Excel Maritime Carriers files for bankruptcy protection

Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd, a Greek shipping company that operates 38 dry-bulk vessels, has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US after extending a voting deadline on a reorganization plan with senior lenders.Excel listed assets of $2.7 billion and debt of $1 billion in a Chapter 11 petition filed on Monday in US Bankruptcy Court in White Plains, New York.A group of senior lenders owed $771 ...

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