Long-term debt and other financial liabilities | 7. Long-term debt and other financial liabilities Long-term debt Long-term debt and other financial liabilities(Table) Facility June 30, 2023 December 31, 2022 Loans $ 1,382,619 $ 1,417,341 Less: Deferred finance costs, net (7,943) (7,354) Total long-term debt 1,374,676 1,409,987 Less: Current portion of debt (162,448) (194,353) Add: Deferred finance costs, current portion 2,495 2,272 Long-term debt, net of current portion and deferred finance costs $ 1,214,723 $ 1,217,906 Loan balances outstanding at June 30, 2023, amounted to $ 1,382,619 . These bank loans are payable in U.S. Dollars in semi-annual installments, with balloon payments due at maturity between May 2024 and December 2031. Interest rates on the outstanding loans as of June 30, 2023, are based on SOFR plus a spread, except for eight loan agreements based on LIBOR plus a spread. On January 20, 2023 , the Company signed a new five-year loan agreement amounting to $ 85,000 relating to the refinancing of the LNG carrier, Neo Energy Andromeda Decathlon On January 30, 2023 72,274 42,085 24,000 ten 6,547.2 6,802 Upon sale of its six handymax vessels, Afrodite, Ajax, Apollon, Ariadne, Aris Artemis 41,750 On February 17, 2023, the Company prepaid the amount of $ 6,815 Arion Amphitrite. On March 29, 2023 , the Company signed a new five-year loan agreement amounting to $ 72,150 relating to the refinancing of the aframax tankers, Sola TS Oslo TS On March 31, 2023, the Company drew down the amount of $ 72,150 25,973 25,650 ten 3,006 42,090 On March 31, 2023 , the Company signed a new five-year loan agreement amounting to $ 70,000 relating to the refinancing of the aframax tankers, Marathon TS Stavanger TS On April 20, 2023, the Company drew down the amount of $ 70,000 63,364 ten 2,850 41,500 On June 6, 2023 , the Company signed a new five-year loan agreement amounting to $ 49,000 relating to the refinancing of the aframax tankers, Asahi Princess Parthenon TS On June 14, 2023, the Company drew down the amount of $ 49,000 35,596 ten 3,062.5 18,375 According to the debt extinguishment guidance of ASC 470-50 “Debt Modifications and Extinguishments”, the Company expenses any unamortized deferred financing costs on its prepaid loans, falling under the scope of debt extinguishments (Note 8). The weighted-average interest rates on the above executed loans for the applicable periods were: Long-term debt and other financial liabilities - Weighted-Average Interest Rates (Table) Three months ended June 30, 2023 6.65 Six months ended June 30, 2023 6.54 Three months ended June 30, 2022 2.75 Six months ended June 30, 2022 2.44 The term bank loans are secured by first priority mortgages on all vessels, by assignments of earnings and insurances of the respectively mortgaged vessels, and by corporate guarantees of the relevant vessel-owning subsidiaries. The loan agreements include, among other covenants, covenants requiring the Company to obtain the lenders’ prior consent in order to incur or issue any financial indebtedness, additional borrowings, pay dividends if an event of default has occurred, sell vessels and assets, and change the beneficial ownership or management of the vessels. Also, the covenants require the Company to maintain a minimum liquidit y 209,843 156,837 3,050 As of June 30, 2023, the Company and its wholly and majority owned subsidiaries had twenty-nine 1,382,619 . The Company fulfilled its requirements in respect of the financial covenants of all of its loan agreements as at June 30, 2023 . The Company ’ The annual principal payments, including balloon payments on loan maturity, required to be made after June 30, 2023, are as follows: Long-term debt and other financial liabilities- Principal Payments (Table) Period/ Year Amount July to December 2023 $ 78,141 2024 180,777 2025 215,816 2026 224,628 2027 354,731 2028 and thereafter 328,526 $ 1,382,619 Other financial liabilities, net The amounts in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets are analyzed as follows: Long-term debt and other financial liabilities - Other financial liabilities, net (Table) June 30, 2023 December 31, 2022 Other financial liabilities $ 165,577 $ 170,241 Less: Deferred finance costs, net (2,167) (2,351) Total other financial liabilities 163,410 167,890 Less: Current portion of other financial liabilities (9,328) (9,328) Add: Deferred finance costs, current portion 351 363 Other financial liabilities, net of current portion and deferred finance costs $ 154,433 $ 158,925 On December 21, 2021 a new ten-year sale and leaseback agreement for its under-construction LNG carrier, Tenergy January 12, 2022 , the Company took delivery of the LNG Tenergy , having a purchase obligation at the end of the tenth anniversary, as well as options to repurchase the vessel at any time following the fifth anniversary of the commencement date. In accordance with ASC 842-40, the Company did not derecognize the respective vessel from its balance sheet and accounted for the amounts received under the sale and leaseback agreement as other financial liabilities. The financing arrangement is repayable in forty quarterly installments of $ 2,332 , commencing three months after the drawdown date, plus a put option of $ 83,955 payable together with the last installment. The agreement has no covenants. The annual principal payments of Other financial liabilities required to be made after June 30, 2023, are as follows: Long-term debt and other financial liabilities - Schedule of annual lease liability (Table) Period/ Year Amount July to December 2023 $ 4,665 2024 9,328 2025 9,328 2026 9,328 2027 9,328 2028 and thereafter 123,600 $ 165,577 |