Danaos Corporation to Participate at the Jefferies 2011 Global Shipping Conference

ATHENS, GREECE--(Marketwire - Sep 1, 2011) - Danaos Corporation (NYSE: DAC), a leading international owner of containerships, announced that today announced that Dr. John Coustas, the company's President and Chief Executive Officer, will be participating at the Jefferies 2011 Global Shipping Conference on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. ET. The conference will be held in New York City.

The presentation will be broadcast live over the Internet and can be accessed at http://www.wsw.com/webcast/jeff63/dac/. In addition, the accompanying slide presentation and webcast will be available at the Company's website at www.danaos.com under "Presentations" in the Investor Relations section. The webcast replay of the presentation will be available for 90 days.

About Danaos Corporation
Danaos Corporation is an international owner of containerships, chartering its vessels to many of the world's largest liner companies. Our current fleet of 57 containerships aggregating 274,089 TEUs ranks Danaos among the largest containership charter owners in the world based on total TEU capacity. Danaos is one of the largest US listed containership companies based on fleet size. Furthermore, the company has a contracted fleet of 8 additional containerships aggregating 91,090 TEU with scheduled deliveries up to 2012. The company's shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "DAC."

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