Long-term debt and other financial liabilities | 7. Long-term debt and other financial liabilities Long-term debt Long-term Debt (Table) Facility June 30, 2024 December 31, 2023 Loans $ 1,636,430 $ 1,411,779 Less: Deferred finance costs, net (9,483) (8,046) Total long-term debt 1,626,947 1,403,733 Less: Current portion of debt (243,501) (185,516) Add: Deferred finance costs, current portion 3,036 2,532 Long-term debt, net of current portion and deferred finance costs $ 1,386,482 $ 1,220,749 Loan balances outstanding at June 30, 2024, amounted to $ 1,636,430 . These bank loans are payable in U.S. Dollars in semi-annual installments, with balloon payments due at maturity between December 2024 and December 2032. Interest rates on the outstanding loans as at June 30, 2024, are based on Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) plus a spread . On March 1, 2024, the Company signed a new five-year loan agreement amounting to $ 245,000 to finance the acquisition of the five vessels, Alpes Poppy S., Aspen DF Mystras DF Montmartre . The new loan is repayable in ten semi-annual installments of i) $ 2,012.5 , commencing six months after the delivery of the vessel, plus a balloon of $ 28,175 payable together with the last installment, for each of the vessels Alpes Poppy S. 1,615.5 , commencing six months after the delivery of the vessel, plus a balloon of $ 25,845 payable together with the last installment, for vessel Aspen 1,565 , commencing six months after the delivery of the vessel, plus a balloon of $ 37,550 payable together with the last installment, for each of the vessels DF Mystras DF Montmartre On March 13, 2024, the Company signed a new seven-year 103,456 relating to the pre- and post- delivery financing of the under construction DP2 suezmax shuttle tanker Athens 04 . The new loan is repayable in fourteen semi-annual installments of $ 2,873.77 , commencing six months after the delivery of the vessel, plus a balloon of $ 63,223.108 payable together with the last installment. The first drawdown of $ 12,932 the refinancing of the panamax tankers, Selini Salamina . Based on the addendum, the loan is repayable in two semi-annual installments of $ 2,308.8 , commencing six months after the date signed, plus a balloon of $ 2,308.8 . On May 31, 2024, the Company prepaid the amount of $ 28,147 Neo Energy. On August 30, 2024, the Company signed a seven-year 111,776 Anfield fourteen semi-annual 3,000 69,776 14,903 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, 2024 7.09 Six months ended June 30, 2024 7.17 Three months ended June 30, 2023 6.65 Six months ended June 30, 2023 6.54 The 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 123,045 75,026 One loan agreement requires a monthly pro rata transfer to retention account of any principal due but unpaid. Two loan agreements require the Company to maintain throughout the security period, an aggregate balance in a deposit account of $ 3,050 As of June 30, 2024, the Company and its wholly and majority owned subsidiaries had thirty-two 1,636,430 The Company fulfilled its requirements in respect of the financial covenants of all of its loan agreements as at June 30, 2024 ' The annual principal payments, including balloon payments on loan maturity, required to be made after June 30, 2024, are as follows: Long-term debt and other financial liabilities- Principal Payments (Table) Period/ Year Amount July to December 2024 $ 109,478 2025 242,190 2026 246,744 2027 376,846 2028 229,148 2029 and thereafter 432,024 $ 1,636,430 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, 2024 December 31, 2023 Other financial liabilities $ 156,249 $ 160,912 Less: Deferred finance costs, net (1,817) (1,988) Total other financial liabilities 154,432 158,924 Less: Current portion of other financial liabilities (9,328) (9,328) Add: Deferred finance costs, current portion 325 338 Other financial liabilities, net of current portion and deferred finance costs $ 145,429 $ 149,934 On December 21, 2021 , the Company entered into a new ten-year sale and leaseback agreement for its under-construction LNG carrier, Tenergy On January 12, 2022, the Company took delivery of the LNG carrier 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 sheets 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, 2024, are as follows: Long-term debt and other financial liabilities - Schedule of annual lease liability (Table) Period/ Year Amount July to December 2024 $ 4,665 2025 9,328 2026 9,328 2027 9,328 2028 9,328 2029 and thereafter 114,272 $ 156,249 |