Diamantis Andriotis
Management
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to our C3is First Quarter Earnings Conference Call and Webcast. This is Diamantis Andriotis, CEO of the company. Joining me on the call today is our CFO, Nina Pyndiah. Before we commence our presentation, I would like to remind you that we will be discussing forward-looking statements, which reflect current views with respect to future events and financial performance and are based on current expectations and assumptions, which by nature are inherently uncertain and outside of company's control. At this stage, if you could all take a moment to read our disclaimer on Slide 2 of this presentation. I would also like to point out that all amounts quoted, unless otherwise clarified, are implicitly stated in U.S. Dollars. Today, we released our earnings results for the first quarter of 2024. So, let's proceed to discuss these results and update you on the company's strategy and the market in general. Please turn to Slide 3, where we summarize and highlight the company's performance, starting with our financial highlights. We had a great start for 2024 with an EBITDA of $5.7 million compared to $1.4 million for Q1 2023, mainly due to the contribution from the Aframax tanker that joined the fleet in Q3 2023. Our net income was $3.8 million compared to $0.8 million for Q1 2023, an increase of 475%. Our vessel's net value was $73.8 million at the end of March 2024, compared to $75.2 million at December 31, 2024. In Q2 2024, the vessel's value will increase by approximately $16.2 million after the delivery of the bulk carrier that the company recently acquired. Our net cash balance was $34.9 million at the end of March 2024 compared to $9 million at the end of December 2023. This was a combination of three major…