UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of April 2021
Commission File Number: 001-38802
CASTOR MARITIME INC.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
223 Christodoulou Chatzipavlou Street, Hawaii Royal Gardens, 3036 Limassol, Cyprus
(Address of principal executive office)
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INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT
Attached to this report on Form 6-K as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the press release issued by Castor Maritime Inc. (the “Company”) on April 30, 2021, announcing that the Company, through five separate wholly-owned subsidiaries, entered into agreements to acquire two 2006 Korean-built MR1 tankers, two 2004 Korean-built Aframax/LR2 tankers and one 2002 Korean-built Aframax/LR2 tanker from an unaffiliated third-party for an aggregate purchase price of $49.25 million.
Except for the commentary of Petros Panagiotidis, the information contained in this report on Form 6-K and the exhibit attached hereto are hereby incorporated by reference into the Company's registration statements on Form F-3 (File Nos. 333-238990, 333-240262 and 333-254977) that were declared effective on September 23, 2020, September 23, 2020 and April 1, 2021, respectively.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| CASTOR MARITIME INC. | ||||||
Dated: April 30, 2021 | By: | /s/ Petros Panagiotidis | ||||
Petros Panagiotidis Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||