Gary Vogel | Chief Executive Officer |
Frank De Costanzo | Chief Financial Officer |
Jon Chappell | Evercore |
Chris Snyder | Deutsche Bank |
Liam Burke | B. Riley FBR |
Greetings, and welcome to the Eagle Bulk Shipping First Quarter 2019 Results Conference Call. [Operator instructions] As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded. I would now like to turn the call over to Gary Vogel, Chief Executive Officer, and Frank De Costanzo, Chief Financial Officer of Eagle Bulk Shipping. Mr. Vogel, you may begin.