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20 Listed Company CEOs and Analysts Participate in the 2nd Capital Link International Shipping Forum Thursday, March 20, 2008 -- New York City 7:30 am - 5:00 pm


NEW YORK, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 03/03/08 --

Twenty listed company CEOs and CFOs, as well as several analysts, will participate in the panels or make presentations at The 2nd Annual Capital Link Forum "Invest in International Shipping" that will take place on Thursday, March 20, 2008 in New York City at the Metropolitan Club.

The objective of the Forum is to provide investors with a comprehensive review and outlook of the various shipping markets. Also, to generate maximum publicity about shipping as an industry and the shipping companies to a wide audience of investors.

The Forum's target audience includes institutional investors and securitiesanalysts; financial advisors and financial planners; retail and institutional brokers; and financial press and media. The event will be open to the whole sell side brokerage community.

SECTOR PANELS

The Forum will start with registration at 7:30 am on Thursday, March 20, 2008 and is expected to finish by 5:00 pm. There will be five panels in total on several sectors and topics as follows:

-- Container CEO Panel with Danaos Corporation, Euroseas Ltd. and
Goldenport Holdings Inc.
-- Tanker CEO Panel (Crude Oil and Products) with Capital Product
Partners L.P., D'Amico International Shipping S.A., Omega Navigation
Enterprises and Tsakos Energy Navigation LTD.
-- Dry Bulk CEO Panel, moderated by Doug Mavrinac, Head of Shipping
Research at Jefferies, with the CEOs of DryShips Inc., Navios Maritime
Holdings, Quintana Maritime Limited, Star Bulk Carriers Corp. and TBS
International Limited
-- Consolidation - M & A in Shipping, moderated by Bob Robinson Senior
Partner of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, with senior executives from Deutsche
Bank AG and Citigroup, and the CEOs of Danaos Corporation, DryShips Inc.,
Navios Maritime Holdings and Quintana Maritime Limited (NASDAQ: QMAR),
Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd.
-- London Listed Companies CEO Panel with Hellenic Carriers Limited, GO
Carriers Limited, Globus Maritime Ltd, and Goldernport Holdings Inc.
-- Each panel will last 40 minutes. The panels will focus on industry
trends rather than individual company characteristics. The Forum's
attendees will have the opportunity to address their questions to each
panel participants.
OTHER PRESENTATION TOPICS In addition, there will be presentations on topics of interest such as:

-- Freight Forward Agreements (FFAs) by IMAREX
-- SPACs by the Maxim Group
-- Challenges in Ship Management by VShips
COMPANY PRESENTATIONS There will also be company presentations, as follows by the CEOs and CFOsof:

-- Capital Product Partners L.P. (NASDAQ: CPLP)
-- D'amico International Shipping S.A. (Borsa Italiana: DIS)
-- Danaos Corporation (NYSE: DAC)
-- DryShips Inc.(NASDAQ: DRYS)
-- Euroseas Ltd (NASDAQ: ESEA)
-- Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd. (NYSE: EXM)
-- Global Oceanic Carriers Limited (AIM: GOC)
-- Globus Maritime Ltd. (LSE: GLBS)
-- Goldenport Holdings Inc. (LSE: GPRT)
-- Hellenic Carriers Limited (AIM: HCL)
-- Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. (NYSE: NM)
-- Navios Maritime Partners L.P. (NYSE: NMM)
-- OceanFreight, Inc. (NASDAQ: OCNF)
-- Ocean Tankers Holdings (CYPRUS: OCT)
-- Omega Navigation Enterprises (NASDAQ: ONAV)
-- Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (NASDAQ: SBLK)
-- TBS International Limited (NASDAQ: TBSI)
-- Top Ships Inc. (NASDAQ: TOPS)
-- Tsakos Energy Navigation LTD (NYSE: TNP)
ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS WITH MANAGEMENT Participants in the Capital Link Shipping Forum may request to schedule one-on-one meetings with company management through the event page at www.capitallinkshipping.com or by emailing [e-mail]