Contact Information: Contacts: Company Contact: Gregory A. McGrath Chief Financial Officer Omega Navigation Enterprises, Inc. PO Box 272 Convent Station, NJ 07961 Tel. (551) 580-0532 E-mail: gmcgrath@omeganavigation.com www.omeganavigation.com Investor Relations / Financial Media: Nicolas Bornozis President Capital Link, Inc. 230 Park Avenue, Suite 1536 New York, NY 10169 Tel. (212) 661-7566 E-mail: nbornozis@capitallink.com www.capitallink.com
Omega Navigation Announces Date for the Release of Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2006 Results, Conference Call and Webcast
Earnings Release: Tuesday, February 20, 2007, After the Market Closes; Conference Call and Webcast: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 at 10:00 A.M. EST
| Source: Omega Navigation
PIRAEUS, GREECE -- (MARKET WIRE) -- February 13, 2007 -- Omega Navigation Enterprises, Inc.
(NASDAQ : ONAV ) (SGX: ONAV50), a provider of global marine transportation
services focusing on product tankers, announced today that it will release
its results for the fourth quarter and twelve month period ended December
31, 2006 after the close of the market in New York on Tuesday, February 20,
2007.
On Wednesday, February 21, 2007 at 10:00 A.M. EST the Company's management
will host a conference call to discuss the results and discuss further
details on its recent agreement to purchase two newbuilding Ice Class 1A
Panamax Product tankers, the Omega Emmanuel and Omega Theodore, currently
under construction at STX Shipbuilding in South Korea, which are scheduled
for delivery on March 23 and April 26, 2007 respectively.
Conference Call Details:
Participants should dial into the call 10 minutes before the scheduled time
using the following numbers: 1-866-819-7111 (from the US), 0800-953-0329
(from the UK) or + 44(0)1452-542-301 (from outside the US or the UK).
Please quote "Omega."
A telephonic replay of the conference call will be available until February
28, 2007 by dialing 1-866-247-4222 (from the US), 0800-953-1533 (from the
UK) or + 44(0)1452-550-000 (from outside the US or the UK). Access Code:
3663884 #
Slides and Audio Webcast:
There will also be a live, and then archived, webcast of the conference
call, that can be accessed through Omega Navigation's website at
www.omeganavigation.com. Participants to the live webcast should register
on the website approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the webcast.
About Omega Navigation Enterprises, Inc.
Omega Navigation Enterprises, Inc. is an international provider of global
marine transportation services through the ownership and operation of eight
double hull product tankers. The current fleet includes 6 double hull
product tankers with a carrying capacity of 366,358 dwt.. These six
product tankers are chartered out on 3 year period time charters.
Furthermore, with the delivery of the recently announced acquisition of
Omega Emmanuel and Omega Theodore, the Company will have eight product
carriers with a combined cargo carrying capacity of 512,358 dwt. The
Company also has options to acquire two additional double hull Ice Class 1A
Panamax product carriers currently under construction at STX Shipbuilding
in South Korea which are expected to be available for delivery between
August and September 2007.
The Company was incorporated in the Marshall Islands in February 2005. Its
principal executive offices are located in Piraeus, Greece and it also
maintains an office in the United States.
Omega Navigation's Class A common shares are traded on the NASDAQ National
Market under the symbol "ONAV" and are also listed on the Singapore
Exchange Securities Trading Limited under the symbol "ONAV 50."
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Matters discussed in this press release may constitute forward-looking
statements. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides
safe harbor protections for forward-looking statements in order to
encourage companies to provide prospective information about their
business. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans,
objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying
assumptions and other statements, which are other than statements of
historical facts.
The Company desires to take advantage of the safe harbor provisions of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and is including this
cautionary statement in connection with this safe harbor legislation. The
words "believe," "except," "anticipate," "intends," "estimate," "forecast,"
"project," "plan," "potential," "will," "may," "should," "expect" pending
and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements.
The forward-looking statements in this press release are based upon various
assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions,
including without limitation, the Company's management's examination of
historical operating trends, data contained in the Company's records and
other data available from third parties. Although the Company believes that
these assumptions were reasonable when made, because these assumptions are
inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies which are
difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond the Company's control,
the Company cannot assure you that the Company will achieve or accomplish
these expectations, beliefs or projections.
In addition to these important factors other important factors that, in the
Company's 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 product tanker
and dry bulk shipping capacity, changes in the Company's operating
expenses, including bunker prices, drydocking and insurance costs, the
market for the Company's vessels, availability of financing and
refinancing, 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 the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission for a more complete discussion of these and other risks and
uncertainties.