Eagle Bulk takes delivery of bulker

Eagle Bulk takes delivery of bulker Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. said it has taken delivery of Shrike, a 2003-built, 53,343 deadweight-ton “supramax” dry bulk vessel. The Shrike was acquired as part of a three-vessel transaction announced Feb. 28.
   The vessel will immediately commence a 24- to 27-month charter at a rate of $24,600 per day. The charterer has an option to extend the charter period by 12 to 14 months at a rate of $25,600 per day.
   Eagle Bulk, a Marshall Islands corporation headquartered in New York, has a fleet of 22 vessels, including 19 supramaxes — four of which are newbuilds — and three handymax bulk carriers. The average age of the fleet is about five years.