Box Ships Inc. Takes Delivery of Its Fourth and Fifth Containership

ATHENS, GREECE--(Marketwire - May 19, 2011) - Box Ships Inc., (NYSE: TEU), or the Company, a global shipping company specializing in the transportation of containers, announced today that it has taken delivery of the MSC Siena, a 4,546 TEU container vessel built in 2006, from an unaffiliated third party and the CMA CGM Kingfish, a 5,095 TEU container vessel built in 2007 from Paragon Shipping.

The MSC Siena has a fixed rate period time charter term expiring in January 2014 with Maersk at a gross daily charter rate of $28,000, (with charterer option for four successive one year periods at the same gross hire rate). The CMA CGM Kingfish has a fixed rate period time charter term expiring in April 2014 (with the charterer option of plus/minus 45 days) with CMA CGM at a gross daily charter rate of $23,000.

The MSC Siena and the CMA CGM Kingfish are the fourth and fifth vessels of the six vessels comprising the Company's initial fleet, as identified prior to its Initial Public Offering. The sixth remaining vessel is expected to be delivered by May 31^st, 2011 expanding the Company's fleet to a total of six containerships with a TEU weighted-average age of 2.5 years, a total capacity of 28,177 TEUs and a weighted-average remaining charter duration of 35.3 months.

Commenting on the recent events, Michael Bodouroglou, Chairman, President and CEO of the Company, stated "We are pleased that we were able to work to take delivery of five of the six vessels in our initial fleet well in advance of our original timetable, which will have a positive effect on our cash flow for the second quarter of 2011. Our policy is to pay a quarterly dividend to our shareholders supported by our investment in young containership vessels with fixed employment that we expect will generate consistent cash flows and high utilization rates."

About Box Ships Inc.
Box Ships Inc. is an Athens, Greece-based international shipping company specializing in the transportation of containers. The Company's current fleet consists of five containerships with a total carrying capacity of 23,082 TEUs with an agreement to acquire an additional containership that will increase the total capacity to 28,177 TEUs with a weighted-average age of 2.5 years. The company's shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "TEU."

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In addition to these important factors, other important factors that, in our view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include the strength of world economies and currencies, general market conditions, including fluctuations in charter rates and vessel values, changes in demand for drybulk shipping capacity, changes in our operating expenses, including bunker prices, drydocking and insurance costs, the market for our vessels, availability of financing and refinancing, charter counterparty performance, ability to obtain financing and comply with covenants in such financing arrangements, changes in governmental rules and regulations or actions taken by regulatory authorities, potential liability from pending or future litigation, general domestic and international political conditions, potential disruption of shipping routes due to accidents or political events, vessels breakdowns and instances of off-hires and other factors. Please see our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a more complete discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties.