Excel Enters Charter Agreement for the M/V First Endeavour

Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd. an owner and operator of dry bulk carriers and a provider of worldwide seaborne transportation services for dry bulk cargoes, announced today that it has chartered M/V First Endeavour for a period of 23 to 25 months at $45,000 per day to a first class charterer. The vessel will be delivered into charter on or about August 25, 2007. M/V First Endeavour is a Panamax dry bulk carrier of 69,111 dwt, built in 1994 in Japan, which the company acquired and took delivery of in May 2005.