Interest expense and finance cost: Interest expense and finance cost for the six month period ended June 30, 2018 amounted to $7.2 million as compared to $6.3 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2017. For the six month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, the outstanding weighted average loan balance was $199.6 million and $201.7 million, respectively, and the weighted average interest rate was 6.46% and 5.57%, respectively.
Loss on sale of Asset: On March 22, 2018, Navios Midstream sold the Shinyo Kannika to an unaffiliated third party for net cash proceeds of $16.2 million. The loss on sale of the vessel,upon write-off of theunamortized dry-docking, for the six month periods ended June 30, 2018 amounted to $32.4 million, as compared to $0 for the six month period ended June 30, 2017.
Other income/ (expense), net: Other income, net for the six month period ended June 30, 2018 was $0.2 million, as compared to $0.3 million other expense, net for the six month period ended June 30, 2017.
Operating surplus: Navios Midstream generated operating surplus for the six month period ended June 30, 2018 of $16.7 million as compared to $16.5 million for the same period ended June 30, 2017. Operating Surplus is anon-GAAP financial measure used by certain investors to assist in evaluating a partnership’s ability to make quarterly cash distributions. (See “Reconciliation of EBITDA to Net Cash from Operating Activities, EBITDA, Operating Surplus and Available Cash for Distribution” contained herein).
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our primary short-term liquidity needs are to fund general working capital requirements, dry docking expenditures and debt repayment, and other obligations from time to time, while our long-term liquidity needs primarily relate to expansion and investment capital expenditures and other maintenance capital expenditures and debt repayment. Expansion capital expenditures are primarily for the purchase or construction of vessels to the extent the expenditures increase the operating capacity of or revenue generated by our fleet, while maintenance capital expenditures primarily consist of dry docking expenditures and expenditures to replace vessels in order to maintain the operating capacity of or revenue generated by our fleet. We anticipate that our primary sources of funds for our short-term liquidity needs will be cash flows from operations, proceeds from asset sales and bank borrowings, which we believe will be sufficient to meet our existing short-term liquidity needs for the next 12 months. Generally, our long-term sources of funds will be from cash from operations, long-term bank borrowings and other debt or equity financings. We expect that we will rely upon cash from operations and upon external financing sources, including bank borrowings, to fund acquisitions, expansion and investment capital expenditures and other commitments we have entered into. We cannot assure you that we will be able to secure adequate financing or obtaining additional funds on favorable terms, to meet our liquidity needs.
On July 29, 2016, Navios Midstream entered into a Sales Agreement with the Agent, pursuant to which Navios Midstream may issue and sell from time to time through the Agent common units representing limited partner interests having an aggregate offering price of up to $25.0 million.
There were no equity transactions or units sold under the Sales Agreement in the three and the six month periods ended June 30, 2018.
Credit Facilities
Term Loan B: On June 18, 2015, Navios Midstream and Navios Finance,as co-borrowers, completed the issuance of the $205.0 million Term Loan B. The Term Loan B is set to mature on June 18, 2020 and is repayable in equal quarterly installments of 0.25% of the initial principal amount of the Term Loan B, beginning on September 18, 2015, with a final payment of the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loan B, plus accrued and unpaid interest, due on maturity. The Term Loan B bears interest at LIBOR plus 4.50% per annum, is secured by first priority mortgages covering six vessels owned by subsidiaries of Navios Midstream, in addition to other collateral, and is guaranteed by such subsidiaries.
The Term Loan B requires maintenance of a loan to value ratio of no greater than 0.85 to 1.0 and a minimum interest coverage ratio of at least 3.75 to 1.0, and other restrictive covenants including restrictions on indebtedness, liens, acquisitions and investments, restricted payments and dispositions. The Term Loan B also provides for excess cash flow prepayments and customary events of default.
Following the acquisition of the Nave Galactic and the sale of the Shinyo Kannika, the Nave Galactic substituted the Shinyo Kannika under the Term Loan B.
As of June 30, 2018, an amount of $198.9 million was outstanding under this facility, as compared to $200.9 million for the same period in 2017. The weighted average interest rate for the six month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 was 6.46% and 5.57%, respectively.
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