the Greek armament Costamare has archived item the exercise clearly anniversary 2012 with a profit of 81,1 million dollars, in decrease of the 7.4% regarding the exercise precedence. The revenues have grown of 1.0% attesting itself to 386,2 million dollars and the operating profit is diminished of the 9.3% to 154,9 million dollars.

the company has announced the acquisition of portacontainer the Venetiko (former Ace Ireland), constructed in 2003, for 22,2 million dollars. The ship, of the ability to 5.928 teu, will be taken in delivery within the end of the next month. The portacontainer GDP) of Singapore for the minimal period of 12 months and maximum of 15 months to a every day installment of hire of 14.500 dollars is rented to the Pacific International Lines (. Moreover Costamare has sold for approximately 8,2 million dollars the portacontainer from 3.876 teu MSC Washington that are constructed in 1984 and that it is destined to the demolition.

Some days before Costamare Shipping Company, the operating society of the Greek group, has tightened an agreement with the V.Ships Greece, branch of the V.Ships Monegasque, in order to constitute a society of ship management that will operate initially approximately 22 portacontainer of the Costamare. "The agreement of cooperation between our manager and V.Ships - the financial director of Costamare has commented, Gregory Zikos - offers to both the resources necessary in order to realize our plans of increase and the flexibility in order to adapt the consistency of our fleet on the base of the conditions of the market within a extremely cyclical section" .