Pioneer Marine Inc Announces Changes to Its Newbuilding Program

MAJURO, MARSHALL ISLANDS--(Marketwired - Nov 12, 2015) - Pioneer Marine Inc. (OSLO-OTC: PNRM) ("Pioneer Marine," or the "Company") a leading shipowner and global drybulk handysize transportation service provider announced the following developments regarding its newbuilding program:

(1) Termination of three (3) newbuilding contracts at no cost to the Company
(2) Delays in the current delivery schedule with five (5) vessels now scheduled to deliver before YE 2016 and the remaining three (3) vessels to be delivered in 2017

The Company's CEO, Pankaj Khanna, further elaborated by stating "Our newbuilding program continues to represent a strategic partnership between Pioneer and Yangzhou Guoyu Shipyard. We are grateful for their support through the current unprecedented downturn in the dry bulk market. We are being proactive in creating a long runway for the company and the reduction in our capital expenditure commitments strengthens our balance sheet significantly. The cancellation frees up $34 million of equity commitments and the delay in deliveries, now spread over the next two years, pushes out the capex over an extended period. We have now delayed our newbuilding deliveries by a total of 96 months and also proactively raised $25 million of equity in August."

About Pioneer Marine Inc.

Pioneer Marine Inc. is a leading shipowner and global drybulk handysize transportation service provider. Pioneer Marine owns thirteen Handysize and one Handymax drybulk carriers with an additional 8 Handysize newbuildings on order for delivery through 2016 and 2017. The Handysize Green Dolphins newbuildings are 'Eco' vessels.

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