determinable following the fixed and variable amortization.

        On September 12, 2013, the Company signed a supplemental letter extending the terms of the February 9, 2012 supplemental letter through November 20, 2018 (the maturity of the respective credit facility), which amended the interest rate margin and the financial covenants of its KEXIM ABN Amro credit facility. More specifically, under the February 9, 2012 supplemental letter the financial covenants were aligned with those set forth in the Bank Agreement (see below), and the interest rate margin was increased by 0.5 percentage points.

Bank Agreement

        On January 24, 2011, the Company entered into a definitive agreement, which became effective on March 4, 2011, referred to as the Bank Agreement, that superseded, amended and supplemented the terms of each of the Company's then existing credit facilities (other than its credit facilities with KEXIM and KEXIM ABN Amro which are not covered thereby), and provided for, among other things, revised amortization schedules, maturities, interest rates, financial covenants, events of defaults, guarantee and security packages and approximately $425 million of new debt financing. Subject to the terms of the Bank Agreement and the intercreditor agreement (the "Intercreditor Agreement"), which the Company entered into with each of the lenders participating under the Bank Agreement to govern the relationships between the lenders thereunder, under the January 2011 Credit Facilities (as described and defined below) and under the Hyundai Samho Vendor Financing described below, the lenders participating thereunder continued to provide the Company's then outstanding credit facilities and amended the covenants under such credit facilities in accordance with the terms of the Bank Agreement.

        In accordance with the accounting guidance for troubled debt restructuring, the Company's debt did not meet the conditions of troubled debt restructuring as the lenders have not granted a concession. The effective borrowing rate of the restructured debt was higher than the effective borrowing rate of the old debt.

Interest and Fees

        Under the terms of the Bank Agreement, borrowings under each of the Company's existing credit facilities, other than the KEXIM and KEXIM-ABN Amro credit facilities which are not covered by the Bank Agreement, bear interest at an annual interest rate of LIBOR plus a margin of 1.85%.

        The Company was required to pay an amendment fee equal to 0.5% of the outstanding commitments under each existing financing arrangement, or $12.5 million in the aggregate, of which 20% was paid and deferred on the signing of a commitment letter for the Bank Agreement in August 2010, 40% was paid in January 2011 upon the signing of the Bank Agreement and the remaining 40% was due on December 31, 2014. The Company settled in full this amendment fee by paying $4.3 million on December 23, 2014 and $0.7 million on January 7, 2015. This amendment fee is deferred and amortized over the life of the respective credit facilities with the effective interest method. In addition, the Company is required to pay exit fees, which are discussed in detail below.

        The Company was also required to pay a fee of 0.25% of the total committed amount contemplated by the August 6, 2010 commitment letter for the Bank Agreement for the period starting from August 6, 2010 up until March 4, 2011 (the effective date of the agreement) and which commitment fee was amended to 0.75% for the period after March 4, 2011, which fees were capitalized in cost of vessels under construction as it related to undrawn committed debt designated for specific newbuildings, and a $4.38 million amendment fee (of which $1.22 million was paid in December 2010 and $3.16 million was paid in January 2011) relating to conditions in respect of the Sinosure-CEXIM credit facility. This amendment fee was deferred and is being amortized over the life of the new debt using the effective interest rate method.

Principal Payments

        Under the terms of the Bank Agreement (other than the KEXIM and KEXIM ABN Amro credit facilities, which are not covered by the Bank Agreement), the Company is required to make quarterly principal payments in fixed amounts, in relation to the Company's total debt commitments from the Company's lenders under the Bank Agreement and the January 2011 Credit Facilities, as specified in the table below (in thousands):

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

February 15,

 

May 15,

 

August 15,

 

November 15,

 

December 31,

 

Total

 

2017

 

 

44,939 

 

 

36,691 

 

 

35,338 

 

 

31,872 

 

 

 

 

148,840 

 

2018

 

 

34,152 

 

 

37,585 

 

 

44,399 

 

 

45,334 

 

 

65,969 

 

 

227,439 

 

​  

​  

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

376,279 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  


 

 

 

*          

The Company may elect to make the scheduled payments shown in the above table three months earlier.

        Furthermore, an additional variable payment in such amount that, together with the fixed principal payment (as disclosed above), equals 92.5% of Actual Free Cash Flow for such quarter until the earlier of (x) the date on which the Company's consolidated net leverage is below 6:1 and (y) May 15, 2015; and thereafter through maturity, which will be December 31, 2018 for each covered credit facility, it will be required to make fixed quarterly principal payments in fixed amounts as specified in the Bank Agreement and described above plus an additional payment in such amount that, together with the fixed principal payment, equals 89.5% of Actual Free Cash Flow for such quarter. In addition, any additional amounts of cash and cash equivalents from January 1, 2015 until maturity in excess of the greater of (1) $50 million of accumulated unrestricted cash and cash equivalents and (2) 2% of the Company's consolidated debt, would be applied first to the prepayment of the January 2011 Credit Facilities and after the January 2011 Credit Facilities are repaid, to the outstanding credit facilities covered by the Bank Agreement. The last payment due on December 31, 2018, will also include the unamortized remaining principal debt balances, as such amount will be determinable following the fixed and variable amortization.

        Under the Bank Agreement, "Actual Free Cash Flow" with respect to each credit facility covered thereby is equal to revenue from the vessels collateralizing such facility, less the sum of (a) interest expense under such credit facility, (b) pro rata portion of payments under its interest rate swap arrangements, (c) interest expense and scheduled amortization under the Hyundai Samho Vendor Financing and (d) per vessel operating expenses and pro rata per vessel allocation of general and administrative expenses (which are not permitted to exceed the relevant budget by more than 20%), plus (e) the pro rata share of operating cash flow of any Applicable Second Lien Vessel (which will mean, with respect to an existing facility, a vessel with respect to which the participating lenders under such facility have a second lien security interest and the first lien credit facility has been repaid in full).

        Under the terms of the Bank Agreement, the Company continues to be required to make any mandatory prepayments provided for under the terms of its existing credit facilities and is required to make additional prepayments as follows:

 

 

 

           

•          

50% of the first $300 million of net equity proceeds (including convertible debt and hybrid instruments), after entering into the Bank Agreement and 25% of any additional net equity proceeds; and 

           

•          

any debt proceeds (after repayment of any underlying secured debt covered by vessels collateralizing the new borrowings) (excluding the January 2011 Credit Facilities, the Sinosure CEXIM Credit Facility and the Hyundai Samho Vendor Financing),

which amounts would first be applied to repayment of amounts outstanding under the January 2011 Credit Facilities and then to the existing credit facilities. Any equity proceeds retained by the Company and not used within 12 months for certain specified purposes would be applied for prepayment of the January 2011 Credit Facilities and then to the credit facilities covered by the Bank Agreement. The Company would also be required to prepay the portion of a credit facility attributable to a particular vessel upon the sale or total loss of such vessel; the termination or loss of an existing charter for a vessel, unless replaced within a specified period by a similar charter acceptable to the lenders; or the termination of a newbuilding contract. The Company's respective lenders under its credit facilities covered by the Bank Agreement and the January 2011 Credit Facilities may, at their option, require the Company to repay in full amounts outstanding under such respective credit facilities, upon a "Change of Control" of the Company, which for these purposes is defined as (i) Dr. Coustas ceasing to be its Chief Executive Officer, (ii) its common stock ceasing to be listed on the NYSE (or Nasdaq or other recognized stock exchange), (iii) whilst an event of default is continuing, a change in the ultimate beneficial ownership of the capital stock of any of its subsidiaries or ultimate control of the voting rights of those shares, (iv) Dr. Coustas and members of his family ceasing to collectively own over one third of the voting interest in its outstanding capital stock or (v) any other person or group controlling more than 20% of the voting power of its outstanding capital stock.

Covenants and Events of Defaults

        On January 24, 2011, the Company entered into the Bank Agreement that superseded, amended and supplemented the terms of each of its existing credit facilities (other than its credit facilities with KEXIM and KEXIM-ABN Amro) and provided for, among other things, revised financial covenant levels under such existing credit facilities as described below.

        As a result of a decrease in operating income of the Company caused mainly by the loss of contractual revenue from Hanjin Shipping, the Company was in breach of the minimum security cover, consolidated net leverage and consolidated net worth financial covenants related to its loan facilities as of December 31, 2016. The Company has obtained temporary waivers of the breaches of these financial covenants, including the lenders rights to call the debt due to non-compliance with financial covenants until April 1, 2017. As these waivers were obtained for a period of less than the next 12 months from the balance sheet date, and in accordance with the guidance related to the classification of obligations that are callable by the lenders, the Company has classified its long-term debt, net of deferred finance costs as current.

        Under the Bank Agreement, the financial covenants under each of the Company's existing credit facilities (other than under the KEXIM-ABN Amro credit facility which is not covered thereby, but which has been aligned with those covenants until maturity of the respective facility under the supplemental letter dated September 12, 2013 and our KEXIM credit facility, which contains only a collateral coverage covenant of 130%), have been reset to require the Company to:

 

 

 

           

•          

maintain a ratio of (i) the market value of all of the vessels in the Company's fleet, on a charter-inclusive basis, plus the net realizable value of any additional collateral, to (ii) the Company's consolidated total debt above specified minimum levels gradually increasing from 90% through December 31, 2011 to 130% from September 30, 2017 through September 30, 2018;

           

•          

maintain a minimum ratio of (i) the market value of the nine vessels (Hyundai Smart, Hyundai Speed, Hyundai Ambition, Hyundai Together, Hyundai Tenacity, Express Athens (ex Hanjin Greece), Express Rome (ex Hanjin Italy), Express Berlin (ex Hanjin Germany) and CMA CGM Rabelais) collateralizing the New Credit Facilities, calculated on a charter-free basis, plus the net realizable value of any additional collateral, to (ii) the Company's aggregate debt outstanding under the New Credit Facilities of 100% from September 30, 2012 through September 30, 2018; 

           

•          

maintain minimum free consolidated unrestricted cash and cash equivalents, less the amount of the aggregate variable principal amortization amounts, described above, of $30.0 million at the end of each calendar quarter; 

           

•          

ensure that the Company's (i) consolidated total debt less unrestricted cash and cash equivalents to (ii) consolidated EBITDA (defined as net income before interest, gains or losses under any hedging arrangements, tax, depreciation, amortization and any other non-cash item, capital gains or losses realized from the sale of any vessel, finance charges and capital losses on vessel cancellations and before any non-recurring items and excluding any accrued interest due to us but not received on or before the end of the relevant period; provided that non-recurring items excluded from this calculation shall not exceed 5% of EBITDA calculated in this manner) for the last twelve months does not exceed a maximum ratio gradually decreasing from 12:1 on December 31, 2010 to 4.75:1 on September 30, 2018; 

           

•          

ensure that the ratio of the Company's (i) consolidated EBITDA for the last twelve months to (ii) net interest expense (defined as interest expense (excluding capitalized interest), less interest income, less realized gains on interest rate swaps (excluding capitalized gains) and plus realized losses on interest rate swaps (excluding capitalized losses)) exceeds a minimum level of 1.50:1 through September 30, 2013 and thereafter gradually increasing to 2.80:1 by September 30, 2018; and 

           

•          

maintain a consolidated market value adjusted net worth (defined as the amount by which the Company's total consolidated assets adjusted for the market value of the Company's vessels in the water less cash and cash equivalents in excess of the Company's debt service requirements exceeds the Company's total consolidated liabilities after excluding the net asset or liability relating to the fair value of derivatives as reflected in the Company's financial statements for the relevant period) of at least $400 million.

        For the purpose of these covenants, the market value of the Company's vessels will be calculated, except as otherwise indicated above, on a charter-inclusive basis (using the present value of the "bareboat-equivalent" time charter income from such charter) so long as a vessel's charter has a remaining duration at the time of valuation of more than 12 months plus the present value of the residual value of the relevant vessel (generally equivalent to the charter free value of such a vessel at the age such vessel would be at the expiration of the existing time charter). The market value for newbuilding vessels, all of which currently have multi-year charters, would equal the lesser of such amount and the newbuilding vessel's book value.

        Under the terms of the Bank Agreement, the covered credit facilities also contain customary events of default, including those relating to cross-defaults to other indebtedness, defaults under its swap agreements, non-compliance with security documents, material adverse changes to its business, a Change of Control as described above, a change in its Chief Executive Officer, its common stock ceasing to be listed on the NYSE (or Nasdaq or another recognized stock exchange), a breach of the management agreement for the vessels securing the respective credit facilities and cancellation or amendment of the time charters (unless replaced with a similar time charter with a charterer acceptable to the lenders) for the vessels securing the respective credit facilities.

        Under the terms of the Bank Agreement, the Company generally will not be permitted to incur any further financial indebtedness or provide any new liens or security interests, unless such security is provided for the equal and ratable benefit of each of the lenders party to the Intercreditor Agreement, other than security arising by operation of law or in connection with the refinancing of outstanding indebtedness, with the consent, not to be unreasonably withheld, of all lenders with a lien on the security pledged against such outstanding indebtedness. In addition, the Company would not be permitted to pay cash dividends or repurchase shares of its capital stock unless (i) its consolidated net leverage is below 6:1 for four consecutive quarters and (ii) the ratio of the aggregate market value of its vessels to its outstanding indebtedness exceeds 125% for four consecutive quarters and provided that an event of default has not occurred and the Company is not, and after giving effect to the payment of the dividend, in breach of any covenant.

Collateral and Guarantees

        Each of the Company's existing credit facilities and swap arrangements, to the extent applicable, continue to be secured by their previous collateral on the same basis, and received, to the extent not previously provided, pledges of the shares of the Company's subsidiaries owning the vessels collateralizing the applicable facilities, cross-guarantees from each subsidiary owning the vessels collateralizing such facilities, assignment of the refund guarantees in relation to any newbuildings funded by such facilities and other customary shipping industry collateral.

January 2011 Credit Facilities (Aegean Baltic Bank—HSH Nordbank—Piraeus Bank, RBS, ABN Amro Club facility, Club Facility and Citibank—Eurobank)

        On January 24, 2011, the Company entered into agreements for the following new term loan credit facilities ("January 2011 Credit Facilities"):

 

 

 

           

(i)          

a $123.8 million credit facility provided by HSH, which is secured by the Hyundai Speed, the Express Rome (ex Hanjin Italy) and the CMA CGM Rabelais and customary shipping industry collateral related thereto (the $123.8 million amount includes principal commitment of $23.75 million under the Aegean Baltic Bank—HSH Nordbank—Piraeus Bank credit facility already drawn as of December 31, 2010, which was transferred to the new facility upon finalization of the agreement in 2011);

           

(ii)          

a $100.0 million credit facility provided by RBS, which is secured by the Hyundai Smart and the Express Berlin (ex Hanjin Germany) and customary shipping industry collateral related thereto;

           

(iii)          

a $37.1 million credit facility with ABN Amro and lenders participating under the Bank Agreement which is secured by Express Athens (ex Hanjin Greece) and customary shipping industry collateral related thereto;

           

(iv)          

a $83.9 million new club credit facility to be provided, on a pro rata basis, by the other existing lenders participating under the Bank Agreement, which is secured by Hyundai Together and Hyundai Tenacity and customary shipping industry collateral related thereto; and

           

(v)          

a $80.0 million credit facility with Citibank and Eurobank, which is secured by the Hyundai Ambition and customary shipping industry collateral related thereto ((i)-(v), collectively, the "January 2011 Credit Facilities").

Interest and Fees

        Borrowings under each of the January 2011 Credit Facilities bear interest at an annual interest rate of LIBOR plus a margin of 1.85%, subject, on and after January 1, 2013, to increases in the applicable margin to: (i) 2.50% if the outstanding indebtedness thereunder exceeds $276 million, (ii) 3.00% if the outstanding indebtedness thereunder exceeds $326 million and (iii) 3.50% if the outstanding indebtedness thereunder exceeds $376 million.

        The Company paid an arrangement fee of 2.00%, or $8.5 million in the aggregate, $3.3 million of which was paid in August 2010 (the date the commitment letter was entered into) and $5.2 million paid in January 2011, which was deferred and is being amortized through the Statement of Operations over the life of the respective facilities with the effective interest rate method. Furthermore, the Company paid a commitment fee of 0.75% per annum payable quarterly in arrears on the committed but undrawn portion of the respective loan.

        On October 22, 2014, the Company entered into a supplemental agreement with the lenders under the HSH Nordbank AG—Aegean Baltic Bank—Piraeus Bank credit facility in relation to the use of proceeds from the sale of 5 mortgaged vessels (the Marathonas, the Commodore, the Duka, the Mytilini and the Messologi), all of which were sold during the year ended December 31, 2014 for an aggregate of $55.2 million gross sale proceeds less sale commissions, of which $18.2 million was applied against prepayment of the respective facility on August 18, 2014. The remaining $37.0 million were used to finance the acquisition of two secondhand containership vessels delivered on November 5, 2014. Refer to Note 5, "Fixed Assets, net". The Company paid the lenders a fee of $0.09 million for fully utilizing the remaining $37.0 million. This fee is deferred and amortized over the life of the respective credit facility with the effective interest method.

Principal Payments

        Under the Bank Agreement, the Company was not required to repay any outstanding principal amounts under its January 2011 Credit Facilities until May 15, 2013 and thereafter it is required to make quarterly principal payments in fixed amounts as specified in the Bank Agreement plus an additional quarterly variable amortization payment, all as described above under "—Bank Agreement—Principal Payments."

Covenants, Events of Default and Other Terms

        The January 2011 Credit Facilities contain substantially the same financial and operating covenants, events of default, dividend restrictions and other terms and conditions as applicable to the Company's then outstanding credit facilities as revised under the Bank Agreement described above.

Collateral and Guarantees

        Lenders participating in the $83.9 million club credit facility described above received a lien on Hyundai Together and Hyundai Tenacity as additional security in respect of the pre-existing credit facilities the Company had with such lenders. The lenders under the other January 2011 Credit Facilities also received a lien on the respective vessels securing such January 2011 Credit Facilities as additional collateral in respect of its pre-existing credit facilities and interest rate swap arrangements with such lenders and Citibank and Eurobank also received a second lien on Hyundai Ambition as collateral in respect of its previously unsecured interest rate arrangements with them.

        In addition, Aegean Baltic—HSH Nordbank—Piraeus Bank also received a second lien on the Deva, the Europe (ex CSCL Europe) and the CSCL Pusan as collateral in respect of all borrowings from Aegean Baltic—HSH Nordbank—Piraeus Bank. RBS also received a second lien on the Derby D, the CSCL America and the CSCL Le Havre as collateral in respect of all borrowings from RBS. In 2016, following the repayment of the KEXIM loan, the second lien on the CSCL America became a first lien on RBS loan and the second lien on the Europe (ex CSCL Europe) became a first lien on Aegean Baltic—HSH Nordbank—Piraeus Bank loan.

        The Company's obligations under the January 2011 Credit Facilities are guaranteed by its subsidiaries owning the vessels collateralizing the respective credit facilities. The Company's Manager has also provided an undertaking to continue to provide the Company with management services and to subordinate its rights to the rights of its lenders, the security trustee and applicable hedge counterparties.

Sinosure—CEXIM—Citibank—ABN Amro Credit Facility

        On February 21, 2011, the Company entered into a bank agreement with Citibank, acting as agent, ABN Amro and the Export-Import Bank of China ("CEXIM") for a senior secured credit facility (the "Sinosure-CEXIM Credit Facility") of up to $203.4 million, in three tranches each in an amount equal to the lesser of $67.8 million and 60.0% of the contract price for the newbuilding vessels, CMA CGM Tancredi, CMA CGM Bianca and CMA CGM Samson, securing such tranche for post-delivery financing of these vessels. The Company took delivery of the respective vessels in 2011. The China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation, or Sinosure, covers a number of political and commercial risks associated with each tranche of the credit facility.

        Borrowings under the Sinosure-CEXIM Credit Facility bear interest at an annual interest rate of LIBOR plus a margin of 2.85% payable semi-annually in arrears. The Company is required to repay principal amounts drawn under each tranche of the Sinosure-CEXIM Credit Facility in consecutive semi-annual installments over a ten-year period commencing after the delivery of the respective newbuilding being financed by such amount through the final maturity date of the respective tranches and repay the respective tranche in full upon the loss of the respective newbuilding.

Covenants, Events of Default and Other Terms

        The Sinosure-CEXIM credit facility was amended and restated, effective on June 30, 2013, to align its financial covenants with the Company's Bank Agreement (except for the minimum ratio of the charter free market value of certain vessels, as described in the Bank Agreement, which is not applicable) described above and continues to require the Company to maintain a minimum ratio of the market value of the vessel collateralizing a tranche of the facility to debt outstanding under such tranche of 125%.

        The Sinosure-CEXIM credit facility also contains customary events of default, including those relating to cross-defaults to other indebtedness, defaults under its swap agreements, non-compliance with security documents, material adverse changes to its business, a Change of Control as described above, a change in its Chief Executive Officer, its common stock ceasing to be listed on the NYSE (or Nasdaq or another recognized stock exchange), a breach of the management agreement for the mortgaged vessels and cancellation or amendment of the time charters (unless replaced with a similar time charter with a charterer acceptable to the lenders) for the mortgaged vessels.

        The Company will not be permitted to pay cash dividends or repurchase shares of its capital stock unless (i) its consolidated net leverage is below 6:1 for four consecutive quarters and (ii) the ratio of the aggregate market value of its vessels to its outstanding indebtedness exceeds 125% for four consecutive quarters and provided that an event of default has not occurred and the Company is not, and after giving effect to the payment of the dividend is not, in breach of any covenant.

Collateral

        The Sinosure-CEXIM Credit Facility is secured by customary post-delivery shipping industry collateral with respect to the vessels, CMA CGM Tancredi, CMA CGM Bianca and CMA CGM Samson, securing the respective tranche.

Exit Fees

        The Company is required to pay Exit Fees of $25.0 million and, in the respective proportion to facilities covered by the Bank Agreement and the January 2011 Credit Facilities, are payable the earlier of (a) December 31, 2018 and (b) the date on which the respective facilities are repaid in full. The Exit Fees will accrete in the Consolidated Statement of Operations over the life of the respective facilities (with the effective interest rate method) and are reported under "Current portion of long-term debt" and "Long-term debt, net", respectively in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company has recognized an amount of $18.9 million and $15.5 million as of December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively.

Credit Facilities Summary Table

                                                                                                                                                                                    

Lender

 

Outstanding
Principal
Amount
(in millions)(1)

 

Collateral Vessels

The Royal Bank of Scotland(2)

 

$

648.5 

 

The Hyundai Progress, the Hyundai Highway, the Hyundai Bridge, the Zim Monaco, the Express Argentina (ex Hanjin Buenos Aires), the Express France (ex Hanjin Versailles), the Express Spain (ex Hanjin Algeciras), the CMA CGM Racine, the CSCL America and the CMA CGM Melisande

Aegean Baltic Bank—HSH Nordbank—Piraeus Bank(3)

 

$

624.6 

 

The Hyundai Vladivostok, the Hyundai Advance, the Hyundai Stride, the Hyundai Future, the Hyundai Sprinter, the Amalia C, the MSC Zebra, the Danae C, the Dimitris C, the Performance, the Europe (ex CSCL Europe) and the Priority

Citibank

 

$

127.3 

 

The CMA CGM Moliere and the CMA CGM Musset

Deutsche Bank

 

$

164.6 

 

The Zim Rio Grande, the Zim Sao Paolo and the OOCL Istanbul

Credit Suisse

 

$

189.1 

 

The Zim Luanda, the CMA CGM Nerval and the YM Mandate

ABN Amro—Bank of America Merrill Lynch—Burlington—Sequoia—National Bank of Greece

 

$

217.6 

 

The Colombo (ex SNL Colombo), the YM Seattle, the YM Vancouver and the YM Singapore

Entrustpermal—Credit Suisse—Golden Tree

 

$

242.2 

 

The OOCL Novorossiysk, the Express Brazil (ex Hanjin Santos), the YM Maturity, the Express Black Sea (ex Hanjin Constantza) and the CMA CGM Attila

HSH Nordbank

 

$

12.2 

 

The Deva and the Derby D

KEXIM—ABN Amro

 

$

34.4 

 

The CSCL Pusan and the CSCL Le Havre

January 2011 Credit Facilities

Aegean Baltic Bank—HSH Nordbank—Piraeus Bank(3)

 

$

34.6 

 

The Hyundai Speed, the Express Rome (ex Hanjin Italy) and the CMA CGM Rabelais

RBS(2)

 

$

42.4 

 

The Hyundai Smart and the Express Berlin (ex Hanjin Germany)

ABN Amro Club Facility

 

$

9.6 

 

The Express Athens (ex Hanjin Greece)

Club Facility

 

$

11.6 

 

The Hyundai Together and the Hyundai Tenacity

Citibank—Eurobank

 

$

47.9 

 

The Hyundai Ambition

Sinosure—CEXIM—Citibank—ABN Amro

 

$

101.7 

 

The CMA CGM Tancredi, the CMA CGM Bianca and the CMA CGM Samson


 

 

 

(1)          

As of December 31, 2016.

(2)          

Pursuant to the Bank Agreement, this credit facility is also secured by a second priority lien on the Derby D and the CSCL Le Havre.

(3)          

Pursuant to the Bank Agreement, this credit facility is also secured by a second priority lien on the Deva and the CSCL Pusan.

        As of December 31, 2016, there was no remaining borrowing availability under any of the Company's credit facilities.

        The weighted average interest rate on long-term borrowings for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 was 2.6%, 2.4% and 2.5%, respectively.

        Total interest paid during the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 was $69.2 million, $71.8 million and $83.0 million, respectively.

        The total amount of interest cost incurred and expensed in 2016 was $70.3 million (2015: $70.4 million, 2014: $80.0 million).

Related Party Transactions
Related Party Transactions

13. Related Party Transactions

        Management Services:    Pursuant to a ship management agreement between each of the vessel owning companies and Danaos Shipping Company Limited (the "Manager"), the Manager acts as the fleet's technical manager responsible for (i) recruiting qualified officers and crews, (ii) managing day to day vessel operations and relationships with charterers, (iii) purchasing of stores, supplies and new equipment for the vessels, (iv) performing general vessel maintenance, reconditioning and repair, including commissioning and supervision of shipyards and subcontractors of drydock facilities required for such work, (v) ensuring regulatory and classification society compliance, (vi) performing operational budgeting and evaluation, (vii) arranging financing for vessels, (viii) providing accounting, treasury and finance services and (ix) providing information technology software and hardware in the support of the Company's processes. The Company's controlling shareholder also controls the Manager.

        On December 16, 2013, the Company signed an addendum to the management contract adjusting the management fees, effective January 1, 2014, to a fee of $800 per day, a fee of $400 per vessel per day for vessels on bareboat charter and $800 per vessel per day for vessels on time charter, as well as adjusting the fee of 1.0% on gross freight, charter hire, ballast bonus and demurrage with respect to each vessel in the fleet, to a fee of 1.25%.

        On December 31, 2014, the Company signed an amended and restated management agreement to supersede the initial agreement signed in 2005 and incorporate all prior amendments. Pursuant to this agreement, effective January 1, 2015, the management fees are adjusted to a fee of $850 per day, a fee of $425 per vessel per day for vessels on bareboat charter and $850 per vessel per day for vessels on time charter. The fee of 1.25% on gross freight, charter hire, ballast bonus and demurrage with respect to each vessel in the fleet and the fee of 0.5% based on the contract price of any vessel bought and sold by the manager on the Company's behalf remains the same as per addendum signed in 2013.

        Management fees in 2016 amounted to approximately $17.1 million (2015: $17.4 million, 2014: $16.3 million), which are presented under "General and administrative expenses" on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Commissions to the Manager in 2016 amounted to approximately $6.3 million (2015: $6.9 million, 2014: $7.0 million), which are presented under "Voyage expenses" on the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

        The Company pays monthly advances on account of the vessels' operating expenses. These prepaid amounts are presented in the consolidated balance sheet under "Due from related parties" totaling $32.6 million and $19.0 million as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

        Additionally, the Manager provided the Company with the services of its executive officers for a fee of €1.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2014 and of €0.5 million for the period from January 1, 2015 to April 30, 2015, after which date the Company directly employed the executive officers. The executive officers received an aggregate €1.0 million and €1.5 million in compensation for the period from May 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015 and for the year ended December 31, 2016, respectively.

        Dr. John Coustas, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, is a member of the Board of Directors of The Swedish Club, the primary provider of insurance for the Company, including a substantial portion of its hull & machinery, war risk and protection and indemnity insurance. During the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 the Company paid premiums to The Swedish Club of $5.6 million, $6.3 million and $8.5 million, respectively, which are presented under Vessel operating expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company did not have any outstanding balance to The Swedish Club.

Taxes
Taxes

14. Taxes

        Under the laws of the countries of the Company's ship owning subsidiaries' incorporation and/or vessels' registration, the Company's ship operating subsidiaries are not subject to tax on international shipping income, however, they are subject to registration and tonnage taxes, which have been included in Vessel Operating Expenses in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations.

        Pursuant to the U.S. Internal Revenue Code (the "Code"), U.S.-source income from the international operation of ships is generally exempt from U.S. tax if the company operating the ships meets certain requirements. Among other things, in order to qualify for this exemption, the company operating the ships must be incorporated in a country which grants an equivalent exemption from income taxes to U.S. corporations.

        All of the Company's ship-operating subsidiaries satisfy these initial criteria. In addition, these companies must be more than 50% owned by individuals who are residents, as defined, in the countries of incorporation or another foreign country that grants an equivalent exemption to U.S. corporations. These companies also currently satisfy the more than 50% beneficial ownership requirement. In addition, should the beneficial ownership requirement not be met, the management of the Company believes that by virtue of a special rule applicable to situations where the ship operating companies are beneficially owned by a publicly traded company like the Company, the more than 50% beneficial ownership requirement can also be satisfied based on the trading volume and the anticipated widely-held ownership of the Company's shares, but no assurance can be given that this will remain so in the future, since continued compliance with this rule is subject to factors outside of the Company's control.

Financial Instruments
Financial Instruments

15. Financial Instruments

        The principal financial assets of the Company consist of cash and cash equivalents, trade receivables and other assets. The principal financial liabilities of the Company consist of long-term bank loans, accounts payable and derivatives.

        Derivative Financial Instruments:    The Company only uses derivatives for economic hedging purposes. The following is a summary of the Company's risk management strategies and the effect of these strategies on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

        Interest Rate Risk:    Interest rate risk arises on bank borrowings. The Company monitors the interest rate on borrowings closely to ensure that the borrowings are maintained at favorable rates. The interest rates relating to the long-term loans are disclosed in Note 12, "Long-term Debt".

        Concentration of Credit Risk:    Financial instruments that are potentially subject the Company to significant concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash, trade accounts receivable and derivatives. The Company places its temporary cash investments, consisting mostly of deposits, with established financial institutions. The Company performs periodic evaluations of the relative credit standing of those financial institutions that are considered in the Company's investment strategy. The Company is exposed to credit risk in the event of non-performance by counterparties to derivative instruments, however, the Company limits this exposure by diversifying among counterparties with high credit ratings. The Company depends upon a limited number of customers for a large part of its revenues. Refer to Note 16, "Operating Revenue", for further details on revenue from significant clients. Credit risk with respect to trade accounts receivable is generally managed by the selection of customers among the major liner companies in the world and their dispersion across many geographic areas. The Company's maximum exposure to credit risk is mainly limited to the carrying value of its derivative instruments. The Company is not a party to master netting arrangements.

        Fair Value:    The carrying amounts reflected in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of financial assets and liabilities (excluding long-term bank loans and certain other non-current assets) approximate their respective fair values due to the short maturity of these instruments. The fair values of long-term floating rate bank loans approximate the recorded values, generally due to their variable interest rates. The fair value of the swap agreements equals the amount that would be paid by the Company to cancel the swaps.

        Interest Rate Swaps:    The off-balance sheet risk in outstanding swap agreements involves both the risk of a counter-party not performing under the terms of the contract and the risk associated with changes in market value. The Company monitors its positions, the credit ratings of counterparties and the level of contracts it enters into with any one party. The counterparties to these contracts are major financial institutions. The Company has a policy of entering into contracts with parties that meet stringent qualifications and, given the high level of credit quality of its derivative counter-parties, the Company does not believe it is necessary to obtain collateral arrangements.

a. Cash Flow Interest Rate Swap Hedges

        The Company, according to its long-term strategic plan to maintain relative stability in its interest rate exposure, has decided to swap part of its interest expenses from floating to fixed. To this effect, the Company has entered into interest rate swap transactions with varying start and maturity dates, in order to pro-actively and efficiently manage its floating rate exposure.

        These interest rate swaps are designed to economically hedge the variability of interest cash flows arising from floating rate debt, attributable to movements in three-month USD$ LIBOR. According to the Company's Risk Management Accounting Policy, and after putting in place the formal documentation required by hedge accounting in order to designate these swaps as hedging instruments, as from their inception, these interest rate swaps qualified for hedge accounting, and, accordingly, from that time until June 30, 2012, only hedge ineffectiveness amounts arising from the differences in the change in fair value of the hedging instrument and the hedged item were recognized in the Company's earnings. Assessment and measurement of prospective and retrospective effectiveness for these interest rate swaps were performed on a quarterly basis. For qualifying cash flow hedges, the fair value gain or loss associated with the effective portion of the cash flow hedge was recognized initially in stockholders' equity, and recognized to the Statement of Operations in the periods when the hedged item affects profit or loss.

        On July 1, 2012, the Company elected to prospectively de-designate cash flow interest rate swaps for which it was obtaining hedge accounting treatment due to the compliance burden associated with this accounting policy. As a result, all changes in the fair value of the Company's cash flow interest rate swap agreements are recorded in earnings under "Unrealized and Realized Losses on Derivatives" from the de-designation date forward. The Company evaluated whether it is probable that the previously hedged forecasted interest payments are probable to not occur in the originally specified time period. The Company has concluded that the previously hedged forecasted interest payments are probable of occurring. Therefore, unrealized gains or losses in accumulated other comprehensive loss associated with the previously designated cash flow interest rate swaps will remain in accumulated other comprehensive loss and recognized in earnings when the interest payments will be recognized. If such interest payments were to be identified as being probable of not occurring, the accumulated other comprehensive loss balance pertaining to these amounts would be reversed through earnings immediately.

        The interest rate swap agreements converting floating interest rate exposure into fixed, as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 were as follows (in thousands):

                                                                                                                                                                                    

Counter-party

 

Contract
Trade
Date

 

Effective
Date

 

Termination
Date

 

Notional
Amount
on
Effective
Date

 

Fixed Rate
(Danaos
pays)

 

Floating Rate
(Danaos receives)

 

Fair Value
December 31,
2016

 

Fair Value
December 31,
2015

 

Citibank

 

02/07/2008

 

2/11/2011

 

2/11/2016

 

$

200,000

 

4.695% p.a.

 

USD LIBOR 3M BBA

 

 

 

$

(1,012

)

ABN Amro

 

06/06/2013

 

1/4/2016

 

12/31/2016

 

$

325,000

 

1.4975% p.a.

 

USD LIBOR 3M BBA

 

 

 

 

(2,113

)

ABN Amro

 

05/31/2013

 

1/4/2016

 

12/31/2016

 

$

250,000

 

1.4125% p.a.

 

USD LIBOR 3M BBA

 

 

 

 

(1,413

)

​  

​  

​  

​  

Total fair value of swap liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(4,538

)

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

        The Company recorded in the Consolidated Statements of Operations unrealized gains of $4.5 million, $48.9 million and $114.2 million in relation to fair value changes of interest rate swaps for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Furthermore, unrealized losses of $10.7 million, $32.6 million and $88.9 million were reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss to earnings for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

        The variable-rate interest on specific borrowings that was associated with vessels under construction was capitalized as a cost of the specific vessels. In accordance with the accounting guidance on derivatives and hedging, the amounts in accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss) related to realized gains or losses on cash flow hedges that have been entered into and qualify for hedge accounting, in order to hedge the variability of that interest, were classified under other comprehensive income/(loss) and are reclassified into earnings over the depreciable life of the constructed asset, since that depreciable life coincides with the amortization period for the capitalized interest cost on the debt. An amount of $4.0 million, $4.0 million and $4.0 million was reclassified into earnings for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively, representing amortization over the depreciable life of the vessels. Additionally, the Company recognized accelerated amortization of these deferred realized losses of $7.7 million in connection with the impairment losses recognized on the respective vessels for the year ended December 31, 2016.

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

Year ended
December 31,
2016

 

Year ended
December 31,
2015

 

Year ended
December 31,
2014

 

 

 

(in millions)

 

Total realized losses

 

$

(5.5

)

$

(52.7

)

$

(120.6

)

Amortization of deferred realized losses

 

 

(4.0

)

 

(4.0

)

 

(4.0

)

Accelerated amortization of deferred realized losses

 

 

(7.7

)

 

 

 

 

Unrealized gains

 

 

4.3

 

 

16.2

 

 

25.2

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

Unrealized and realized losses on cash flow interest rate swaps

 

$

(12.9

)

$

(40.5

)

$

(99.4

)

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

b. Fair Value Interest Rate Swap Hedges

        These interest rate swaps are designed to economically hedge the fair value of the fixed rate loan facilities against fluctuations in the market interest rates by converting the Company's fixed rate loan facilities to floating rate debt. Pursuant to the adoption of the Company's Risk Management Accounting Policy, and after putting in place the formal documentation required by hedge accounting in order to designate these swaps as hedging instruments, as of June 15, 2006, these interest rate swaps qualified for hedge accounting, and, accordingly, from that time until June 30, 2012, hedge ineffectiveness amounts arising from the differences in the change in fair value of the hedging instrument and the hedged item were recognized in the Company's earnings. The Company considered its strategic use of interest rate swaps to be a prudent method of managing interest rate sensitivity, as it prevented earnings from being exposed to undue risk posed by changes in interest rates. Assessment and measurement of prospective and retrospective effectiveness for these interest rate swaps was performed on a quarterly basis, on the financial statement and earnings reporting dates.

        On July 1, 2012, the Company elected to prospectively de-designate fair value interest rate swaps for which it was applying hedge accounting treatment due to the compliance burden associated with this accounting policy. All changes in the fair value of the Company's fair value interest rate swap agreements continue to be recorded in earnings under "Unrealized and Realized Losses on Derivatives" from the de-designation date forward.

        The Company evaluated whether it is probable that the previously hedged forecasted interest payments will not occur in the originally specified time period. The Company has concluded that the previously hedged forecasted interest payments continue to be probable of occurring. Therefore, the fair value of the hedged item associated with the previously designated fair value interest rate swaps will be frozen and recognized in earnings when the interest payments are recognized. If such interest payments were to be identified as being probable of not occurring, the fair value of hedged debt balance pertaining to these amounts would be reversed through earnings immediately.

        The interest rate swap agreements converting fixed interest rate exposure into floating, as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, were as follows (in thousands):

                                                                                                                                                                                    

Counter party

 

Contract
trade
Date

 

Effective
Date

 

Termination
Date

 

Notional
Amount
on
Effective
Date

 

Fixed Rate
(Danaos
receives)

 

Floating Rate
(Danaos pays)

 

Fair Value
December 31,
2016

 

Fair Value
December 31,
2015

 

RBS

 

11/15/2004

 

12/15/2004

 

8/27/2016

 

$

60,528 

 

5.0125% p.a.

 

USD LIBOR 3M BBA + 0.835% p.a.

 

 

 

$

55 

 

RBS

 

11/15/2004

 

11/17/2004

 

11/2/2016

 

$

62,342 

 

5.0125% p.a.

 

USD LIBOR 3M BBA + 0.855% p.a.

 

 

 

 

83 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

Total fair value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

138 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

        The total fair value change of the interest rate swaps for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, amounted to $(0.1) million, $(0.5) million and $(0.9) million, respectively, and is included in the Consolidated Statement of Operations in "Unrealized and realized losses on derivatives". The related assets of nil and $0.1 million are presented under "Other current assets" in the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

        The Company reclassified from "Current portion of long-term debt" and from "Long-term debt, net", where the fair value of hedged item is recorded, to its earnings unrealized gains of an amount of $0.4 million and $0.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. The related liability of the fair value hedged debt of nil and $0.4 million is shown under "Current portion of long-term debt" and "Long-term debt, net" in the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

Year ended
December 31,
2016

 

Year ended
December 31,
2015

 

Year ended
December 31,
2014

 

 

 

(in millions)

 

Unrealized losses on swap asset

 

$

(0.1

)

$

(0.5

)

$

(0.9

)

Reclassification of fair value of hedged debt to Statement of Operations

 

 

0.4

 

 

0.6

 

 

0.6

 

Realized gains

 

 

0.1

 

 

0.5

 

 

1.0

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

Unrealized and realized gains on fair value interest rate swaps

 

$

0.4

 

$

0.6

 

$

0.7

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

c. Fair Value of Financial Instruments

        The following tables present the Company's assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis and are categorized using the fair value hierarchy. The fair value hierarchy has three levels based on the reliability of the inputs used to determine fair value.

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

Fair Value Measurements as of December 31, 2016

 

 

 

Total

 

Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)

 

Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)

 

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)

 

 

 

(in thousands of $)

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate swap contracts

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate swap contracts

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

Fair Value Measurements as of December 31, 2015

 

 

 

Total

 

Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)

 

Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)

 

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)

 

 

 

(in thousands of $)

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate swap contracts

 

$

138 

 

$

 

$

138 

 

$

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate swap contracts

 

$

4,538 

 

$

 

$

4,538 

 

$

 

        Interest rate swap contracts are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. Fair value is determined based on inputs that are readily available in public markets or can be derived from information available in publicly quoted markets. Such instruments are typically classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. The fair values of the interest rate swap contracts have been calculated by discounting the projected future cash flows of both the fixed rate and variable rate interest payments. Projected interest payments are calculated using the appropriate prevailing market forward rates and are discounted using the zero-coupon curve derived from the swap yield curve. Refer to Note 15(a)-(b) above for further information on the Company's interest rate swap contracts.

        The Company is exposed to credit-related losses in the event of nonperformance of its counterparties in relation to these financial instruments. As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, these financial instruments are in the counterparties' favor. The Company has considered its risk of non-performance and of its counterparties in accordance with the relevant guidance of fair value accounting. The Company performs evaluations of its counterparties for credit risk through ongoing monitoring of their financial health and risk profiles to identify risk or changes in their credit ratings.

        The estimated fair values of the Company's financial instruments are as follows:

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

As of December 31, 2016

 

As of December 31, 2015

 

 

 

Book Value

 

Fair Value

 

Book Value

 

Fair Value

 

 

 

(in thousands of $)

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

73,717 

 

$

73,717 

 

$

72,253 

 

$

72,253 

 

Restricted cash

 

$

2,812 

 

$

2,812 

 

$

2,818 

 

$

2,818 

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

$

8,028 

 

$

8,028 

 

$

10,652 

 

$

10,652 

 

Due from related parties

 

$

32,603 

 

$

32,603 

 

$

19,007 

 

$

19,007 

 

ZIM notes

 

$

40,232 

 

$

35,574 

 

$

39,094 

 

$

39,094 

 

Equity investment in ZIM

 

 

 

 

 

$

28,693 

 

$

35,831 

 

HMM notes

 

$

25,651 

 

$

25,651 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

11,156 

 

$

11,156 

 

$

12,971 

 

$

12,971 

 

Accrued liabilities

 

$

15,464 

 

$

15,464 

 

$

14,014 

 

$

14,014 

 

Long-term debt, including current portion

 

$

2,527,262 

 

$

2,527,262 

 

$

2,775,378 

 

$

2,776,739 

 

        As of December 31, 2016, the Company recognized a bad debt expense amounting to $15.8 million in its Consolidated Statements of Operations, relating to accounts receivable from Hanjin Shipping which is under rehabilitation proceedings. Refer to Note 18 "Commitments and Contingencies".

        The estimated fair value of the financial instruments that are not measured at fair value on a recurring basis, categorized based upon the fair value hierarchy, are as follows (in thousands):

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

Fair Value Measurements as of December 31, 2016

 

 

 

Total

 

(Level I)

 

(Level II)

 

(Level III)

 

 

 

(in thousands of $)

 

ZIM notes(1)

 

$

35,574 

 

$

 

$

35,574 

 

$

 

Equity investment in ZIM(1)

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

$

 

HMM notes(1)

 

$

25,651 

 

$

 

$

25,651 

 

$

 

Long-term debt, including current portion(2)

 

$

2,527,262 

 

$

 

$

2,527,262 

 

$

 

Accrued liabilities(3)

 

$

15,464 

 

$

 

$

15,464 

 

$

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

Fair Value Measurements as of December 31, 2015

 

 

 

Total

 

(Level I)

 

(Level II)

 

(Level III)

 

 

 

(in thousands of $)

 

ZIM notes(1)

 

$

39,094 

 

$

 

$

39,094 

 

$

 

Equity investment in ZIM(1)

 

$

35,831 

 

$

 

$

35,831 

 

$

 

Long-term debt, including current portion(2)

 

$

2,776,739 

 

$

 

$

2,776,739 

 

$

 

Accrued liabilities(3)

 

$

14,014 

 

$

 

$

14,014 

 

$

 


 

 

 

(1)          

The fair value is estimated based on either observable market based inputs or unobservable inputs that are corroborated by market data, including currently available information on the Company's counterparty, other contracts with similar terms, remaining maturities and interest rates.

(2)          

Long-term debt, including current portion is presented gross of deferred finance costs of $22.3 million and $35.0 million as of December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively. The fair value of the Company's debt is estimated based on currently available debt with similar contract terms, interest rate and remaining maturities, as well as taking into account its creditworthiness.

(3)          

The fair value of the Company's accrued liabilities, which mainly consists of accrued interest on its credit facilities and accrued realized losses on its cash flow interest rate swaps, is estimated based on currently available debt and swap agreements with similar contract terms, interest rates and remaining maturities, as well as taking into account its creditworthiness.

        The Company's assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis were:

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

Fair Value Measurements as of
December 31, 2016

 

 

 

Total

 

(Level I)

 

(Level II)

 

(Level III)

 

 

 

(in millions of $)

 

Fixed Assets, net

 

$

179.4 

 

$

 

$

179.4 

 

$

 

Equity investment in ZIM

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

        The Company recorded an impairment loss of $415.1 million on its older vessels as of December 31, 2016, thus reducing the vessels' carrying value at December 31, 2016 from $594.5 million to $179.4 million. Fair value of each vessel was determined with the assistance from valuations obtained by third party independent shipbrokers. The entire original amount of equity investment in ZIM recognized at $28.7 million was impaired at December 31, 2016.

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

Fair Value Measurements as of
December 31, 2015

 

 

 

Total

 

(Level I)

 

(Level II)

 

(Level III)

 

 

 

(in millions of $)

 

Fixed Assets, net

 

$

90.8 

 

$

 

$

90.8 

 

$

 

Vessels held for sale

 

$

6.3 

 

$

 

$

6.3 

 

$

 

        The Company recorded an impairment loss of $39.0 million on twelve of its older vessels as of December 31, 2015, thus reducing the vessels' carrying value at December 31, 2015 from $129.8 million to $90.8 million. Fair value of each vessel was determined with the assistance from valuations obtained by third party independent shipbrokers. Additionally, impairment loss of $2.1 million was recorded for the vessel held for sale as of December 31, 2015. The vessel held for sale was presented at its selling price less cost to sell. Refer to Note 5, "Fixed Assets".

Operating Revenue
Operating Revenue

16. Operating Revenue

        Operating revenue from significant customers (constituting more than 10% of total revenue) for the years ended December 31, were as follows:

                                                                                                                                                                                    

Charterer

 

2016

 

2015

 

2014

 

HMM Korea

 

 

32 

%

 

28 

%

 

28 

%

CMA CGM

 

 

29 

%

 

26 

%

 

27 

%

Hanjin

 

 

10 

%

 

17 

%

 

18 

%

YML

 

 

12 

%

 

13 

%

 

11 

%

 

Operating Revenue by Geographic Location
Operating Revenue by Geographic Location

17. Operating Revenue by Geographic Location

        Operating revenue by geographic location of the customers for the years ended December 31, was as follows (in thousands):

                                                                                                                                                                                    

Continent

 

2016

 

2015

 

2014

 

Australia—Asia

 

$

344,400 

 

$

410,827 

 

$

389,098 

 

Europe

 

 

153,932 

 

 

157,109 

 

 

162,993 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

Total Revenue

 

$

498,332 

 

$

567,936 

 

$

552,091 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

 

Commitments and Contingencies
Commitments and Contingencies

18. Commitments and Contingencies

        On September 1, 2016, Hanjin Shipping, a charterer of eight of the Company's vessels, referred to the Seoul Central District Court, which issued an order to commence the rehabilitation proceedings of Hanjin Shipping. Hanjin Shipping has cancelled all eight charter party agreements with the Company. On February 17, 2017 the Seoul Central District Court (Bankruptcy Division), declared the bankruptcy of Hanjin Shipping, converting the rehabilitation proceeding to a bankruptcy proceeding. The Seoul Central District Court (Bankruptcy Division) appointed a bankruptcy trustee to dispose of Hanjin Shipping's remaining assets and distribute the proceeds from the sale of such assets to Hanjin Shipping's creditors according to their priorities. The Company ceased recognizing revenue from Hanjin Shipping effective from July 1, 2016 onwards and recognized a bad debt expense amounting to $15.8 million in its Consolidated Statements of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2016. The Company has a total unsecured claim submitted to the Seoul Central District Court for unpaid charter hire, charges, expenses and loss of profit against Hanjin Shipping totaling $597.9 million, which is not recognized in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2016.

        There are no other material legal proceedings to which the Company is a party or to which any of its properties are the subject, or other contingencies that the Company is aware of, other than routine litigation incidental to the Company's business. Furthermore, the Company does not have any commitments outstanding.

Stock Based Compensation
Stock Based Compensation

19. Stock Based Compensation

        As of April 18, 2008, the Board of Directors and the Compensation Committee approved incentive compensation of the Manager's employees with its shares from time to time, after specific for each such time, decision by the compensation committee and the Board of Directors in order to provide a means of compensation in the form of free shares to certain employees of the Manager of the Company's common stock. The plan was effective as of December 31, 2008. Pursuant to the terms of the plan, employees of the Manager may receive (from time to time) shares of the Company's common stock as additional compensation for their services offered during the preceding period. The stock will have no vesting period and the employee will own the stock immediately after grant. The total amount of stock to be granted to employees of the Manager will be at the Company's Board of Directors' discretion only and there will be no contractual obligation for any stock to be granted as part of the employees' compensation package in future periods.

        As of December 15, 2016, the Company granted 25,000 shares to certain employees of the Manager and recorded in "General and Administrative Expenses" an expense of $0.1 million representing the fair value of the stock granted as at the date of grant. As of December 11, 2015, the Company granted 15,879 shares to certain employees of the Manager and recorded in "General and Administrative Expenses" an expense of $0.1 million representing the fair value of the stock granted as at the date of grant. As of December 10, 2014, the Company granted 115,185 shares to certain employees of the Manager and recorded in "General and Administrative Expenses" an expense of $0.6 million representing the fair value of the stock granted as at the date of grant. In settlement of the shares granted in 2014, 112,315 shares were issued and distributed to the employees of the Manager in 2015.

        The Company has also established the Directors Share Payment Plan under its 2006 equity compensation plan. The purpose of the plan is to provide a means of payment of all or a portion of compensation payable to directors of the Company in the form of Company's Common Stock. The plan was effective as of April 18, 2008. Each member of the Board of Directors of the Company may participate in the plan. Pursuant to the terms of the plan, Directors may elect to receive in Common Stock all or a portion of their compensation. Following December 31 of each year, the Company delivers to each Director the number of shares represented by the rights credited to their Share Payment Account during the preceding calendar year. During 2016, 2015 and 2014, none of the directors elected to receive in Company shares his compensation.

Stockholders' Equity
Stockholders' Equity

20. Stockholders' Equity

        As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, the shares issued and outstanding were 109,799,352 and 109,781,744, respectively. Under the Articles of Incorporation as amended on September 18, 2009, the Company's authorized capital stock consists of 750,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.01 and 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.01.

        During 2016, the Company issued 17,608 shares of common stock, all of which were newly issued shares, to the employees of the Manager in partial settlement of 2015 and 2014 grants. During 2015, the Company issued 112,315 shares of common stock, all of which were newly issued shares, to the employees of the Manager in partial settlement of 2014 grants. During 2014, the Company issued 16,066 shares of common stock, all of which were newly issued shares, to the employees of the Manager of the Company. Refer to Note 19, "Stock Based Compensation".

        During 2016 and 2015, the Company did not declare any dividends. In addition, under the terms of the Bank Agreement (Refer to Note 12, "Long-term Debt") the Company is not permitted to pay cash dividends or repurchase shares of its capital stock unless (i) its consolidated net leverage is below 6:1 for four consecutive quarters and (ii) the ratio of the aggregate market value of its vessels to its outstanding indebtedness exceeds 125% for four consecutive quarters and provided that an event of default has not occurred and the Company is not, and after giving effect to the payment of the dividend, in breach of any covenant.

        In 2011, the Company issued an aggregate of 15,000,000 warrants to its lenders under the Bank Agreement and the January 2011 Credit Facilities to purchase, solely on a cashless exercise basis, an aggregate of 15,000,000 shares of its common stock, which warrants have an exercise price of $7.00 per share. All of these warrants will expire on January 31, 2019.

Earnings/(Loss) per Share
Earnings/(Loss) per Share

21. Earnings/(Loss) per Share

        The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings/(loss) per share for the years ended December 31 (in thousands):

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

2014

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Numerator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income/(loss)

 

$

(366,195

)

$

117,016

 

$

(3,920

)

Denominator (number of shares in thousands):

 

 


 

 

 


 

 

 


 

 

Basic and diluted weighted average common shares outstanding

 

 

109,801.6

 

 

109,785.5

 

 

109,676.1

 

        The warrants issued and outstanding amounting to 15,000,000 were excluded from the diluted earnings/(loss) per share for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, because they were antidilutive.

Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

        Principles of Consolidation:    The accompanying consolidated financial statements represent the consolidation of the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. The subsidiaries are fully consolidated from the date on which control is obtained by the Company.

        The Company also consolidates entities that are determined to be variable interest entities, of which the Company is the primary beneficiary, as defined in the accounting guidance, if it determines that it is the primary beneficiary. A variable interest entity is defined as a legal entity where either (a) equity interest holders as a group lack the characteristics of a controlling financial interest, including decision making ability and an interest in the entity's residual risks and rewards, or (b) the equity holders have not provided sufficient equity investment to permit the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support, or (c) the voting rights of some investors are not proportional to their obligations to absorb the expected losses of the entity, their rights to receive the expected residual returns of the entity, or both and substantially all of the entity's activities either involve or are conducted on behalf of an investor that has disproportionately few voting rights.

        Inter-company transaction balances and unrealized gains/(losses) on transactions between the companies are eliminated.

        Investments in affiliates:    The Company's investments in affiliates are accounted for using the equity method of accounting. Under the equity method of accounting, investments are stated at initial cost and are adjusted for subsequent additional investments and the Company's proportionate share of earnings or losses and distributions. The Company evaluates its investments in affiliates for impairment when events or circumstances indicate that the carrying value of such investments may have experienced other than temporary decline in value below their carrying value. If the estimated fair value is less than the carrying value and is considered an other than temporary decline, the carrying value is written down to its estimated fair value and the resulting impairment is recorded in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

        Use of Estimates:    The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. On an on-going basis, management evaluates the estimates and judgments, including those related to future drydock dates, the selection of useful lives for tangible assets, expected future cash flows from long-lived assets to support impairment tests, provisions necessary for accounts receivables, provisions for legal disputes, and contingencies. Management bases its estimates and judgments on historical experience and on various other factors that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results could differ from those estimates under different assumptions and/or conditions.

        Reclassifications in Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss):    The Company had the following reclassifications out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss as of December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively (in thousands):

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

 

 

Year ended December 31,

 

 

 

Location of Reclassification into Income

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

2014

 

Amortization of deferred realized losses on cash flow hedges

 

Net unrealized and realized losses on derivatives

 

 

4,028 

 

 

4,017 

 

 

4,016 

 

Accelerated amortization of deferred realized losses on cash flow hedges

 

Net unrealized and realized losses on derivatives

 

 

7,706 

 

 

 

 

 

Reclassification of unrealized losses to earnings

 

Net unrealized and realized losses on derivatives

 

 

184 

 

 

32,644 

 

 

88,939 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

Total Reclassifications

 

 

 

$

11,918 

 

$

36,661 

 

$

92,955 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

 

        Foreign Currency Translation:    The functional currency of the Company is the U.S. dollar. The Company engages in worldwide commerce with a variety of entities. Although its operations may expose it to certain levels of foreign currency risk, its transactions are predominantly U.S. dollar denominated. Additionally, the Company's wholly-owned vessel subsidiaries transacted a nominal amount of their operations in Euros; however, all of the subsidiaries' primary cash flows are U.S. dollar denominated. Transactions in currencies other than the functional currency are translated at the exchange rate in effect at the date of each transaction. Differences in exchange rates during the period between the date a transaction denominated in a foreign currency is consummated and the date on which it is either settled or translated, are recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The foreign currency exchange gains/(losses) recognized in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations for each of the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 were $0.1 million loss, $0.1 million loss and $0.3 million gain, respectively.

        Cash and Cash Equivalents:    Cash and cash equivalents consist of interest bearing call deposits, where the Company has instant access to its funds and withdrawals and deposits can be made at any time, as well as time deposits with original maturities of three months or less which are not restricted for use or withdrawal. Cash and cash equivalents of $73.7 million as of December 31, 2016 (December 31, 2015: $72.3 million) comprised cash balances and short-term deposits.

        Restricted Cash:    Cash restricted accounts include retention accounts. Certain of the Company's loan agreements require the Company to deposit one- third of quarterly and one-sixth of the semi-annual principal installments and interest payments, respectively, due on the outstanding loan balance monthly in a retention account. On the rollover settlement date, both principal and interest are paid from the retention account. Refer to Note 4, "Restricted Cash".

        Accounts Receivable, Net:    The amount shown as Accounts Receivable, net, at each balance sheet date includes estimated recoveries from charterers for hire and demurrage billings, net of a provision for doubtful accounts. At each balance sheet date, all potentially uncollectible accounts are assessed individually for purposes of determining the appropriate provision for doubtful accounts based on the Company's history of write-offs, level of past due accounts based on the contractual term of the receivables and its relationships with and economic status of its customers. Bad debts are written off in the period in which they are identified.

        Insurance Claims:    Insurance claims represent the claimable expenses, net of deductibles, which are expected to be recovered from insurance companies. Any costs to complete the claims are included in accrued liabilities. The Company accounts for the cost of possible additional call amounts under its insurance arrangements in accordance with the accounting guidance for contingencies based on the Company's historical experience and the shipping industry practices. Insurance claims are included in the consolidated balance sheet line item "Other current assets".

        Prepaid Expenses and Inventories:    Prepaid expenses consist mainly of insurance expenses, and inventories consist of bunkers, lubricants and provisions remaining on board the vessels at each period end, which are valued at cost as determined using the first-in, first-out method. Costs of spare parts are expensed as incurred.

        Financing Costs:    Fees incurred for obtaining new loans and loans that have been accounted for as modified are deferred and amortized over the loans' respective repayment periods using the effective interest rate method. The Company historically presented fees incurred for obtaining loans as deferred charges in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-03 "Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs" ("ASU 2015-03"). ASU 2015-03 requires that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the consolidated balance sheets as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. Upon adoption, the Company applied the new guidance retrospectively to prior periods presented in the consolidated financial statements. The effect of the retrospective application of this change in accounting principle on the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2015 resulted in a reduction of deferred charges, net by $35.0 million, with a corresponding reduction of long-term debt, net. Additionally, amortization of deferred charges amounting to $14.0 million and $15.1 million was reclassified from "Other finance expenses" to "Interest expense" in the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014.

        Fixed Assets:    Fixed assets consist of vessels. Vessels are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation. The cost of vessels consists of the contract purchase price and any material expenses incurred upon acquisition (improvements and delivery expenses). Subsequent expenditures for conversions and major improvements are also capitalized when they appreciably extend the life, increase the earning capacity or improve the efficiency or safety of the vessels. Otherwise, these expenditures are charged to expense as incurred. Interest costs while under construction are included in vessels' cost.

        Vessels acquired in the secondhand market are treated as a business combination to the extent that such acquisitions include continuing operations and business characteristics such as management agreements, employees and customer base. Otherwise, these are treated as purchase of assets. Where the Company identifies any intangible assets or liabilities associated with the acquisition of a vessel purchased in the secondhand market, the Company records all identified tangible and intangible assets or liabilities at fair value. Fair value is determined by reference to market data and the discounted amount of expected future cash flows. The Company has acquired certain vessels in the secondhand market, all of which were considered to be acquisitions of assets.

        Depreciation:    The cost of the Company's vessels is depreciated on a straight-line basis over the vessels' remaining economic useful lives after considering the estimated residual value (refer to Note 5, "Fixed Assets, net"). Management has estimated the useful life of the Company's vessels to be 30 years from the year built.

        Vessels held for sale:    Vessels are classified as "Vessels held for sale" when all of the following criteria are met: management has committed to a plan to sell the vessel; the vessel is available for immediate sale in its present condition subject only to terms that are usual and customary for sales of vessels; an active program to locate a buyer and other actions required to complete the plan to sell the vessel have been initiated; the sale of the vessel is probable and transfer of the vessel is expected to qualify for recognition as a completed sale within one year; the asset is being actively marketed for sale at a price that is reasonable in relation to its current fair value and actions required to complete the plan indicate that it is unlikely that significant changes to the plan will be made or that the plan will be withdrawn. Vessels classified as held for sale are measured at the lower of their carrying amount or fair value less cost to sell. These vessels are not depreciated once they meet the criteria to be held for sale. As of December 31, 2015, the Company recorded an impairment loss of $2.1 million for the vessel held for sale, which is included under "Impairment loss" in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

        Accounting for Special Survey and Drydocking Costs:    The Company follows the accounting guidance for planned major maintenance activities. Drydocking and special survey costs, which are reported in the balance sheet within "Deferred charges, net", include planned major maintenance and overhaul activities for ongoing certification including the inspection, refurbishment and replacement of steel, engine components, electrical, pipes and valves, and other parts of the vessel. The Company follows the deferral method of accounting for special survey and drydocking costs, whereby actual costs incurred are deferred and amortized on a straight-line basis over the period until the next scheduled survey and drydocking, which is two and a half years. If special survey or drydocking is performed prior to the scheduled date, the remaining unamortized balances are immediately written off.

        The amortization periods reflect the estimated useful economic life of the deferred charge, which is the period between each special survey and drydocking.

        Costs incurred during the drydocking period relating to routine repairs and maintenance are expensed. The unamortized portion of special survey and drydocking costs for vessels sold is included as part of the carrying amount of the vessel in determining the gain/(loss) on sale of the vessel.

        Impairment of Long-lived Assets:    The accounting standard for impairment of long-lived assets requires that long-lived assets and certain identifiable intangibles held and used or disposed of by an entity be reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable. In the case of long-lived assets held and used, if the future net undiscounted cash flows are less than the carrying value of the asset, an impairment loss is recorded equal to the difference between the asset's carrying value and fair value.

        As of December 31, 2016, December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company concluded that events and circumstances triggered the existence of potential impairment of its long-lived assets. These indicators included loss of a charterer, volatility in the spot market and decline in the vessels' market values, as well as the potential impact the current marketplace may have on its future operations. As a result, the Company performed step one of the impairment assessment of the Company's long-lived assets by comparing the undiscounted projected net operating cash flows for each vessel to its carrying value. The Company's strategy is to charter its vessels under multi-year, fixed rate period charters that range from less than 1 to 18 years for vessels in its fleet, providing the Company with contracted stable cash flows. The significant factors and assumptions the Company used in its undiscounted projected net operating cash flow analysis included, among others, operating revenues, off-hire revenues, drydocking costs, operating expenses and management fees estimates. Revenue assumptions were based on contracted time charter rates up to the end of life of the current contract of each vessel as well as the estimated average time charter equivalent rates for the remaining life of the vessel after the completion of its current contract. The estimated daily time charter equivalent rates used for non-contracted revenue days are based on a combination of (i) recent charter market rates, (ii) conditions existing in the containership market as of December 31, 2016, December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 in relation to laid up vessels; (iii) historical average time charter rates, based on publications by independent third party maritime research services, and (iv) estimated future time charter rates, based on publications by independent third party maritime research services that provide such forecasts. Recognizing that the container transportation industry is cyclical and subject to significant volatility based on factors beyond the Company's control, management believes the use of revenue estimates, based on the combination of factors (i) to (iv) above, to be reasonable as of the reporting date. In addition, the Company used an annual operating expenses escalation factor and estimates of scheduled and unscheduled off-hire revenues based on historical experience. All estimates used and assumptions made were in accordance with the Company's internal budgets and historical experience of the shipping industry.

        As of December 31, 2016, December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company's assessment concluded that step two of the impairment analysis was required for certain of its vessels, as undiscounted projected net operating cash flows of certain vessels did not exceed the carrying value of the respective vessels. Fair value of each vessel was determined with the assistance from valuations obtained by third party independent shipbrokers (on the basis of a commercial transaction between a willing buyer and a willing seller). As of December 31, 2016, December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company recorded an impairment loss of $415.1 million, $39.0 million and $75.8 million, respectively for its vessels mainly due to the decrease in the estimated average time charter equivalent rates for the remaining life of the vessels, after the completion of their current contracts. The impairment loss is included under "Impairment loss" in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

        Investments in Debt Securities:    The Company classifies its debt securities as held-to-maturity based on management's positive intent and ability to hold to maturity. These securities are reported at amortized cost, subject to impairment. Management evaluates securities for other than temporary impairment on a quarterly basis. An investment is considered impaired if the fair value of the investment is less than its amortized cost. Consideration is given to: 1) if the Company intends to sell the security (that is, it has decided to sell the security); 2) it is more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell the security before the recovery of its (entire) amortized cost basis; or 3) a credit loss exists—that is, the Company does not expect to recover the entire amortized cost basis of the security (the present value of cash flows expected to be collected is less than the amortized cost basis of the security).

        Investments in Equity Securities:    The Company classifies its equity securities of ZIM at cost as the Company does not have the ability to exercise significant influence. Equity securities of HMM were acquired and held principally for the purpose of resale in the near term and were classified as trading securities based on management's intention on the date of acquisition and were recorded at fair value based on quoted market prices with changes in fair value and realized gains/(losses) presented under "Other income/(expenses), net" in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

        Management evaluates the equity security for other than temporary impairment on a quarterly basis. An investment is considered impaired if the fair value of the investment is less than its cost. Consideration is given to significant deterioration in the earnings performance, credit rating, asset quality, or business prospects of the investee, significant adverse change in the regulatory, economic, or technological environment of the investee, significant adverse change in the general market condition of either the geographic area or the industry in which the investee operates, as well as factors that raise significant concerns about the investee's ability to continue as a going concern, such as negative cash flows from operations, working capital deficiencies, or noncompliance with statutory capital requirements or debt covenants.

        Pension and Retirement Benefit Obligations-Crew:    The crew on board the companies' vessels serve in such capacity under short-term contracts (usually up to seven months) and accordingly, the vessel-owning companies are not liable for any pension or post-retirement benefits.

        Accounting for Revenue and Expenses:    Revenues from time chartering of vessels are accounted for as operating leases and are thus recognized on a straight line basis as the average revenue over the rental periods of such charter agreements, as service is performed. The Company earns revenue from bareboat and time charters. Bareboat and time charters involve placing a vessel at the charterers' disposal for a period of time during which the charterer uses the vessel in return for the payment of a specified daily hire rate. Under a time charter, the daily hire rate includes the crew, lubricants, insurance, spares and stores. Under a bareboat charter, the charterer is provided only with the vessel.

        Voyage Expenses:    Voyage expenses include port and canal charges, bunker (fuel) expenses (bunker costs are normally covered by the Company's charterers, except in certain cases such as vessel re-positioning), address commissions and brokerage commissions. Under multi-year time charters and bareboat charters, such as those on which the Company charters its containerships and under short-term time charters, the charterers bear the voyage expenses other than brokerage and address commissions. As such, voyage expenses represent a relatively small portion of the vessels' overall expenses.

        Vessel Operating Expenses:    Vessel operating expenses include crew wages and related costs, the cost of insurance, expenses for repairs and maintenance, the cost of spares and consumable stores, tonnage taxes and other miscellaneous expenses. Aggregate expenses increase as the size of the Company's fleet increases. Under multi-year time charters, the Company pays for vessel operating expenses. Under bareboat charters, such as those on which the Company chartered two of the containerships in its fleet as of December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively, the Company's charterers bear most vessel operating expenses, including the costs of crewing, insurance, surveys, drydockings, maintenance and repairs.

        General and administrative expenses:    General and administrative expenses include management fees paid to the vessels' manager (refer to Note 13, "Related Party Transactions"), audit fees, legal fees, board remuneration, executive officers compensation, directors & officers insurance and stock exchange fees.

        Repairs and Maintenance:    All repair and maintenance expenses are charged against income when incurred and are included in vessel operating expenses in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations.

        Dividends:    Dividends, if any, are recorded in the Company's financial statements in the period in which they are declared by the Company's board of directors.

        Segment Reporting:    The Company reports financial information and evaluates its operations by total charter revenues. Although revenue can be identified for different types of charters, management does not identify expenses, profitability or other financial information for different charters. As a result, management, including the chief operating decision maker, reviews operating results solely by revenue per day and operating results of the fleet, and thus the Company has determined that it has only one operating and reportable segment.

        Going Concern:    The management of the Company assesses the Company's ability to continue as a going concern at each period end. The assessment evaluates whether there are conditions that give rise to substantial doubt to continue as a going concern within one year from the consolidated financial statements issuance date.

        If a substantial doubt to continue as a going concern is identified and after considering management's plans this substantial doubt is alleviated the Company discloses the following: (i) principal conditions or events that raised substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern (before consideration of management's plans), (ii) management's evaluation of the significance of those conditions or events in relation to the Company's ability to meet its obligations, (iii) management's plans that alleviated substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.

        If a substantial doubt to continue as a going concern is identified and after considering management's plans this substantial doubt is not alleviated the Company discloses the following: (i) a statement indicating that there is substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern, (ii) principal conditions or events that raised substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern, (iii) management's evaluation of the significance of those conditions or events in relation to the Company's ability to meet its obligations, (iiv) management's plans that are intended to mitigate the conditions or events that raised substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.

        The Company updates the going concern disclosure in subsequent periods until the period in which substantial doubt no longer exists disclosing how the relevant conditions or events that raised substantial doubt were resolved.

        Derivative Instruments:    The Company entered into interest rate swap contracts to create economic hedges for its interest rate risks. The Company recorded these financial instruments at their fair value. When such derivatives do not qualify for hedge accounting, changes in their fair value are recorded in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. When the derivatives do qualify for hedge accounting, depending upon the nature of the hedge, changes in the fair value of derivatives are either offset against the fair value of assets, liabilities or firm commitments through income, or recognized in other comprehensive income (effective portion) and are reclassified to earnings when the hedged transaction is reflected in earnings. The ineffective portion of a derivative's change in fair value is immediately recognized in income.

        At the inception of the transaction, the Company documents the relationship between hedging instruments and hedged items, as well as its risk management objective and the strategy for undertaking various hedging transactions. The Company also documents its assessment, both at the hedge inception and on an ongoing basis, of whether the derivative financial instruments that are used in hedging transactions are highly effective in offsetting changes in fair values or cash flows of hedged items.

        On July 1, 2012, the Company elected to prospectively de-designate fair value and cash flow interest rate swaps for which it was obtaining hedge accounting treatment due to the compliance burden associated with this accounting policy. As a result, all changes in the fair value of the Company's cash flow interest rate swap agreements were recorded in earnings under "Net Unrealized and Realized Losses on Derivatives" from the de-designation date forward.

        The Company evaluated whether it is probable that the previously hedged forecasted interest payments are probable to not occur in the originally specified time period. The Company has concluded that the previously hedged forecasted interest payments are probable of occurring. Therefore, unrealized gains or losses in accumulated other comprehensive loss associated with the previously designated cash flow interest rate swaps will remain frozen in accumulated other comprehensive loss and recognized in earnings when the interest payments will be recognized. If such interest payments were to be identified as being probable of not occurring, the accumulated other comprehensive loss balance pertaining to these amounts would be reversed through earnings immediately.

        The Company does not use financial instruments for trading or other speculative purposes.

        Earnings/(Loss) Per Share:    The Company has presented net earnings/(loss) per share for all years presented based on the weighted average number of outstanding shares of common stock of Danaos Corporation at the reported periods. The warrants issued in 2011 were excluded from the diluted earnings/(loss) per share for the year ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, because they were antidilutive. There are no other dilutive or potentially dilutive securities, accordingly there is no difference between basic and diluted net income per share.

        Equity Compensation Plan:    The Company has adopted an equity compensation plan (the "Plan"), which is generally administered by the compensation committee of the Board of Directors. The Plan allows the plan administrator to grant awards of shares of common stock or the right to receive or purchase shares of common stock to employees, directors or other persons or entities providing significant services to the Company or its subsidiaries. The actual terms of an award will be determined by the plan administrator and set forth in written award agreement with the participant. Any options granted under the Plan will be accounted for in accordance with the accounting guidance for share-based compensation arrangements.

        The aggregate number of shares of common stock for which awards may be granted under the Plan cannot exceed 6% of the number of shares of common stock issued and outstanding at the time any award is granted. Awards made under the Plan that have been forfeited, cancelled or have expired, will not be treated as having been granted for purposes of the preceding sentence. Unless otherwise set forth in an award agreement, any awards outstanding under the Plan will vest immediately upon a "change of control", as defined in the Plan. The Plan will automatically terminate ten years after it has been most recently approved by the Company's stockholders. Refer to Note 19, "Stock Based Compensation".

        As of April 18, 2008, the Company established the Directors Share Payment Plan ("Directors Plan") under the Plan. The purpose of the Directors Plan is to provide a means of payment of all or a portion of compensation payable to directors of the Company in the form of Company's Common Stock. Each member of the Board of Directors of the Company may participate in the Directors Plan. Pursuant to the terms of the Directors Plan, Directors may elect to receive in Common Stock all or a portion of their compensation. On the last business day of each quarter, the rights of common stock are credited to each Director's Share Payment Account. Following December 31st of each year, the Company will deliver to each Director the number of shares represented by the rights credited to their Share Payment Account during the preceding calendar year. Refer to Note 19, "Stock Based Compensation".

        As of April 18, 2008, the Board of Directors and the Compensation Committee approved the Company's ability to provide, from time to time, incentive compensation to the employees of Danaos Shipping Company Limited (the "Manager"), in the form of free shares of the Company's common stock under the Plan. Prior approval is required by the Compensation Committee and the Board of Directors. The plan was effective since December 31, 2008. Pursuant to the terms of the plan, employees of the Manager may receive (from time to time) shares of the Company's common stock as additional compensation for their services offered during the preceding period. The stock will have no vesting period and the employee will own the stock immediately after grant. The total amount of stock to be granted to employees of the Manager will be at the Company's Board of Directors' discretion only and there will be no contractual obligation for any stock to be granted as part of the employees' compensation package in future periods. Refer to Note 19, "Stock Based Compensation".

Recent Accounting Pronouncements:

        In May 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-9 "Revenue from Contracts with Customers" ("ASU 2014-09"), which will supersede the current revenue recognition guidance and outlines a single comprehensive model for entities to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers. The ASU 2014-09 was amended by ASU 2015-14 "Revenue from Contracts with Customers: Deferral of the Effective Date" ("ASU 2015-014"), which was issued in August 2015. Public entities can now elect to defer implementation of ASU 2014-09 to interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017. Additionally, ASU 2015-14 permits early adoption of the standard but not before the original effective date, i.e. annual period beginning after December 15, 2016. The standard permits the use of either the retrospective or cumulative effect transition method. In addition, in 2016, the FASB issued four amendments, which clarified the guidance on certain items such as reporting revenue as a principal versus agent, identifying performance obligations, accounting for intellectual property licenses, assessing collectability and presentation of sales taxes. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that the adoption of the new standard will have on its consolidated financial statements and associated disclosures, and have not yet selected a transition method.

        In January 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-01, "Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities" ("ASU 2016-01"). ASU 2016-01 requires all equity investments to be measured at fair value with changes in the fair value recognized through net income (other than those accounted for under equity method of accounting or those that result in consolidation of the investee). The amendments in this Update also require an entity to present separately in other comprehensive income the portion of the total change in the fair value of a liability resulting from a change in the instrument-specific credit risk when the entity has elected to measure the liability at fair value in accordance with the fair value option for financial instruments. In addition the amendments in this Update eliminate the requirement to disclose the fair value of financial instruments measured at amortized cost for entities that are not public business entities and the requirement for to disclose the methods and significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value that is required to be disclosed for financial instruments measured at amortized cost on the balance sheet for public business entities. The amendments are effective for annual periods ending after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early application is not permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the new guidance to determine the impact it will have on its consolidated financial statements and notes disclosures.

        In February 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02, "Leases (Topic 842)" ("ASU 2016-02"). ASU 2016-02 will apply to both types of leases—capital (or finance) leases and operating leases. According to the new Accounting Standard, lessees will be required to recognize assets and liabilities on the balance sheet for the rights and obligations created by all leases with terms of more than 12 months. ASU 2016-02 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early application is permitted. The Company is currently assessing the impact that adopting this new accounting guidance will have on its consolidated financial statements and notes disclosures.

        In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-07, "Investments—Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323)" ("ASU 2016-07"), which simplifies the accounting for equity method investments by removing the requirement that an entity retroactively adopt the equity method of accounting if an investment qualifies for use of the equity method as a result of an increase in the level of ownership or degree of influence. The amendments require that the equity method investor add the cost of acquiring the additional interest in the investee to the current basis of the investor's previously held interest and adopt the equity method of accounting as of the date the investment becomes qualified for equity method accounting. ASU 2016-07 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, and interim periods within those years, and must be applied prospectively. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the provisions of this guidance and assessing its impact on its consolidated financial statements and notes disclosures.

        In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-08, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Principal versus Agent Considerations (Reporting Revenue Gross versus Net)" ("ASU 2016-08"), which clarifies the implementation guidance on principal versus agent considerations. The amendments in ASU 2016-8 affect the guidance in the ASU 2014-09, which is not yet effective. ASU 2016-08 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim reporting periods within those years. Early application is permitted for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim reporting periods within that reporting period. The Company is currently evaluating the provisions of this guidance and assessing its impact on its consolidated financial statements and notes disclosures.

        In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-09, "Compensation—Stock Compensation—Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting (Topic 718)" ("ASU 2016-09"), which involves several aspects of the accounting for share-based payment transactions, including the income tax consequences, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities, and classification on the statement of cash flows. Under the new standard, all excess income tax benefits and deficiencies are to be recognized as income tax expense or benefit in the income statement and the tax effects of exercised or vested awards should be treated as discrete items in the reporting period in which they occur. An entity should also recognize excess tax benefits regardless of whether the benefit reduces taxes payable in the current period. Excess tax benefits should be classified along with other income tax cash flows as an operating activity. In regards to forfeitures, the entity may make an entity-wide accounting policy election to either estimate the number of awards that are expected to vest or account for forfeitures when they occur. ASU 2016-09 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016 including interim periods within that reporting period, however early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the guidance to determine the Company's adoption method and the effect it will have on its consolidated financial statements and notes disclosures.

        In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, "Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments" ("ASU 2016-13"), which amends the impairment model by requiring entities to use a forward-looking approach based on expected losses to estimate credit losses on certain types of financial instruments, including trade receivables. The ASU 2016-13 is effective for public entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the new standard on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

        In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, "Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments" ("ASU 2016-15"). The FASB issued ASU 2016-15 to decrease the diversity in practice in how certain cash receipts and cash payments are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows. The amendments in this update provide guidance on eight specific cash flow issues. Additionally, in November 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-18, "Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash—a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force" ("ASU 2016-18"), which requires that amounts described as restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents be included with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning-of-period and end-of-period total amounts shown on the statement of cash flows. These revised standards are effective for fiscal years, and for interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2017, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of these updated standards on the Company's consolidated statements of cash flows.

        In October 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-17 "Consolidation (Topic 810), Interests Held Through Related Parties That Are Under Common Control" ("ASU 2016-17"). ASU 2016-17 changes how a single decision maker will consider its indirect interests when performing the primary beneficiary analysis under the variable interest entity ("VIE") model. Under ASU 2015-02 "Consolidation (Topic 810), Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis," a single decision maker was required to consider an indirect interest held by a related party under common control in its entirety. Under ASU 2016-17, the single decision maker will consider the indirect interest on a proportionate basis. ASU 2016-17 does not change the characteristics of a primary beneficiary in the VIE model. The amendments of ASU 2016-17 are effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the new standard on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

Basis of Presentation and General Information (Tables)
Schedule of the vessel owning companies (the Danaos Subsidiaries)

        As of December 31, 2016, Danaos consolidated the vessel owning companies (the "Danaos Subsidiaries") listed below.

 

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

Company

 

Date of Incorporation

 

Vessel Name

 

Year
Built

 

TEU(2)

 

Megacarrier (No. 1) Corp. 

 

September 10, 2007

 

Hyundai Together

 

 

2012 

 

 

13,100 

 

Megacarrier (No. 2) Corp. 

 

September 10, 2007

 

Hyundai Tenacity

 

 

2012 

 

 

13,100 

 

Megacarrier (No. 3) Corp. 

 

September 10, 2007

 

Hyundai Smart

 

 

2012 

 

 

13,100 

 

Megacarrier (No. 4) Corp. 

 

September 10, 2007

 

Hyundai Speed

 

 

2012 

 

 

13,100 

 

Megacarrier (No. 5) Corp. 

 

September 10, 2007

 

Hyundai Ambition

 

 

2012 

 

 

13,100 

 

CellContainer (No. 6) Corp. 

 

October 31, 2007

 

Express Berlin (ex Hanjin Germany)

 

 

2011 

 

 

10,100 

 

CellContainer (No. 7) Corp. 

 

October 31, 2007

 

Express Rome (ex Hanjin Italy)

 

 

2011 

 

 

10,100 

 

CellContainer (No. 8) Corp. 

 

October 31, 2007

 

Express Athens (ex Hanjin Greece)

 

 

2011 

 

 

10,100 

 

Karlita Shipping Co. Ltd. 

 

February 27, 2003

 

CSCL Pusan

 

 

2006 

 

 

9,580 

 

Ramona Marine Co. Ltd. 

 

February 27, 2003

 

CSCL Le Havre

 

 

2006 

 

 

9,580 

 

Teucarrier (No. 5) Corp. 

 

September 17, 2007

 

CMA CGM Melisande

 

 

2012 

 

 

8,530 

 

Teucarrier (No. 1) Corp. 

 

January 31, 2007

 

CMA CGM Attila

 

 

2011 

 

 

8,530 

 

Teucarrier (No. 2) Corp. 

 

January 31, 2007

 

CMA CGM Tancredi

 

 

2011 

 

 

8,530 

 

Teucarrier (No. 3) Corp. 

 

January 31, 2007

 

CMA CGM Bianca

 

 

2011 

 

 

8,530 

 

Teucarrier (No. 4) Corp. 

 

January 31, 2007

 

CMA CGM Samson

 

 

2011 

 

 

8,530 

 

Oceanew Shipping Ltd. 

 

January 14, 2002

 

Europe (ex CSCL Europe)

 

 

2004 

 

 

8,468 

 

Oceanprize Navigation Ltd. 

 

January 21, 2003

 

CSCL America

 

 

2004 

 

 

8,468 

 

Boxcarrier (No. 2) Corp. 

 

June 27, 2006

 

CMA CGM Musset(1)

 

 

2010 

 

 

6,500 

 

Boxcarrier (No. 3) Corp. 

 

June 27, 2006

 

CMA CGM Nerval(1)

 

 

2010 

 

 

6,500 

 

Boxcarrier (No. 4) Corp. 

 

June 27, 2006

 

CMA CGM Rabelais(1)

 

 

2010 

 

 

6,500 

 

Boxcarrier (No. 5) Corp. 

 

June 27, 2006

 

CMA CGM Racine(1)

 

 

2010 

 

 

6,500 

 

Boxcarrier (No. 1) Corp. 

 

June 27, 2006

 

CMA CGM Moliere(1)

 

 

2009 

 

 

6,500 

 

Expresscarrier (No. 1) Corp. 

 

March 5, 2007

 

YM Mandate

 

 

2010 

 

 

6,500 

 

Expresscarrier (No. 2) Corp. 

 

March 5, 2007

 

YM Maturity

 

 

2010 

 

 

6,500 

 

Actaea Company Limited

 

October 14, 2014

 

Performance

 

 

2002 

 

 

6,402 

 

Asteria Shipping Company Limited

 

October 14, 2014

 

Priority

 

 

2002 

 

 

6,402 

 

Auckland Marine Inc. 

 

January 27, 2005

 

Colombo (ex SNL Colombo)

 

 

2004 

 

 

4,300 

 

Wellington Marine Inc. 

 

January 27, 2005

 

YM Singapore

 

 

2004 

 

 

4,300 

 

Continent Marine Inc. 

 

March 22, 2006

 

Zim Monaco

 

 

2009 

 

 

4,253 

 

Medsea Marine Inc. 

 

May 8, 2006

 

OOCL Novorossiysk

 

 

2009 

 

 

4,253 

 

Blacksea Marine Inc. 

 

May 8, 2006

 

Zim Luanda

 

 

2009 

 

 

4,253 

 

Bayview Shipping Inc. 

 

March 22, 2006

 

Zim Rio Grande

 

 

2008 

 

 

4,253 

 

Channelview Marine Inc. 

 

March 22, 2006

 

Zim Sao Paolo

 

 

2008 

 

 

4,253 

 

Balticsea Marine Inc. 

 

March 22, 2006

 

OOCL Istanbul

 

 

2008 

 

 

4,253 

 

Seacarriers Services Inc. 

 

June 28, 2005

 

YM Seattle

 

 

2007 

 

 

4,253 

 

Seacarriers Lines Inc. 

 

June 28, 2005

 

YM Vancouver

 

 

2007 

 

 

4,253 

 

Containers Services Inc. 

 

May 30, 2002

 

Deva

 

 

2004 

 

 

4,253 

 

Containers Lines Inc. 

 

May 30, 2002

 

Derby D

 

 

2004 

 

 

4,253 

 

Boulevard Shiptrade S.A

 

September 12, 2013

 

Dimitris C

 

 

2001 

 

 

3,430 

 

CellContainer (No. 4) Corp. 

 

March 23, 2007

 

Express Spain (ex Hanjin Algeciras)

 

 

2011 

 

 

3,400 

 

CellContainer (No. 5) Corp. 

 

March 23, 2007

 

Express Black Sea (ex Hanjin Constantza)

 

 

2011 

 

 

3,400 

 

CellContainer (No. 1) Corp. 

 

March 23, 2007

 

Express Argentina (ex Hanjin Buenos Aires)

 

 

2010 

 

 

3,400 

 

CellContainer (No. 2) Corp. 

 

March 23, 2007

 

Express Brazil (ex Hanjin Santos)

 

 

2010 

 

 

3,400 

 

CellContainer (No. 3) Corp. 

 

March 23, 2007

 

Express France (ex Hanjin Versailles)

 

 

2010 

 

 

3,400 

 

Vilos Navigation Company Ltd. 

 

May 30, 2013

 

MSC Zebra

 

 

2001 

 

 

2,602 

 

Trindade Maritime Company

 

April 10, 2013

 

Amalia C

 

 

1998 

 

 

2,452 

 

Sarond Shipping Inc. 

 

January 18, 2013

 

Danae C

 

 

2001 

 

 

2,524 

 

Speedcarrier (No. 7) Corp. 

 

December 6, 2007

 

Hyundai Highway

 

 

1998 

 

 

2,200 

 

Speedcarrier (No. 6) Corp. 

 

December 6, 2007

 

Hyundai Progress

 

 

1998 

 

 

2,200 

 

Speedcarrier (No. 8) Corp. 

 

December 6, 2007

 

Hyundai Bridge

 

 

1998 

 

 

2,200 

 

Speedcarrier (No. 1) Corp. 

 

June 28, 2007

 

Hyundai Vladivostok

 

 

1997 

 

 

2,200 

 

Speedcarrier (No. 2) Corp. 

 

June 28, 2007

 

Hyundai Advance

 

 

1997 

 

 

2,200 

 

Speedcarrier (No. 3) Corp. 

 

June 28, 2007

 

Hyundai Stride

 

 

1997 

 

 

2,200 

 

Speedcarrier (No. 5) Corp. 

 

June 28, 2007

 

Hyundai Future

 

 

1997 

 

 

2,200 

 

Speedcarrier (No. 4) Corp. 

 

June 28, 2007

 

Hyundai Sprinter

 

 

1997 

 

 

2,200 

 

Vessels sold during 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal Marine Inc. 

 

February 14, 2006

 

Federal

 

 

1994 

 

 

4,651 

 

Vessels sold during 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boxcarrier (No. 6) Corp. 

 

June 27, 2006

 

Marathonas

 

 

1991 

 

 

4,814 

 

Boxcarrier (No. 7) Corp. 

 

June 27, 2006

 

Messologi

 

 

1991 

 

 

4,814 

 

Boxcarrier (No. 8) Corp. 

 

November 16, 2006

 

Mytilini

 

 

1991 

 

 

4,814 

 

Duke Marine Inc. 

 

April 14, 2003

 

Duka

 

 

1992 

 

 

4,651 

 

Commodore Marine Inc. 

 

April 14, 2003

 

Commodore

 

 

1992 

 

 

4,651 

 


 

 

 

(1)          

Vessel subject to charterer's option to purchase vessel after first eight years of time charter term for $78.0 million.

(2)          

Twenty-foot equivalent unit, the international standard measure for containers and containership capacity.

 

Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)
Schedule of reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive loss

    The Company had the following reclassifications out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss as of December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively (in thousands):

 

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

 

 

 

Year ended December 31,

 

 

 

Location of Reclassification into Income

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

2014

 

Amortization of deferred realized losses on cash flow hedges

 

Net unrealized and realized losses on derivatives

 

 

4,028 

 

 

4,017 

 

 

4,016 

 

Accelerated amortization of deferred realized losses on cash flow hedges

 

Net unrealized and realized losses on derivatives

 

 

7,706 

 

 

 

 

 

Reclassification of unrealized losses to earnings

 

Net unrealized and realized losses on derivatives

 

 

184 

 

 

32,644 

 

 

88,939 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

Total Reclassifications

 

 

 

$

11,918 

 

$

36,661 

 

$

92,955 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

 

Deferred Charges, Net (Tables)
Schedule of deferred charges, net

        Deferred charges, net consisted of the following (in thousands):

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

 

Drydocking and
Special Survey
Costs

 

As of January 1, 2014

 

$

4,041

 

Additions

 

 

6,887

 

Written-off amounts

 

 

(286

)

Amortization

 

 

(4,387

)

​  

​  

As of January 1, 2015

 

$

6,255

 

Additions

 

 

2,341

 

Amortization

 

 

(3,845

)

​  

​  

As of December 31, 2015

 

$

4,751

 

Additions

 

 

8,976

 

Amortization

 

 

(5,528

)

​  

​  

As of December 31, 2016

 

$

8,199

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

 

Investments in affiliates (Tables) (Gemini)

        As of December 31, 2016, Gemini consolidated its wholly owned subsidiaries listed below:

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

Company

 

Vessel Name

 

Year
Built

 

TEU

 

Date of vessel delivery

Averto Shipping S.A. 

 

Suez Canal

 

 

2002 

 

 

5,610 

 

July 20, 2015

Sinoi Marine Ltd. 

 

Genoa

 

 

2002 

 

 

5,544 

 

August 2, 2015

Kingsland International Shipping Limited

 

NYK Lodestar

 

 

2001 

 

 

6,422 

 

September 21, 2015

Leo Shipping and Trading S.A. 

 

NYK Leo

 

 

2002 

 

 

6,422 

 

February 4, 2016

 

        A condensed summary of the financial information for equity accounted investments 49% owned by the Company shown on a 100% basis are as follows (in thousands):

 

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

Current assets

 

$

10,829 

 

$

12,578 

 

Non-current assets

 

$

42,752 

 

$

54,771 

 

Current liabilities

 

$

6,890 

 

$

5,552 

 

Long-term liabilities

 

$

36,420 

 

$

38,758 

 

Net operating revenues

 


$

13,909 

 


$

1,775 

 

Impairment loss

 

$

29,881 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

33,168 

 

$

3,961 

 

 

Other Non-current Assets (Tables)
Schedule of other non-current assets

        Other non-current assets consisted of the following as at December 31 (in thousands):

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

ZIM notes, net

 

$

40,232 

 

$

39,094 

 

Equity participation ZIM

 

 

 

 

28,693 

 

HMM notes, net

 

 

25,651 

 

 

 

Other assets

 

 

5,274 

 

 

4,401 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

Total

 

$

71,157 

 

$

72,188 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

 

Accrued Liabilities (Tables)
Schedule of accrued liabilities

        Accrued liabilities consisted of the following as at December 31 (in thousands):

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

Accrued payroll

 

$

1,032 

 

$

1,162 

 

Accrued interest

 

 

9,193 

 

 

8,059 

 

Accrued expenses

 

 

5,239 

 

 

4,793 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

Total

 

$

15,464 

 

$

14,014 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

 

Other Current Liabilities (Tables)
Schedule of other current liabilities

        Other current liabilities consisted of the following as at December 31 (in thousands):

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

Fair value of swaps

 

 

 

$

4,538 

 

Other current liabilities

 

$

7,005 

 

 

790 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

Total

 

$

7,005 

 

$

5,328 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

 

Lease Arrangements (Tables)
Schedule of future minimum rentals, expected to be earned on non cancellable time charters

        The future minimum rentals, expected to be earned on non-cancellable time charters consisted of the following as at December 31, 2016 (in thousands):

 

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

2017

 

$

379,851 

 

2018

 

 

332,217 

 

2019

 

 

295,661 

 

2020

 

 

291,420 

 

2021

 

 

266,553 

 

2022 and thereafter

 

 

511,163 

 

​  

​  

Total future rentals

 

$

2,076,865 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

 

Long-Term Debt, net (Tables)

        Long-term debt as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 consisted of the following (in thousands):

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

Lender

 

As of
December 31,
2016

 

Current
portion

 

Long-term
portion

 

As of
December 31,
2015

 

Current
portion

 

Long-term
portion

 

The Royal Bank of Scotland

 

$

648,528

 

$

648,528

 

 

 

$

667,134

 

$

24,327

 

$

642,807

 

HSH Nordbank AG—Aegean Baltic Bank—Piraeus Bank

 

 

624,570

 

 

624,570

 

 

 

 

627,818

 

 

50

 

 

627,768

 

HSH Nordbank

 

 

12,200

 

 

12,200

 

 

 

 

21,208

 

 

9,006

 

 

12,202

 

The Export-Import Bank of Korea ("KEXIM")

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,204

 

 

8,204

 

 

 

The Export-Import Bank of Korea & ABN Amro

 

 

34,359

 

 

34,359

 

 

 

 

45,609

 

 

11,250

 

 

34,359

 

Deutsche Bank

 

 

164,582

 

 

164,582

 

 

 

 

169,921

 

 

5,338

 

 

164,583

 

Citibank

 

 

127,353

 

 

127,353

 

 

 

 

136,719

 

 

11,425

 

 

125,294

 

Credit Suisse

 

 

189,080

 

 

189,080

 

 

 

 

199,373

 

 

11,978

 

 

187,395

 

ABN Amro—Bank of America Merrill Lynch—Burlington Loan Management—National Bank of Greece—Sequoia

 

 

217,584

 

 

217,584

 

 

 

 

228,999

 

 

13,509

 

 

215,490

 

Entrustpermal—Credit Suisse—Golden Tree

 

 

242,229

 

 

242,229

 

 

 

 

258,089

 

 

20,139

 

 

237,950

 

The Royal Bank of Scotland (January 2011 Credit Facility)

 

 

42,384

 

 

42,384

 

 

 

 

69,948

 

 

30,990

 

 

38,958

 

HSH Nordbank AG—Aegean Baltic Bank—Piraeus Bank (January 2011 Credit Facility)

 

 

34,562

 

 

34,562

 

 

 

 

69,562

 

 

37,901

 

 

31,661

 

ABN Amro—Bank of America Merrill Lynch—Burlington Loan Management—National Bank of Greece (January 2011 Credit Facility)

 

 

9,655

 

 

9,655

 

 

 

 

20,582

 

 

14,244

 

 

6,338

 

Sinosure CEXIM—Citibank—ABN Amro Credit Facility

 

 

101,700

 

 

101,700

 

 

 

 

122,040

 

 

20,340

 

 

101,700

 

Club Facility (January 2011 Credit Facility)

 

 

11,590

 

 

11,590

 

 

 

 

50,404

 

 

32,665

 

 

17,739

 

Citibank—Eurobank Credit Facility (January 2011 Credit Facility)

 

 

47,938

 

 

47,938

 

 

 

 

63,834

 

 

18,180

 

 

45,654

 

Comprehensive Financing Plan exit fees accrued

 

 

18,948

 

 

18,948

 

 

 

 

15,501

 

 

 

 

15,501

 

Fair value hedged debt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

433

 

 

433

 

 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

Total long-term debt

 

$

2,527,262

 

$

2,527,262

 

 

 

$

2,775,378

 

$

269,979

 

$

2,505,399

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

Less: Deferred finance costs, net

 

 

(22,330

)

 

(22,330

)

 

 

 

(34,982

)

 

 

 

(34,982

)

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

Total long-term debt net of deferred finance costs

 

$

2,504,932

 

$

2,504,932

 

 

 

$

2,740,396

 

$

269,979

 

$

2,470,417

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

 

        Scheduled maturities of long-term debt subsequent to December 31, 2016 are as follows (in thousands):

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

 

Fixed
principal
repayments

 

Variable
principal
payments

 

Final
Payment
due on
December 31,
2018*

 

Total
principal
payments

 

2017

 

$

180,449 

 

 

 

 

 

$

180,449 

 

2018

 

 

204,935 

 

 

 

$

2,061,910 

 

 

2,266,845 

 

2019

 

 

20,340 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,340 

 

2020

 

 

20,340 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,340 

 

2021

 

 

20,340 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,340 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

Total long-term debt

 

$

446,404 

 

 

 

$

2,061,910 

 

$

2,508,314 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  


 

 

 

*          

The last payment due on December 31, 2018, includes the unamortized remaining principal debt balances under the Bank Agreement, as such amount will be determinable following the fixed and variable amortization.

 

        Quarterly principal payments in fixed amounts, in relation to the Company's total debt commitments from the Company's lenders under the Bank Agreement and the January 2011 Credit Facilities, as specified in the table below (in thousands):

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

 

February 15,

 

May 15,

 

August 15,

 

November 15,

 

December 31,

 

Total

 

2017

 

 

44,939 

 

 

36,691 

 

 

35,338 

 

 

31,872 

 

 

 

 

148,840 

 

2018

 

 

34,152 

 

 

37,585 

 

 

44,399 

 

 

45,334 

 

 

65,969 

 

 

227,439 

 

​  

​  

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

376,279 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  


 

 

 

*          

The Company may elect to make the scheduled payments shown in the above table three months earlier.

 

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

Lender

 

Outstanding
Principal
Amount
(in millions)(1)

 

Collateral Vessels

The Royal Bank of Scotland(2)

 

$

648.5 

 

The Hyundai Progress, the Hyundai Highway, the Hyundai Bridge, the Zim Monaco, the Express Argentina (ex Hanjin Buenos Aires), the Express France (ex Hanjin Versailles), the Express Spain (ex Hanjin Algeciras), the CMA CGM Racine, the CSCL America and the CMA CGM Melisande

Aegean Baltic Bank—HSH Nordbank—Piraeus Bank(3)

 

$

624.6 

 

The Hyundai Vladivostok, the Hyundai Advance, the Hyundai Stride, the Hyundai Future, the Hyundai Sprinter, the Amalia C, the MSC Zebra, the Danae C, the Dimitris C, the Performance, the Europe (ex CSCL Europe) and the Priority

Citibank

 

$

127.3 

 

The CMA CGM Moliere and the CMA CGM Musset

Deutsche Bank

 

$

164.6 

 

The Zim Rio Grande, the Zim Sao Paolo and the OOCL Istanbul

Credit Suisse

 

$

189.1 

 

The Zim Luanda, the CMA CGM Nerval and the YM Mandate

ABN Amro—Bank of America Merrill Lynch—Burlington—Sequoia—National Bank of Greece

 

$

217.6 

 

The Colombo (ex SNL Colombo), the YM Seattle, the YM Vancouver and the YM Singapore

Entrustpermal—Credit Suisse—Golden Tree

 

$

242.2 

 

The OOCL Novorossiysk, the Express Brazil (ex Hanjin Santos), the YM Maturity, the Express Black Sea (ex Hanjin Constantza) and the CMA CGM Attila

HSH Nordbank

 

$

12.2 

 

The Deva and the Derby D

KEXIM—ABN Amro

 

$

34.4 

 

The CSCL Pusan and the CSCL Le Havre

January 2011 Credit Facilities

Aegean Baltic Bank—HSH Nordbank—Piraeus Bank(3)

 

$

34.6 

 

The Hyundai Speed, the Express Rome (ex Hanjin Italy) and the CMA CGM Rabelais

RBS(2)

 

$

42.4 

 

The Hyundai Smart and the Express Berlin (ex Hanjin Germany)

ABN Amro Club Facility

 

$

9.6 

 

The Express Athens (ex Hanjin Greece)

Club Facility

 

$

11.6 

 

The Hyundai Together and the Hyundai Tenacity

Citibank—Eurobank

 

$

47.9 

 

The Hyundai Ambition

Sinosure—CEXIM—Citibank—ABN Amro

 

$

101.7 

 

The CMA CGM Tancredi, the CMA CGM Bianca and the CMA CGM Samson


 

 

 

(1)          

As of December 31, 2016.

(2)          

Pursuant to the Bank Agreement, this credit facility is also secured by a second priority lien on the Derby D and the CSCL Le Havre.

(3)          

Pursuant to the Bank Agreement, this credit facility is also secured by a second priority lien on the Deva and the CSCL Pusan.

 

Financial Instruments (Tables)

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

 

Fair Value Measurements as of December 31, 2016

 

 

 

Total

 

Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)

 

Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)

 

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)

 

 

 

(in thousands of $)

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate swap contracts

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate swap contracts

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

Fair Value Measurements as of December 31, 2015

 

 

 

Total

 

Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)

 

Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)

 

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)

 

 

 

(in thousands of $)

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate swap contracts

 

$

138 

 

$

 

$

138 

 

$

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate swap contracts

 

$

4,538 

 

$

 

$

4,538 

 

$

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2016

 

As of December 31, 2015

 

 

 

Book Value

 

Fair Value

 

Book Value

 

Fair Value

 

 

 

(in thousands of $)

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

73,717 

 

$

73,717 

 

$

72,253 

 

$

72,253 

 

Restricted cash

 

$

2,812 

 

$

2,812 

 

$

2,818 

 

$

2,818 

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

$

8,028 

 

$

8,028 

 

$

10,652 

 

$

10,652 

 

Due from related parties

 

$

32,603 

 

$

32,603 

 

$

19,007 

 

$

19,007 

 

ZIM notes

 

$

40,232 

 

$

35,574 

 

$

39,094 

 

$

39,094 

 

Equity investment in ZIM

 

 

 

 

 

$

28,693 

 

$

35,831 

 

HMM notes

 

$

25,651 

 

$

25,651 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

11,156 

 

$

11,156 

 

$

12,971 

 

$

12,971 

 

Accrued liabilities

 

$

15,464 

 

$

15,464 

 

$

14,014 

 

$

14,014 

 

Long-term debt, including current portion

 

$

2,527,262 

 

$

2,527,262 

 

$

2,775,378 

 

$

2,776,739 

 

 

        The estimated fair value of the financial instruments that are not measured at fair value on a recurring basis, categorized based upon the fair value hierarchy, are as follows (in thousands):

 

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

 

Fair Value Measurements as of December 31, 2016

 

 

 

Total

 

(Level I)

 

(Level II)

 

(Level III)

 

 

 

(in thousands of $)

 

ZIM notes(1)

 

$

35,574 

 

$

 

$

35,574 

 

$

 

Equity investment in ZIM(1)

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

$

 

HMM notes(1)

 

$

25,651 

 

$

 

$

25,651 

 

$

 

Long-term debt, including current portion(2)

 

$

2,527,262 

 

$

 

$

2,527,262 

 

$

 

Accrued liabilities(3)

 

$

15,464 

 

$

 

$

15,464 

 

$

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

Fair Value Measurements as of December 31, 2015

 

 

 

Total

 

(Level I)

 

(Level II)

 

(Level III)

 

 

 

(in thousands of $)

 

ZIM notes(1)

 

$

39,094 

 

$

 

$

39,094 

 

$

 

Equity investment in ZIM(1)

 

$

35,831 

 

$

 

$

35,831 

 

$

 

Long-term debt, including current portion(2)

 

$

2,776,739 

 

$

 

$

2,776,739 

 

$

 

Accrued liabilities(3)

 

$

14,014 

 

$

 

$

14,014 

 

$

 


 

 

 

(1)          

The fair value is estimated based on either observable market based inputs or unobservable inputs that are corroborated by market data, including currently available information on the Company's counterparty, other contracts with similar terms, remaining maturities and interest rates.

(2)          

Long-term debt, including current portion is presented gross of deferred finance costs of $22.3 million and $35.0 million as of December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively. The fair value of the Company's debt is estimated based on currently available debt with similar contract terms, interest rate and remaining maturities, as well as taking into account its creditworthiness.

(3)          

The fair value of the Company's accrued liabilities, which mainly consists of accrued interest on its credit facilities and accrued realized losses on its cash flow interest rate swaps, is estimated based on currently available debt and swap agreements with similar contract terms, interest rates and remaining maturities, as well as taking into account its creditworthiness.

 

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

 

Fair Value Measurements as of
December 31, 2016

 

 

 

Total

 

(Level I)

 

(Level II)

 

(Level III)

 

 

 

(in millions of $)

 

Fixed Assets, net

 

$

179.4 

 

$

 

$

179.4 

 

$

 

Equity investment in ZIM

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

Fair Value Measurements as of
December 31, 2015

 

 

 

Total

 

(Level I)

 

(Level II)

 

(Level III)

 

 

 

(in millions of $)

 

Fixed Assets, net

 

$

90.8 

 

$

 

$

90.8 

 

$

 

Vessels held for sale

 

$

6.3 

 

$

 

$

6.3 

 

$

 

 

        The interest rate swap agreements converting floating interest rate exposure into fixed, as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 were as follows (in thousands):

 

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

Counter-party

 

Contract
Trade
Date

 

Effective
Date

 

Termination
Date

 

Notional
Amount
on
Effective
Date

 

Fixed Rate
(Danaos
pays)

 

Floating Rate
(Danaos receives)

 

Fair Value
December 31,
2016

 

Fair Value
December 31,
2015

 

Citibank

 

02/07/2008

 

2/11/2011

 

2/11/2016

 

$

200,000

 

4.695% p.a.

 

USD LIBOR 3M BBA

 

 

 

$

(1,012

)

ABN Amro

 

06/06/2013

 

1/4/2016

 

12/31/2016

 

$

325,000

 

1.4975% p.a.

 

USD LIBOR 3M BBA

 

 

 

 

(2,113

)

ABN Amro

 

05/31/2013

 

1/4/2016

 

12/31/2016

 

$

250,000

 

1.4125% p.a.

 

USD LIBOR 3M BBA

 

 

 

 

(1,413

)

​  

​  

​  

​  

Total fair value of swap liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(4,538

)

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

 

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

 

Year ended
December 31,
2016

 

Year ended
December 31,
2015

 

Year ended
December 31,
2014

 

 

 

(in millions)

 

Total realized losses

 

$

(5.5

)

$

(52.7

)

$

(120.6

)

Amortization of deferred realized losses

 

 

(4.0

)

 

(4.0

)

 

(4.0

)

Accelerated amortization of deferred realized losses

 

 

(7.7

)

 

 

 

 

Unrealized gains

 

 

4.3

 

 

16.2

 

 

25.2

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

Unrealized and realized losses on cash flow interest rate swaps

 

$

(12.9

)

$

(40.5

)

$

(99.4

)

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

 

        The interest rate swap agreements converting fixed interest rate exposure into floating, as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, were as follows (in thousands):

 

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

Counter party

 

Contract
trade
Date

 

Effective
Date

 

Termination
Date

 

Notional
Amount
on
Effective
Date

 

Fixed Rate
(Danaos
receives)

 

Floating Rate
(Danaos pays)

 

Fair Value
December 31,
2016

 

Fair Value
December 31,
2015

 

RBS

 

11/15/2004

 

12/15/2004

 

8/27/2016

 

$

60,528 

 

5.0125% p.a.

 

USD LIBOR 3M BBA + 0.835% p.a.

 

 

 

$

55 

 

RBS

 

11/15/2004

 

11/17/2004

 

11/2/2016

 

$

62,342 

 

5.0125% p.a.

 

USD LIBOR 3M BBA + 0.855% p.a.

 

 

 

 

83 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

Total fair value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

138 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

 

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

 

Year ended
December 31,
2016

 

Year ended
December 31,
2015

 

Year ended
December 31,
2014

 

 

 

(in millions)

 

Unrealized losses on swap asset

 

$

(0.1

)

$

(0.5

)

$

(0.9

)

Reclassification of fair value of hedged debt to Statement of Operations

 

 

0.4

 

 

0.6

 

 

0.6

 

Realized gains

 

 

0.1

 

 

0.5

 

 

1.0

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

Unrealized and realized gains on fair value interest rate swaps

 

$

0.4

 

$

0.6

 

$

0.7

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

 

Operating Revenue (Tables)
Schedule of operating revenue from significant customers (constituting more than 10% of total revenue)

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

Charterer

 

2016

 

2015

 

2014

 

HMM Korea

 

 

32 

%

 

28 

%

 

28 

%

CMA CGM

 

 

29 

%

 

26 

%

 

27 

%

Hanjin

 

 

10 

%

 

17 

%

 

18 

%

YML

 

 

12 

%

 

13 

%

 

11 

%

 

Operating Revenue by Geographic Location (Tables)
Schedule of operating revenue by geographic location

        Operating revenue by geographic location of the customers for the years ended December 31, was as follows (in thousands):

 

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

Continent

 

2016

 

2015

 

2014

 

Australia—Asia

 

$

344,400 

 

$

410,827 

 

$

389,098 

 

Europe

 

 

153,932 

 

 

157,109 

 

 

162,993 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

Total Revenue

 

$

498,332 

 

$

567,936 

 

$

552,091 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

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Earnings/(Loss) per Share (Tables)
Schedule of computation of basic and diluted earnings/(loss) per share

        The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings/(loss) per share for the years ended December 31 (in thousands):

 

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

2014

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Numerator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income/(loss)

 

$

(366,195

)

$

117,016

 

$

(3,920

)

Denominator (number of shares in thousands):

 

 


 

 

 


 

 

 


 

 

Basic and diluted weighted average common shares outstanding

 

 

109,801.6

 

 

109,785.5

 

 

109,676.1

 

 

Basis of Presentation and General Information (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Dec. 31, 2015
Sep. 18, 2009
Dec. 31, 2016
Hyundai Together
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Hyundai Tenacity
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Hyundai Smart
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Hyundai Speed
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Hyundai Ambition
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Express Berlin (ex Hanjin Germany)
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Express Rome (ex Hanjin Italy)
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Express Athens (ex Hanjin Greece)
item
Dec. 31, 2016
CSCL Pusan
item
Dec. 31, 2016
CSCL Le Havre
item
Dec. 31, 2016
CMA CGM Melisande
item
Dec. 31, 2016
CMA CGM Attila
item
Dec. 31, 2016
CMA CGM Tancredi
item
Dec. 31, 2016
CMA CGM Bianca
item
Dec. 31, 2016
CMA CGM Samson
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Europe (ex CSCL Europe)
item
Dec. 31, 2016
CSCL America
item
Dec. 31, 2016
CMA CGM Moliere, Musset, Nerval, Rabelais and Racine
Dec. 31, 2016
CMA CGM Musset
item
Dec. 31, 2016
CMA CGM Nerval
item
Dec. 31, 2016
CMA CGM Rabelais
item
Dec. 31, 2016
CMA CGM Racine
item
Dec. 31, 2016
CMA CGM Moliere
item
Dec. 31, 2016
YM Mandate
item
Dec. 31, 2016
YM Maturity
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Performance
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Priority
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Colombo (ex SNL Colombo)
item
Dec. 31, 2016
YM Singapore
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Zim Monaco
item
Dec. 31, 2016
OOCL Novorossiysk
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Zim Luanda
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Zim Rio Grande
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Zim Sao Paolo
item
Dec. 31, 2016
OOCL Istanbul
item
Dec. 31, 2016
YM Seattle
item
Dec. 31, 2016
YM Vancouver
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Deva
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Derby D
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Dimitris C
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Express Spain (ex Hanjin Algeciras)
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Express Black Sea (ex Hanjin Constantza)
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Express Argentina (ex Hanjin Buenos Aires)
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Express Brazil (ex Hanjin Santos)
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Express France (ex Hanjin Versailles)
item
Dec. 31, 2016
MSC Zebra
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Amalia C
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Danae C
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Hyundai Highway
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Hyundai Progress
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Hyundai Bridge
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Hyundai Vladivostok
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Hyundai Advance
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Hyundai Stride
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Hyundai Future
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Hyundai Sprinter
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Marathonas
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Messologi
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Mytilini
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Duka
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Commodore
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Federal, Sold in 2016
item
Basis of Presentation and General Information
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Common stock, authorized capital stock (in shares)
750,000,000 
750,000,000 
750,000,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)
$ 0.01 
$ 0.01 
$ 0.01 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Preferred stock, authorized capital stock (in shares)
100,000,000 
100,000,000 
100,000,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share)
$ 0.01 
$ 0.01 
$ 0.01 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TEU
 
 
 
13,100 
13,100 
13,100 
13,100 
13,100 
10,100 
10,100 
10,100 
9,580 
9,580 
8,530 
8,530 
8,530 
8,530 
8,530 
8,468 
8,468 
 
6,500 
6,500 
6,500 
6,500 
6,500 
6,500 
6,500 
6,402 
6,402 
4,300 
4,300 
4,253 
4,253 
4,253 
4,253 
4,253 
4,253 
4,253 
4,253 
4,253 
4,253 
3,430 
3,400 
3,400 
3,400 
3,400 
3,400 
2,602 
2,452 
2,524 
2,200 
2,200 
2,200 
2,200 
2,200 
2,200 
2,200 
2,200 
4,814 
4,814 
4,814 
4,651 
4,651 
4,651 
Period of charter term after which option to purchase vessel is available to charterer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8 years 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Consideration for which vessel can be purchased by charterer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$ 78.0 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Significant Accounting Policies - Reclassifications in Other Comprehensive Income (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Dec. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Reclassifications in Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss)
 
 
 
Net unrealized and realized losses on derivatives
$ (12,482)
$ (39,857)
$ (98,713)
Reclassification out of accumulated other comprehensive income
 
 
 
Reclassifications in Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss)
 
 
 
Net unrealized and realized losses on derivatives
11,918 
36,661 
92,955 
Amortization of deferred realized losses on cash flow hedges |
Reclassification out of accumulated other comprehensive income
 
 
 
Reclassifications in Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss)
 
 
 
Net unrealized and realized losses on derivatives
4,028 
4,017 
4,016 
Accelerated amortization of deferred realized losses on cash flow hedges |
Reclassification out of accumulated other comprehensive income
 
 
 
Reclassifications in Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss)
 
 
 
Net unrealized and realized losses on derivatives
7,706 
 
 
Reclassification of unrealized losses to earnings |
Reclassification out of accumulated other comprehensive income
 
 
 
Reclassifications in Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss)
 
 
 
Net unrealized and realized losses on derivatives
$ 184 
$ 32,644 
$ 88,939 
Significant Accounting Policies - Foreign Currency Translation, Cash and Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Financing Costs (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Dec. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Foreign Currency Translation:
 
 
 
 
Foreign currency exchange gains/(losses)
$ (100,000)
$ (100,000)
$ 300,000 
 
Cash and Cash Equivalents:
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
73,717,000 
72,253,000 
57,730,000 
68,153,000 
Restricted Cash:
 
 
 
 
Proportion of quarterly principal installments equal to the monthly deposit amount required for retention
0.3333 
 
 
 
Proportion of semi-annual interest installments equal to the monthly deposit amount required for retention
0.1667 
 
 
 
Financing Costs:
 
 
 
 
Deferred charges, net
8,199,000 
4,751,000 
 
 
Long-term debt, net
 
2,470,417,000 
 
 
Other finance expenses
4,932,000 
4,658,000 
4,687,000 
 
Interest expense
82,966,000 
84,435,000 
95,050,000 
 
Reclassification |
ASU 2015-03
 
 
 
 
Financing Costs:
 
 
 
 
Deferred charges, net
 
(35,000,000)
 
 
Long-term debt, net
 
(35,000,000)
 
 
Other finance expenses
 
(14,000,000)
(15,100,000)
 
Interest expense
 
$ 14,000,000 
$ 15,100,000 
 
Significant Accounting Policies - Depreciation, Vessels held for sale and Accounting for Special Survey and Drydocking Costs (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2016
Vessels
Depreciation
 
 
Estimated useful life from the year built
 
30 years 
Vessels held for sale
 
 
Impairment loss of vessel held for sale
$ 2.1 
 
Accounting for Special Survey and Drydocking Costs
 
 
Deferral and amortization period of survey and drydocking costs
 
2 years 6 months 
Significant Accounting Policies - Impairment of Long lived Assets, Pension and Retirement Benefit Obligations-Crew and Vessel Operating Expenses (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
item
Dec. 31, 2015
item
Dec. 31, 2014
item
Impairment of Long-lived Assets:
 
 
 
Impairment loss of vessels held and used
$ 415,118 
$ 41,080 
$ 75,776 
Vessel Operating Expenses:
 
 
 
Number of containerships chartered under bareboat charters for which charterers bear vessel operating expenses
Vessels
 
 
 
Impairment of Long-lived Assets:
 
 
 
Impairment loss of vessels held and used
$ 415,100 
$ 39,000 
$ 75,800 
Vessels |
Minimum
 
 
 
Impairment of Long-lived Assets:
 
 
 
Term of multi-year fixed rate period charters for vessels in current fleet and contracted vessels
1 year 
 
 
Vessels |
Maximum
 
 
 
Impairment of Long-lived Assets:
 
 
 
Term of multi-year fixed rate period charters for vessels in current fleet and contracted vessels
18 years 
 
 
Pension and Retirement Benefit Obligations-Crew:
 
 
 
On board period of crew under the short-term contracts
7 months 
 
 
Significant Accounting Policies - Segment Reporting, Earnings/(Loss) Per Share and Equity Compensation Plan (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
segment
Segment Reporting:
 
Number of operating segments
Number of reportable segments
Earnings/(Loss) Per Share:
 
Other dilutive or potentially dilutive securities
Equity Compensation Plan:
 
Maximum number of shares that may be issued as a proportion of outstanding capital stock
6.00% 
Period of automatic termination from approval of plan by stockholders
10 years 
Manager's employees
 
Equity Compensation Plan:
 
Vesting period
0 years 
Contractual obligation for any stock to be granted
$ 0 
Going Concern (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
item
Dec. 31, 2015
Going Concern
 
 
Number of charters cancelled
 
Total current liabilities
$ 2,566,281 
$ 312,145 
Total current assets
$ 135,954 
$ 127,570 
Restricted Cash (Details) (Retention account, USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
Dec. 31, 2016
Dec. 31, 2015
Retention account
 
 
Restricted cash
 
 
Restricted cash
$ 2.8 
$ 2.8 
Fixed Assets, Net (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Dec. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
item
Nov. 5, 2014
Vessels
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Vessels
Dec. 31, 2015
Vessels
Dec. 31, 2014
Vessels
Jan. 8, 2016
Federal, Sold in 2016
Dec. 23, 2015
Federal, Sold in 2016
Dec. 31, 2016
Federal, Sold in 2016
item
Dec. 31, 2015
Federal, Sold in 2016
Nov. 5, 2014
Performance and Priority
Nov. 5, 2014
Performance and Priority
item
Fixed Assets, Net
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gross sale consideration
 
 
$ 57,700,000 
 
 
 
 
 
$ 7,200,000 
 
 
 
 
Amount received from sale of vessel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5,800,000 
 
 
1,400,000 
 
 
Vessels held for sale
 
6,264,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6,300,000 
 
 
(Gain)/loss on sale of vessels
36,000 
 
(5,709,000)
 
 
 
 
 
 
36,000 
 
 
 
Impairment loss
 
2,100,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2,100,000 
 
 
Number of vessels sold
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Number of containerships acquired
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TEU
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4,651 
 
 
6,402 
Property, plant and equipment acquired
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
36,500,000 
 
Impairment loss of vessels held and used
415,118,000 
41,080,000 
75,776,000 
 
415,100,000 
39,000,000 
75,800,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Residual value of the fleet
 
 
 
 
$ 379,600,000 
$ 386,400,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average life of scrap considered to calculate residual value of vessel, one
 
 
 
 
10 years 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average life of scrap considered to calculate residual value of vessel, two
 
 
 
 
5 years 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Scrap value per ton (in dollars per ton)
 
 
 
 
300 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Deferred Charges, Net (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Dec. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Changes in deferred charges, net
 
 
 
Balance at the end of the period
$ 8,199 
$ 4,751 
 
Drydocking and Special Survey Costs
 
 
 
Changes in deferred charges, net
 
 
 
Balance at the beginning of the period
4,751 
6,255 
4,041 
Additions
8,976 
2,341 
6,887 
Written-off amounts
 
 
(286)
Amortization
(5,528)
(3,845)
(4,387)
Balance at the end of the period
$ 8,199 
$ 4,751 
$ 6,255 
Period of amortization for deferred costs
2 years 6 months 
 
 
Investments in affiliates - Wholly Owned Subsidiaries (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
1 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Suez Canal
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Genoa
item
Dec. 31, 2016
NYK Lodestar
item
Dec. 31, 2016
NYK Leo
item
Aug. 31, 2015
Gemini
Dec. 31, 2016
Gemini
Aug. 31, 2015
Gemini
Dec. 31, 2016
Gemini
Dec. 31, 2015
Gemini
Aug. 31, 2015
Gemini
Entities that leases Suez Canal and Genoa and owns NYK Lodestar
Aug. 31, 2015
Virage
Gemini
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Acquired interest
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
100.00% 
 
Capital lease obligations assumed
 
 
 
 
 
 
$ 35.4 
 
 
 
 
Borrowings under a secured loan facility
 
 
 
 
 
 
19.0 
 
 
 
 
Proceeds from equity contributions
 
 
 
 
 
 
47.4 
 
 
 
 
Ownership (as a percent)
 
 
 
 
49.00% 
49.00% 
 
 
 
 
51.00% 
TEU
5,610 
5,544 
6,422 
6,422 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$ 10.3 
$ 23.0 
 
 
Investments in affiliates - Equity Accounted Investments (Details) (Gemini, USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
1 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2016
Dec. 31, 2015
Gemini
 
 
 
Summary of financial information
 
 
 
Ownership (as a percent)
49.00% 
49.00% 
 
Current assets
 
$ 10,829 
$ 12,578 
Non-current assets
 
42,752 
54,771 
Current liabilities
 
6,890 
5,552 
Long-term liabilities
 
36,420 
38,758 
Net operating revenues
 
13,909 
1,775 
Impairment loss
 
29,881 
 
Net loss
 
$ 33,168 
$ 3,961 
Other Non-current Assets (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Dec. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Jul. 16, 2014
ZIM
item
Dec. 31, 2016
ZIM
Dec. 31, 2015
ZIM
Jul. 16, 2014
ZIM
Dec. 31, 2016
ZIM
Operating revenues
Dec. 31, 2015
ZIM
Operating revenues
Dec. 31, 2014
ZIM
Operating revenues
Dec. 31, 2016
ZIM
Notes
Dec. 31, 2015
ZIM
Notes
Dec. 31, 2014
ZIM
Notes
Jul. 16, 2014
ZIM
Notes
Dec. 31, 2016
ZIM
Unsecured 3% Series 1 ZIM Notes due 2023
Jul. 16, 2014
ZIM
Unsecured 3% Series 1 ZIM Notes due 2023
Jul. 16, 2014
ZIM
Unsecured 5% Series 2 ZIM Notes due 2023
Dec. 31, 2016
ZIM
Unsecured 5% Series 2 ZIM Notes due 2023
Dec. 31, 2015
ZIM
Unsecured 5% Series 2 ZIM Notes due 2023
Dec. 31, 2014
ZIM
Unsecured 5% Series 2 ZIM Notes due 2023
Jul. 16, 2014
ZIM
Unsecured 5% Series 2 ZIM Notes due 2023
Sep. 1, 2016
HMM
Jul. 15, 2016
HMM
item
Dec. 31, 2016
HMM
Jul. 18, 2016
HMM
Dec. 31, 2016
HMM
Operating revenues
Sep. 1, 2016
HMM
Other income/(expenses), net
Dec. 31, 2016
HMM
Interest income
Dec. 31, 2016
HMM
Notes
Jul. 18, 2016
HMM
Loan Notes 1 HMM
Jul. 15, 2016
HMM
Loan Notes 1 HMM
Jul. 18, 2016
HMM
Loan Notes 2 HMM
Jul. 15, 2016
HMM
Loan Notes 2 HMM
Other Non-current Assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Receivable
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$ 40,232,000 
$ 39,094,000 
 
$ 36,300,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$ 25,651,000 
$ 20,400,000 
 
$ 4,200,000 
 
Equity investment in ZIM
 
 
 
 
 
28,693,000 
28,700,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other assets
5,274,000 
4,401,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
71,157,000 
72,188,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Number of vessels of which the charter rates payable was reduced
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Principal amount of unsecured notes received
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
49,900,000 
 
8,800,000 
 
 
 
 
41,100,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
32,800,000 
 
6,200,000 
Interest rate (as a percent)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3.00% 
 
 
 
 
5.00% 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3.00% 
 
3.00% 
Interest payable quarterly in cash (as a percent)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3.00% 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest payable accrued quarterly with deferred cash payment on maturity (as a percent)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2.00% 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Percent of outstanding shares after the restructuring, in exchange for charter rate reductions and cancellation
 
 
 
 
 
 
7.40% 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Equity participation in HMM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
51,000,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest income from fair value unwinding
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1,300,000 
1,100,000 
600,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1,000,000 
 
 
 
 
 
Redemption amount
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
300,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Noncash interest income
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
900,000 
800,000 
400,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Equity participation impairment loss
 
 
 
 
28,700,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Impairment loss
444,502,000 
41,080,000 
75,776,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
700,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Deferred revenue recorded
 
 
 
39,100,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Recognized unearned revenue
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6,000,000 
6,000,000 
2,700,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7,900,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current portion of unearned revenue
27,724,000 
9,853,000 
 
 
6,000,000 
6,000,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15,600,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Non-current portion of unearned revenue
70,589,000 
24,426,000 
 
 
18,400,000 
24,400,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
52,100,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Percentage of charter hire rates payable under restructuring agreement
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20.00% 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Number of vessels earlier charter expiration
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Number of shares issued
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4,637,558 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net proceeds from sale of trading securities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
38,100,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net loss on sale of trading securities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12,900,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unearned revenue
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$ 75,600,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accrued Liabilities (Details) (USD $)
Dec. 31, 2016
Dec. 31, 2015
Accrued Liabilities
 
 
Accrued payroll
$ 1,032,000 
$ 1,162,000 
Accrued interest
9,193,000 
8,059,000 
Accrued expenses
5,239,000 
4,793,000 
Total
15,464,000 
14,014,000 
Other accruals
5,200,000 
3,600,000 
Accrued realized losses on cash flow interest rate swaps
 
$ 1,200,000 
Other Current Liabilities (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Dec. 31, 2016
Dec. 31, 2015
Other Current Liabilities
 
 
Fair value of swaps
 
$ 4,538 
Other current liabilities
7,005 
790 
Total
$ 7,005 
$ 5,328 
Lease Arrangements (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Future minimum revenue expected to be earned
 
2017
$ 379,851 
2018
332,217 
2019
295,661 
2020
291,420 
2021
266,553 
2022 and thereafter
511,163 
Total future rentals
$ 2,076,865 
Term of periodic drydocking and special survey maintenance per vessel
2 years 6 months 
Term of periodic drydocking and special survey maintenance per vessel for vessels less than 15 years old
5 years 
Minimum
 
Future minimum revenue expected to be earned
 
Period of drydocking and special survey maintenance carried out on vessels
10 days 
Maximum
 
Future minimum revenue expected to be earned
 
Age of vessels for which drydocking and special survey maintenance is carried out every 5 years
15 years 
Period of drydocking and special survey maintenance carried out on vessels
15 days 
Long-Term Debt, net - Schedule Of Debt And Maturity (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Dec. 31, 2016
Dec. 31, 2015
Long-Term Debt, net
 
 
Long-term debt
$ 2,527,262 
$ 2,775,378 
Debt, current portion
2,527,262 
269,979 
Debt, long-term portion
 
2,505,399 
Comprehensive Financing Plan exit fee accrued
18,948 
15,501 
Fair value hedged debt
 
433 
Less: Deferred finance costs, net
(22,330)
(34,982)
Less: Deferred finance costs, Current portion
(22,330)
 
Less: Deferred finance costs, Long-term portion
 
(34,982)
Total long-term debt net of deferred finance costs
2,504,932 
2,740,396 
Total long-term debt net of deferred finance costs, Current portion
2,504,932 
269,979 
Total long-term debt net of deferred finance costs, Long-term portion
 
2,470,417 
Payment due by period ended
 
 
2017
180,449 
 
2018
2,266,845 
 
2019
20,340 
 
2020
20,340 
 
2021
20,340 
 
Total long-term debt
2,508,314 
 
Fixed principal repayments
 
 
Payment due by period ended
 
 
2017
180,449 
 
2018
204,935 
 
2019
20,340 
 
2020
20,340 
 
2021
20,340 
 
Total long-term debt
446,404 
 
Final Payment due on December 31, 2018*[and other payments thereafter]
 
 
Payment due by period ended
 
 
2018
2,061,910 
 
Total long-term debt
2,061,910 
 
RBS |
Previously Existing Credit Facilities
 
 
Long-Term Debt, net
 
 
Long-term debt
648,528 
667,134 
Debt, current portion
648,528 
24,327 
Debt, long-term portion
 
642,807 
RBS |
January 2011 Credit Facility
 
 
Long-Term Debt, net
 
 
Long-term debt
42,384 
69,948 
Debt, current portion
42,384 
30,990 
Debt, long-term portion
 
38,958 
HSH Nordbank |
Previously Existing Credit Facilities
 
 
Long-Term Debt, net
 
 
Long-term debt
12,200 
21,208 
Debt, current portion
12,200 
9,006 
Debt, long-term portion
 
12,202 
The Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) |
Previously Existing Credit Facilities
 
 
Long-Term Debt, net
 
 
Long-term debt
 
8,204 
Debt, current portion
 
8,204 
The Export-Import Bank of Korea & ABN Amro |
Previously Existing Credit Facilities
 
 
Long-Term Debt, net
 
 
Long-term debt
34,359 
45,609 
Debt, current portion
34,359 
11,250 
Debt, long-term portion
 
34,359 
Deutsche Bank |
Previously Existing Credit Facilities
 
 
Long-Term Debt, net
 
 
Long-term debt
164,582 
169,921 
Debt, current portion
164,582 
5,338 
Debt, long-term portion
 
164,583 
Citibank |
Previously Existing Credit Facilities
 
 
Long-Term Debt, net
 
 
Long-term debt
127,353 
136,719 
Debt, current portion
127,353 
11,425 
Debt, long-term portion
 
125,294 
HSH Nordbank AG-Aegean Baltic Bank-Piraeus Bank |
Previously Existing Credit Facilities
 
 
Long-Term Debt, net
 
 
Long-term debt
624,570 
627,818 
Debt, current portion
624,570 
50 
Debt, long-term portion
 
627,768 
HSH Nordbank AG-Aegean Baltic Bank-Piraeus Bank |
January 2011 Credit Facility
 
 
Long-Term Debt, net
 
 
Long-term debt
34,562 
69,562 
Debt, current portion
34,562 
37,901 
Debt, long-term portion
 
31,661 
Credit Suisse |
Previously Existing Credit Facilities
 
 
Long-Term Debt, net
 
 
Long-term debt
189,080 
199,373 
Debt, current portion
189,080 
11,978 
Debt, long-term portion
 
187,395 
ABN Amro-Bank of America Merrill Lynch-Burlington Loan Management-National Bank of Greece-Sequoia |
Previously Existing Credit Facilities
 
 
Long-Term Debt, net
 
 
Long-term debt
217,584 
228,999 
Debt, current portion
217,584 
13,509 
Debt, long-term portion
 
215,490 
ABN Amro-Bank of America Merrill Lynch-Burlington Loan Management-National Bank of Greece-Sequoia |
January 2011 Credit Facility
 
 
Long-Term Debt, net
 
 
Long-term debt
9,655 
20,582 
Debt, current portion
9,655 
14,244 
Debt, long-term portion
 
6,338 
Entrustpermal-Credit Suisse-Golden Tree |
Previously Existing Credit Facilities
 
 
Long-Term Debt, net
 
 
Long-term debt
242,229 
258,089 
Debt, current portion
242,229 
20,139 
Debt, long-term portion
 
237,950 
Sinosure CEXIM-Citibank-ABN Amro Credit Facility
 
 
Long-Term Debt, net
 
 
Long-term debt
101,700 
122,040 
Debt, current portion
101,700 
20,340 
Debt, long-term portion
 
101,700 
Club Facility |
January 2011 Credit Facility
 
 
Long-Term Debt, net
 
 
Long-term debt
11,590 
50,404 
Debt, current portion
11,590 
32,665 
Debt, long-term portion
 
17,739 
Citibank and Eurobank |
January 2011 Credit Facility
 
 
Long-Term Debt, net
 
 
Long-term debt
47,938 
63,834 
Debt, current portion
47,938 
18,180 
Debt, long-term portion
 
$ 45,654 
Long-Term Debt, net - Bank Agreement (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
0 Months Ended 7 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Mar. 5, 2011
Bank agreement
Mar. 4, 2011
Bank agreement
Mar. 4, 2011
Bank agreement
LIBOR
Jan. 7, 2015
Previously Existing Credit Facilities
Bank agreement
Dec. 23, 2014
Previously Existing Credit Facilities
Bank agreement
Mar. 4, 2011
Previously Existing Credit Facilities
Bank agreement
Jan. 31, 2011
Previously Existing Credit Facilities
Bank agreement
Aug. 31, 2010
Previously Existing Credit Facilities
Bank agreement
Feb. 9, 2012
Previously Existing Credit Facilities
Supplemental letter, September 12, 2013
Dec. 31, 2016
January 2011 Credit Facility
Dec. 31, 2016
January 2011 Credit Facility
LIBOR
Dec. 31, 2016
Sinosure CEXIM-Citibank-ABN Amro Credit Facility
LIBOR
Jan. 31, 2011
Sinosure CEXIM-Citibank-ABN Amro Credit Facility
Bank agreement
Dec. 31, 2010
Sinosure CEXIM-Citibank-ABN Amro Credit Facility
Bank agreement
Aug. 31, 2010
Sinosure CEXIM-Citibank-ABN Amro Credit Facility
Bank agreement
Long-Term Debt, net
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Increase in interest rate margin (as a percent)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.50% 
 
 
 
 
 
 
New debt financing subject to bank agreement
 
$ 425 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate added to variable rate basis (as a percent)
 
 
1.85% 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1.85% 
2.85% 
 
 
 
Amendment fee as a percentage of outstanding commitments
 
 
 
 
 
0.50% 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amendment fee accrued under other long-term liabilities
 
 
 
 
 
12.50 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4.38 
Percentage of amendment fee paid and deferred
 
 
 
 
 
 
40.00% 
20.00% 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Remaining percentage of amendment fee, which is due for payment on December 31, 2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
40.00% 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commitment fee on undrawn committed debt designated for specific newbuildings (as a percent)
0.75% 
0.25% 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.75% 
 
 
 
 
 
Amendment fee paid
 
 
 
$ 0.70 
$ 4.30 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$ 3.16 
$ 1.22 
 
Long-Term Debt, net - Principal Payments (Details) (Bank agreement, USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Quarterly principal payments in fixed amounts
 
2017
$ 148,840,000 
2018
227,439,000 
Total
376,279,000 
Period of early payment of fixed principal installments of which option is available
3 months 
Percentage of actual free cash flow equal to variable payment and fixed principal payment until the earlier of May 15, 2015 and the maximum consolidated net leverage ratio
92.50% 
Maximum consolidated net leverage ratio
Percentage of actual free cash flow equal to variable payment and fixed principal payment after May 15, 2015, until maturity
89.50% 
Accumulated unrestricted cash and cash equivalents used in determining amount of additional variable payment
50,000,000 
Percentage of consolidated debt used in determining amount of additional variable payment
2.00% 
Percentage of relevant budget up to which operating expenses and allocated general and administrative expenses per vessel cannot exceed
20.00% 
Percentage of the first specified value of net equity proceeds equal to which additional prepayments are required
50.00% 
Net equity proceeds used for determining additional prepayments
300,000,000 
Percentage of additional net equity proceeds equal to which additional prepayments are required to be made
25.00% 
Minimum period considered for determining use of retained equity proceeds for prepayment
12 months 
Voting interest owned in outstanding capital stock by Dr. Coustas and his family members, qualified for change of control (as a Percent)
33.00% 
Voting interest owned by any person or group in outstanding capital stock, qualified for change of control (as a percent)
20.00% 
February 15
 
Quarterly principal payments in fixed amounts
 
2017
44,939,000 
2018
34,152,000 
May 15
 
Quarterly principal payments in fixed amounts
 
2017
36,691,000 
2018
37,585,000 
August 15
 
Quarterly principal payments in fixed amounts
 
2017
35,338,000 
2018
44,399,000 
November 15
 
Quarterly principal payments in fixed amounts
 
2017
31,872,000 
2018
45,334,000 
December 31
 
Quarterly principal payments in fixed amounts
 
2018
$ 65,969,000 
Long-Term Debt, net - Covenants and Events of Defaults (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
KEXIM
 
Long-Term Debt, net
 
Collateral coverage covenant (as a percent)
130.00% 
Bank agreement
 
Long-Term Debt, net
 
Number of vessels collateralizing new credit facilities
Period for which a ratio of consolidated indebtedness to consolidated EBITDA is required to be maintained under financial covenants
12 months 
Period for which a ratio of consolidated EBITDA to net interest expense is required to be maintained under financial covenants
12 months 
Period for which consolidated net leverage ratio is required to be maintained under financial covenants to pay cash dividends or repurchase shares
1 year 
Period for which a ratio of aggregate market value of vessels to outstanding indebtedness is required to be maintained under financial covenants to pay cash dividends or repurchase shares
1 year 
Bank agreement |
Minimum
 
Long-Term Debt, net
 
Ratio of market value of vessels, on a charter-inclusive basis, plus net realizable value of additional collateral to consolidated total debt through 2011 (as a percent)
90.00% 
Ratio of market value of vessels, on a charter-inclusive basis, plus net realizable value of additional collateral to consolidated total debt from September 2017 through September 2018 (as a percent)
130.00% 
Free consolidated unrestricted cash and cash equivalents after 2012
$ 30.0 
Ratio of market value of vessels collateralizing the credit facilities, plus net realizable value of additional collateral, to aggregate debt outstanding (as a percent)
100.00% 
Ratio of consolidated EBITDA to net interest expense
1.50 
Ratio of consolidated EBITDA to net interest expense after gradual increase
2.80 
Consolidated market value of adjusted net worth
$ 400 
Required duration of vessel's charter at the time of valuation
12 months 
Bank agreement |
Maximum
 
Long-Term Debt, net
 
Percentage of non-recurring items excluded from calculation of EBITDA, based on EBITDA calculated in the manner as prescribed
5.00% 
Ratio of consolidated total debt less unrestricted cash and cash equivalents to consolidated EBITDA
12 
Ratio of consolidated total debt less unrestricted cash and cash equivalents to consolidated EBITDA gradual decrease
4.75 
Consolidated net leverage ratio to pay cash dividends or repurchase shares
Ratio of aggregate market value of vessels to outstanding indebtedness required to pay cash dividends or repurchase shares (as a percent)
125.00% 
Long-Term Debt, net - Credit Facilities (Details) (USD $)
0 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 6 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Nov. 5, 2014
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Dec. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
item
Jan. 31, 2011
January 2011 Credit Facility
Aug. 31, 2010
January 2011 Credit Facility
Jan. 31, 2011
January 2011 Credit Facility
Dec. 31, 2016
January 2011 Credit Facility
Dec. 31, 2016
January 2011 Credit Facility
LIBOR
Oct. 22, 2014
HSH Nordbank AG-Aegean Baltic Bank-Piraeus Bank
item
Dec. 31, 2014
HSH Nordbank AG-Aegean Baltic Bank-Piraeus Bank
Dec. 31, 2016
HSH Nordbank AG-Aegean Baltic Bank-Piraeus Bank
January 2011 Credit Facility
Jan. 24, 2011
HSH Nordbank AG-Aegean Baltic Bank-Piraeus Bank
January 2011 Credit Facility
Dec. 31, 2016
RBS
January 2011 Credit Facility
Jan. 24, 2011
RBS
January 2011 Credit Facility
Jan. 24, 2011
ABN Amro-Bank of America Merrill Lynch-Burlington Loan Management-National Bank of Greece-Sequoia
January 2011 Credit Facility
Dec. 31, 2016
Club Facility
January 2011 Credit Facility
Jan. 24, 2011
Club Facility
January 2011 Credit Facility
Dec. 31, 2016
Citibank and Eurobank
January 2011 Credit Facility
Jan. 24, 2011
Citibank and Eurobank
January 2011 Credit Facility
Dec. 31, 2016
Sinosure CEXIM-Citibank-ABN Amro Credit Facility
Feb. 21, 2011
Sinosure CEXIM-Citibank-ABN Amro Credit Facility
item
Feb. 21, 2011
Sinosure CEXIM-Citibank-ABN Amro Credit Facility
Maximum
Dec. 31, 2016
Sinosure CEXIM-Citibank-ABN Amro Credit Facility
LIBOR
Dec. 31, 2016
Sinosure CEXIM-Citibank-ABN Amro Credit Facility
January 2011 Credit Facility
Long-Term Debt, net
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Maximum borrowing capacity under credit facility
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$ 123,800,000 
 
$ 100,000,000 
$ 37,100,000 
 
$ 83,900,000 
 
$ 80,000,000 
 
$ 203,400,000 
 
 
 
Amount outstanding as of the balance sheet date
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
34,600,000 
23,750,000 
42,400,000 
 
 
11,600,000 
 
47,900,000 
 
 
 
 
 
101,700,000 
Interest rate margin (as a percent)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1.85% 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2.85% 
 
Interest rate margin if aggregate outstanding indebtedness exceeds $276 million (as a percent)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2.50% 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Minimum aggregate outstanding indebtedness under credit facility for interest rate margin to be 2.50%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
276,000,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate margin if aggregate outstanding indebtedness exceeds $326 million (as a percent)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3.00% 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Minimum aggregate outstanding indebtedness under credit facility for interest rate margin to be 3.00%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
326,000,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate margin if aggregate outstanding indebtedness exceeds $376 million (as a percent)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3.50% 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Minimum aggregate outstanding indebtedness under credit facility for interest rate margin to be 3.50%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
376,000,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Arrangement fee (as a percent)
 
 
 
 
 
2.00% 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Arrangement fee paid
 
 
 
 
5,200,000 
3,300,000 
8,500,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commitment fee payable (as a percent)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.75% 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Number of Vessels Sold
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gross sale consideration
 
5,178,000 
1,050,000 
50,602,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
55,200,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commission paid on sale of mortgaged vessels
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18,200,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Payments made to acquire vessels
 
37,000,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Number Of Vessels Acquired
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lenders fees paid for utilizing sale proceeds
 
90,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Number of tranches which comprise the credit facility
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amount of each tranche, which comprises the credit facility, option one
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$ 67,800,000 
 
 
Amount of each tranche equal to a percentage of contract price for newbuilding vessels securing such tranche
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
60.00% 
 
 
 
Period of repayment of principal in semi-annual installments
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10 years 
 
 
 
 
Ratio of market value of vessels collateralizing the credit facilities, to aggregate debt outstanding (as a percent)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
125.00% 
 
 
 
 
Consolidated net leverage ratio to pay cash dividends or repurchase shares
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Long-Term Debt, net - Credit Facilities (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Dec. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2016
Credit Facilities
Dec. 31, 2016
RBS
January 2011 Credit Facility
Jan. 24, 2011
RBS
January 2011 Credit Facility
Dec. 31, 2016
RBS
Previously Existing Credit Facilities
Dec. 31, 2016
HSH Nordbank AG-Aegean Baltic Bank-Piraeus Bank
January 2011 Credit Facility
Jan. 24, 2011
HSH Nordbank AG-Aegean Baltic Bank-Piraeus Bank
January 2011 Credit Facility
Dec. 31, 2016
HSH Nordbank AG-Aegean Baltic Bank-Piraeus Bank
Previously Existing Credit Facilities
Dec. 31, 2016
Citibank
Previously Existing Credit Facilities
Dec. 31, 2016
Deutsche Bank
Previously Existing Credit Facilities
Dec. 31, 2016
Credit Suisse
Previously Existing Credit Facilities
Jan. 24, 2011
ABN Amro-Bank of America Merrill Lynch-Burlington Loan Management-National Bank of Greece-Sequoia
January 2011 Credit Facility
Dec. 31, 2016
ABN Amro-Bank of America Merrill Lynch-Burlington Loan Management-National Bank of Greece-Sequoia
Previously Existing Credit Facilities
Dec. 31, 2016
Entrustpermal-Credit Suisse-Golden Tree
Previously Existing Credit Facilities
Dec. 31, 2016
HSH Nordbank
Previously Existing Credit Facilities
Dec. 31, 2016
The Export-Import Bank of Korea & ABN Amro
Previously Existing Credit Facilities
Dec. 31, 2016
Club Facility
January 2011 Credit Facility
Jan. 24, 2011
Club Facility
January 2011 Credit Facility
Dec. 31, 2016
Citibank and Eurobank
January 2011 Credit Facility
Jan. 24, 2011
Citibank and Eurobank
January 2011 Credit Facility
Feb. 21, 2011
Sinosure CEXIM-Citibank-ABN Amro Credit Facility
Dec. 31, 2016
Sinosure CEXIM-Citibank-ABN Amro Credit Facility
January 2011 Credit Facility
Dec. 31, 2016
ABN Amro Club Facility
January 2011 Credit Facility
Credit Facilities Summary Table
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Aggregate exit fee payable on the common maturity date
$ 25.0 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Outstanding Principal Amount
 
 
 
 
42.40 
 
648.50 
34.60 
23.75 
624.60 
127.30 
164.60 
189.10 
 
217.60 
242.20 
12.20 
34.40 
11.60 
 
47.90 
 
 
101.70 
9.60 
Remaining borrowing availability
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Maximum borrowing capacity under credit facility
 
 
 
 
 
100.0 
 
 
123.8 
 
 
 
 
37.1 
 
 
 
 
 
83.9 
 
80.0 
203.4 
 
 
Weighted average interest rate on long-term borrowings (as a percent)
2.60% 
2.40% 
2.50% 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest paid
69.2 
71.8 
83.0 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest cost incurred
$ 70.3 
$ 70.4 
$ 80.0 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Related Party Transactions (Details)
0 Months Ended 4 Months Ended 8 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2015
USD ($)
Jan. 1, 2015
Manager
USD ($)
Dec. 16, 2013
Manager
USD ($)
Apr. 30, 2015
Manager
EUR (€)
Dec. 31, 2015
Manager
EUR (€)
Dec. 31, 2016
Manager
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2016
Manager
EUR (€)
Dec. 31, 2015
Manager
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Manager
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Manager
EUR (€)
Dec. 31, 2016
The Swedish Club
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2015
The Swedish Club
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
The Swedish Club
USD ($)
Related Party Transactions
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Adjusted management fees per day
 
 
$ 850 
$ 800 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Adjusted management fees per vessel per day for vessels on bareboat charter
 
 
425 
400 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Adjusted management fees per vessel per day for vessels on time charter
 
 
850 
800 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Management fee on gross freight, charter hire, ballast bonus and demurrage before adjustment (as a percent)
 
 
1.25% 
1.00% 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Adjusted management fee on gross freight, charter hire, ballast bonus and demurrage (as a percent)
 
 
0.50% 
1.25% 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Management fees incurred shown under General and administrative expenses
 
 
 
 
 
 
17,100,000 
 
17,400,000 
16,300,000 
 
 
 
 
Management commissions incurred shown under Voyage expenses
 
 
 
 
 
 
6,300,000 
 
6,900,000 
7,000,000 
 
 
 
 
Monthly advances on account of the vessels' operating expenses
32,603,000 
19,007,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fee for providing services of executive officers
 
 
 
 
500,000 
1,000,000 
 
1,500,000 
 
 
1,500,000 
 
 
 
Premiums paid
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$ 5,600,000 
$ 6,300,000 
$ 8,500,000 
Financial Instruments - Cash Flow Interest Rate Swap Hedges (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Dec. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Effect of interest rate swap hedges on results
 
 
 
Unrealized gains
$ 4,649,000 
$ 16,285,000 
$ 24,915,000 
Net unrealized and realized gains on fair value interest rate swaps
(12,482,000)
(39,857,000)
(98,713,000)
Interest rate swap contracts |
Cash Flow Hedges
 
 
 
Financial Instruments
 
 
 
Fair Value
 
(4,538,000)
 
Unrealized gains/(losses) related to fair value changes
4,500,000 
48,900,000 
114,200,000 
Unrealized losses reclassified from accumulated OCI into earnings
10,700,000 
32,600,000 
88,900,000 
Effect of interest rate swap hedges on results
 
 
 
Total realized losses
(5,500,000)
(52,700,000)
(120,600,000)
Amortization of deferred realized losses
(4,000,000)
(4,000,000)
(4,000,000)
Accelerated amortization of deferred realized losses
(7,700,000)
 
 
Unrealized gains
4,300,000 
16,200,000 
25,200,000 
Net unrealized and realized gains on fair value interest rate swaps
(12,900,000)
(40,500,000)
(99,400,000)
LIBOR |
Citibank |
Interest rate swap contracts |
4.695% p.a. |
Cash Flow Hedges
 
 
 
Financial Instruments
 
 
 
Notional Amount on Effective Date
200,000,000 
 
 
Fixed Rate (Danaos pays) (as a percent)
4.695% 
 
 
Fair Value
 
(1,012,000)
 
LIBOR |
ABN Amro |
Interest rate swap contracts |
1.4975% p.a. |
Cash Flow Hedges
 
 
 
Financial Instruments
 
 
 
Notional Amount on Effective Date
325,000,000 
 
 
Fixed Rate (Danaos pays) (as a percent)
1.4975% 
 
 
Fair Value
 
(2,113,000)
 
LIBOR |
ABN Amro |
Interest rate swap contracts |
1.4125% p.a. |
Cash Flow Hedges
 
 
 
Financial Instruments
 
 
 
Notional Amount on Effective Date
250,000,000 
 
 
Fixed Rate (Danaos pays) (as a percent)
1.4125% 
 
 
Fair Value
 
$ (1,413,000)
 
Financial Instruments - Fair Value Interest Rate Swap Hedges (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Dec. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Effect of interest rate swap hedges on results
 
 
 
Net unrealized and realized gains on fair value interest rate swaps
$ (12,482,000)
$ (39,857,000)
$ (98,713,000)
Unrealized gains/(losses)
4,649,000 
16,285,000 
24,915,000 
Fair Value Hedges |
Interest rate swap contracts
 
 
 
Fair Value Interest Rate Swap Hedges
 
 
 
Fair value change of interest rate swaps
(100,000)
(500,000)
(900,000)
Effect of interest rate swap hedges on results
 
 
 
Unrealized losses on swap asset
(100,000)
(500,000)
(900,000)
Reclassification of fair value of hedged debt to Statement of Income
400,000 
600,000 
600,000 
Realized gains
100,000 
500,000 
1,000,000 
Net unrealized and realized gains on fair value interest rate swaps
400,000 
600,000 
700,000 
Related liability of fair value hedged debt
400,000 
 
Fair Value Hedges |
Interest rate swap contracts |
Other current assets
 
 
 
Effect of interest rate swap hedges on results
 
 
 
Related asset of fair value hedged debt
 
 
Fair Value Hedges |
Interest rate swap contracts |
Other noncurrent assets
 
 
 
Effect of interest rate swap hedges on results
 
 
 
Related asset of fair value hedged debt
 
100,000 
 
Fair Value Hedges |
RBS |
Interest rate swap contracts
 
 
 
Fair Value Interest Rate Swap Hedges
 
 
 
Fair Value
 
138,000 
 
LIBOR |
Fair Value Hedges |
RBS |
Interest rate swap contracts |
Effective Date 12/15/2004
 
 
 
Fair Value Interest Rate Swap Hedges
 
 
 
Notional Amount on Effective Date
60,528,000 
 
 
Fixed Rate (Danaos receives) (as a percent)
5.0125% 
 
 
Floating Rate (Danaos pays)
0.835% 
 
 
Fair Value
 
55,000 
 
LIBOR |
Fair Value Hedges |
RBS |
Interest rate swap contracts |
Effective Date 11/17/2004
 
 
 
Fair Value Interest Rate Swap Hedges
 
 
 
Notional Amount on Effective Date
62,342,000 
 
 
Fixed Rate (Danaos receives) (as a percent)
5.0125% 
 
 
Floating Rate (Danaos pays)
0.855% 
 
 
Fair Value
 
$ 83,000 
 
Financial Instruments - Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details) (Recurring basis, Interest rate swap contracts, USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Dec. 31, 2015
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
 
Assets
 
Fair value of assets
$ 138 
Liabilities
 
Fair value of liabilities
4,538 
Fair Value
 
Assets
 
Fair value of assets
138 
Liabilities
 
Fair value of liabilities
$ 4,538 
Financial Instruments - Estimated Fair Values Of Financial Instruments (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Dec. 31, 2016
Book Value
Dec. 31, 2015
Book Value
Dec. 31, 2016
Fair Value
Dec. 31, 2015
Fair Value
Dec. 31, 2016
ZIM
Book Value
Notes
Dec. 31, 2015
ZIM
Book Value
Notes
Dec. 31, 2016
ZIM
Fair Value
Notes
Dec. 31, 2015
ZIM
Fair Value
Notes
Dec. 31, 2016
HMM
Book Value
Notes
Dec. 31, 2016
HMM
Fair Value
Notes
Dec. 31, 2016
Hanjin
Financial Instruments
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$ 73,717 
$ 72,253 
$ 73,717 
$ 72,253 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Restricted cash
 
2,812 
2,818 
2,812 
2,818 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accounts receivable, net
 
8,028 
10,652 
8,028 
10,652 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Due from related parties
 
32,603 
19,007 
32,603 
19,007 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Receivable from notes
 
 
 
 
 
40,232 
39,094 
35,574 
39,094 
25,651 
25,651 
 
Equity investment in ZIM
 
 
28,693 
 
35,831 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accounts payable
 
11,156 
12,971 
11,156 
12,971 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accrued liabilities
 
15,464 
14,014 
15,464 
14,014 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Long-term debt, including current portion
 
2,527,262 
2,775,378 
2,527,262 
2,776,739 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bad debt expense
$ 15,834 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$ 15,800 
Financial Instruments - Financial Instruments Not Measured At Fair Value On Recurring Basis (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Dec. 31, 2016
Dec. 31, 2015
Financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis
 
 
Deferred finance costs, net
$ 22,330 
$ 34,982 
Fair Value
 
 
Financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis
 
 
Equity investment in ZIM
 
35,831 
Long-term debt, including current portion
2,527,262 
2,776,739 
Accrued liabilities
15,464 
14,014 
Non-recurring basis |
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
 
 
Financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis
 
 
Equity investment in ZIM
 
35,831 
Long-term debt, including current portion
2,527,262 
2,776,739 
Accrued liabilities
15,464 
14,014 
Non-recurring basis |
Fair Value
 
 
Financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis
 
 
Equity investment in ZIM
 
35,831 
Long-term debt, including current portion
2,527,262 
2,776,739 
Accrued liabilities
15,464 
14,014 
Notes |
ZIM |
Fair Value
 
 
Financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis
 
 
Receivable from notes
35,574 
39,094 
Notes |
ZIM |
Non-recurring basis |
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
 
 
Financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis
 
 
Receivable from notes
35,574 
39,094 
Notes |
ZIM |
Non-recurring basis |
Fair Value
 
 
Financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis
 
 
Receivable from notes
35,574 
39,094 
Notes |
HMM |
Fair Value
 
 
Financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis
 
 
Receivable from notes
25,651 
 
Notes |
HMM |
Non-recurring basis |
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
 
 
Financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis
 
 
Receivable from notes
25,651 
 
Notes |
HMM |
Non-recurring basis |
Fair Value
 
 
Financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis
 
 
Receivable from notes
$ 25,651 
 
Financial Instruments - Nonfinancial Items Measured At Fair value On Non-recurring Basis (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Dec. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2016
Non-recurring basis
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Dec. 31, 2015
Non-recurring basis
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Dec. 31, 2016
Non-recurring basis
Fair Value
Dec. 31, 2015
Non-recurring basis
Fair Value
Dec. 31, 2016
Vessels
Dec. 31, 2015
Vessels
item
Dec. 31, 2014
Vessels
Dec. 31, 2016
Vessels
Book Value
Dec. 30, 2016
Vessels
Book Value
Dec. 31, 2015
Vessels
Book Value
Dec. 30, 2015
Vessels
Book Value
Dec. 31, 2016
ZIM
Dec. 31, 2015
ZIM
Jul. 16, 2014
ZIM
Nonfinancial items measured at fair value on a non-recurring
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fixed assets, net
 
 
 
$ 179,400,000 
$ 90,800,000 
$ 179,400,000 
$ 90,800,000 
 
 
 
$ 179,400,000 
$ 594,500,000 
$ 90,800,000 
$ 129,800,000 
 
 
 
Number of vessels on which impairment loss is recorded
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Vessels held for sale
 
 
 
 
6,300,000 
 
6,300,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Impairment loss of vessels held and used
415,118,000 
41,080,000 
75,776,000 
 
 
 
 
415,100,000 
39,000,000 
75,800,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Equity investment in ZIM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28,693,000 
28,700,000 
Equity participation impairment loss
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28,700,000 
 
 
Impairment loss of vessel held for sale
 
$ 2,100,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating Revenue (Details) (Operating revenues, Significant customers)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Dec. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
HMM Korea
 
 
 
Operating Revenue
 
 
 
Percentage of operating revenue
32.00% 
28.00% 
28.00% 
CMA CGM
 
 
 
Operating Revenue
 
 
 
Percentage of operating revenue
29.00% 
26.00% 
27.00% 
Hanjin
 
 
 
Operating Revenue
 
 
 
Percentage of operating revenue
10.00% 
17.00% 
18.00% 
YML
 
 
 
Operating Revenue
 
 
 
Percentage of operating revenue
12.00% 
13.00% 
11.00% 
Operating Revenue by Geographic Location (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Dec. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Operating revenue by geographic location
 
 
 
Revenue
$ 498,332 
$ 567,936 
$ 552,091 
Australia-Asia
 
 
 
Operating revenue by geographic location
 
 
 
Revenue
344,400 
410,827 
389,098 
Europe
 
 
 
Operating revenue by geographic location
 
 
 
Revenue
$ 153,932 
$ 157,109 
$ 162,993 
Commitments and Contingencies (Details) (USD $)
0 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Sep. 1, 2016
item
Dec. 31, 2016
Contingencies
 
 
Number of charters cancelled
 
Bad debt expense
 
$ 15,834,000 
Hanjin
 
 
Contingencies
 
 
Number of charters cancelled
 
Bad debt expense
 
15,800,000 
Collectability of receivables |
Unsecured claim submitted to Seoul Central District Court against Hanjin Shipping |
Pending litigation
 
 
Contingencies
 
 
Total unsecured claim
 
$ 597,900,000 
Stock Based Compensation (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
director
Dec. 31, 2015
director
Dec. 31, 2014
director
Dec. 15, 2016
Manager's employees
Dec. 11, 2015
Manager's employees
Dec. 10, 2014
Manager's employees
Dec. 31, 2016
Manager's employees
Dec. 31, 2015
Manager's employees
Dec. 15, 2016
Manager's employees
General and Administrative Expense
Dec. 11, 2015
Manager's employees
General and Administrative Expense
Dec. 10, 2014
Manager's employees
General and Administrative Expense
Stockholders' Equity
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Vesting period
 
 
 
 
 
 
0 years 
 
 
 
 
Contractual obligation for any stock to be granted
 
 
 
 
 
 
$ 0 
 
 
 
 
Shares granted
 
 
 
25,000 
15,879 
115,185 
 
112,315 
 
 
 
Expenses representing fair value of the stock granted recognized in General and Administrative Expenses
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$ 0.1 
$ 0.1 
$ 0.6 
Number of directors who elected to receive their compensation in shares
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stockholders' Equity (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
item
Dec. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2011
Sep. 18, 2009
Dec. 31, 2016
Manager's employees, directors and employees of the Company
Dec. 31, 2015
Manager's employees, directors and employees of the Company
Dec. 31, 2014
Manager's employees, directors and employees of the Company
Stockholders' Equity
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shares issued
109,799,352 
109,781,744 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shares outstanding
109,799,352 
109,781,744 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Authorized capital stock, common stock (in shares)
750,000,000 
750,000,000 
 
 
750,000,000 
 
 
 
Authorized capital stock, par value of common stock (in dollars per share)
$ 0.01 
$ 0.01 
 
 
$ 0.01 
 
 
 
Authorized capital stock, preferred stock (in shares)
100,000,000 
100,000,000 
 
 
100,000,000 
 
 
 
Authorized capital stock, par value of preferred stock (in dollars per share)
$ 0.01 
$ 0.01 
 
 
$ 0.01 
 
 
 
Newly issued shares
 
 
 
 
 
17,608 
112,315 
16,066 
Maximum consolidated net leverage ratio set as condition for payment of cash dividends and repurchase of shares
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Number of consecutive quarters considered for calculation of consolidated net leverage ratio
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ratio of aggregate market value of vessels to outstanding indebtedness (as a percent)
125.00% 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Number of consecutive quarters considered for calculation of ratio of aggregate market value of vessels to outstanding indebtedness
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Number of warrants issued to lenders
15,000,000 
15,000,000 
15,000,000 
15,000,000 
 
 
 
 
Exercise price of warrant (in dollars per share)
 
 
 
$ 7.00 
 
 
 
 
Earnings/(Loss) per Share (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Dec. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2011
Numerator:
 
 
 
 
Net Income/(Loss)
$ (366,195)
$ 117,016 
$ (3,920)
 
Denominator (number of shares in thousands):
 
 
 
 
Basic and diluted weighted average common shares outstanding
109,801,586 
109,785,484 
109,676,056 
 
Number of warrants issued
15,000,000 
15,000,000 
15,000,000 
15,000,000 
Number of warrants outstanding
15,000,000 
15,000,000 
15,000,000