NEW YORK, Sept. 8, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. (Nasdaq:EGLE) announced today that the Company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Sophocles N. Zoullas, will present at the UBS Best of Americas Conference on Thursday, September 11th at 5 PM British Summer Time (12:00 PM Eastern Time) at the UBS Conference Center in London.
Eagle Bulk was chosen for its leadership in the transportation industry and will present along with 19 other leading North American companies such as Genentech Inc., Ameriprise Financial Inc, Cisco Systems, Inc., General Electric, Marriott International, Inc., Monsanto Co., and United Technologies Corp.
The presentation can be heard live over the internet be accessing http://events.webeventservices.com/ubs/2008/09/11/index.asp. In addition, the accompanying slide presentation will be available in the Investor Relations section of Eagle Bulk's website at www.eagleships.com.
About Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.
Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., headquartered in New York City, is a leading global owner of Supramax dry bulk vessels, which are dry bulk vessels that range in size from 50,000 to 60,000 deadweight tons, or dwt, and transport a broad range of major and minor bulk cargoes, including iron ore, coal, grain, cement and fertilizer, along worldwide shipping routes.