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TOP Ships Inc. Announces Agreement to Acquire Nine ECO MR Product Tanker Newbuildings with Time Charter Employment and Potential Gross Revenue Backlog of about $679 million
ATHENS, Greece, Feb. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TOP Ships Inc. (the “Company”), an international owner and operator of modern, fuel efficient "ECO" tanker vessels, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with an entity affiliated with the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, (“the Seller”), to acquire 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of nine Marshall Islands companies (the “SPVs”), counterparties to ship building contracts for nine very-high specification 47,499 dwt Medium
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