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Castor Maritime Inc. – ‘20-F’ for 12/31/23 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Thursday, 2/29/24, at 4:55pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/23   ·   Accession #:  1140361-24-10463   ·   File #:  1-38802

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 2/29/24  Castor Maritime Inc.              20-F       12/31/23  117:18M                                    Broadridge Fin’l So… Inc

Annual or Annual-Transition Report by a Foreign Non-Canadian Issuer   —   Form 20-F   —   SEA’34

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 20-F        Annual or Annual-Transition Report by a Foreign     HTML   3.79M 
                Non-Canadian Issuer                                              
 2: EX-2.2      Plan of Acquisition, Reorganization, Arrangement,   HTML    112K 
                Liquidation or Succession                                        
 4: EX-4.10     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    353K 
 5: EX-4.12     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    528K 
 6: EX-4.23     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    244K 
 3: EX-4.8      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    159K 
 7: EX-8.1      Opinion of Counsel re: Tax Matters                  HTML     36K 
 9: EX-13.1     Annual or Quarterly Report to Security Holders      HTML     33K 
11: EX-97.1     Clawback Policy re: Recovery of Erroneously         HTML     45K 
                Awarded Compensation                                             
 8: EX-12.1     Statement re: the Computation of Ratios             HTML     39K 
10: EX-15.1     Letter re: Unaudited Interim Financial Info         HTML     31K 
17: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML    109K 
18: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    188K 
19: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     70K 
20: R4          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML    173K 
21: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     45K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
22: R6          Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity     HTML    109K 
                and Mezzanine Equity                                             
23: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    195K 
24: R8          Basis of Presentation and General information       HTML    187K 
25: R9          Significant Accounting Policies and Recent          HTML     88K 
                Accounting Pronouncements                                        
26: R10         Discontinued operations                             HTML    102K 
27: R11         Transactions with Related Parties                   HTML    152K 
28: R12         Deferred Charges, net                               HTML     44K 
29: R13         Fair Value of Acquired Time Charters                HTML     42K 
30: R14         Vessels, net/Assets held for sale                   HTML     75K 
31: R15         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML    127K 
32: R16         Investment in equity securities                     HTML     45K 
33: R17         Equity Capital Structure                            HTML     97K 
34: R18         Financial Instruments and Fair Value Disclosures    HTML     43K 
35: R19         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     48K 
36: R20         Earnings Per Common Share                           HTML     77K 
37: R21         Total Vessel Revenues                               HTML     56K 
38: R22         Vessel Operating Expenses and Voyage Expenses       HTML     61K 
39: R23         General and Administrative Expenses                 HTML     46K 
40: R24         Interest and Finance Costs                          HTML     46K 
41: R25         Income Taxes                                        HTML     42K 
42: R26         Segment Information                                 HTML    157K 
43: R27         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     41K 
44: R28         Significant Accounting Policies and Recent          HTML    156K 
                Accounting Pronouncements (Policies)                             
45: R29         Basis of Presentation and General Information       HTML    185K 
                (Tables)                                                         
46: R30         Discontinued operations (Tables)                    HTML    104K 
47: R31         Transactions with Related Parties (Tables)          HTML    123K 
48: R32         Deferred Charges, net (Tables)                      HTML     43K 
49: R33         Vessels, net/Assets held for sale (Tables)          HTML     62K 
50: R34         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     92K 
51: R35         Investment in equity securities (Tables)            HTML     42K 
52: R36         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     38K 
53: R37         Earnings Per Common Share (Tables)                  HTML     72K 
54: R38         Total Vessel Revenues (Tables)                      HTML     47K 
55: R39         Vessel Operating Expenses and Voyage Expenses       HTML     63K 
                (Tables)                                                         
56: R40         General and Administrative Expenses (Tables)        HTML     45K 
57: R41         Interest and Finance Costs (Tables)                 HTML     45K 
58: R42         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    154K 
59: R43         Basis of Presentation and General information,      HTML     98K 
                General Information (Details)                                    
60: R44         Basis of Presentation and General information,      HTML     80K 
                Assets and Liabilities of Toro (Details)                         
61: R45         Basis of Presentation and General information,      HTML    210K 
                Vessel Owning Subsidiaries (Details)                             
62: R46         Basis of Presentation and General information,      HTML     49K 
                Revenue from Charters (Details)                                  
63: R47         Significant Accounting Policies and Recent          HTML     34K 
                Accounting Pronouncements, Segment Reporting                     
                (Details)                                                        
64: R48         Significant Accounting Policies and Recent          HTML     34K 
                Accounting Pronouncements, Accounts Receivable                   
                Trade, Net (Details)                                             
65: R49         Significant Accounting Policies and Recent          HTML     34K 
                Accounting Pronouncements, Insurance Claims                      
                (Details)                                                        
66: R50         Significant Accounting Policies and Recent          HTML     34K 
                Accounting Pronouncements, Vessels' Depreciation                 
                (Details)                                                        
67: R51         Significant Accounting Policies and Recent          HTML     33K 
                Accounting Pronouncements, Impairment of                         
                Long-lived Assets (Details)                                      
68: R52         Discontinued operations (Details)                   HTML    151K 
69: R53         Transactions with Related Parties, Summary          HTML     79K 
                (Details)                                                        
70: R54         Transactions with Related Parties, Castor Ships     HTML    107K 
                (Details)                                                        
71: R55         Transactions with Related Parties, Pavimar          HTML     54K 
                (Details)                                                        
72: R56         Transactions with Related Parties, Investment in    HTML    105K 
                Related Party (Details)                                          
73: R57         Transactions with Related Parties, Issuance of      HTML     48K 
                Series D Preferred shares to Toro Corp (Details)                 
74: R58         Transactions with Related Parties, Thalassa         HTML     59K 
                (Details)                                                        
75: R59         Transactions with Related Parties, Vessel           HTML     63K 
                Acquisitions/ Disposals (Details)                                
76: R60         Deferred Charges, net (Details)                     HTML     51K 
77: R61         Fair Value of Acquired Time Charters (Details)      HTML     47K 
78: R62         Vessels, net/Assets held for sale, Net Book Value   HTML     66K 
                (Details)                                                        
79: R63         Vessels, net/Assets held for sale, Vessel           HTML    163K 
                Acquisitions and Other Capital Expenditures                      
                (Details)                                                        
80: R64         Long-Term Debt, Long-Term Debt (Details)            HTML     85K 
81: R65         Long-Term Debt, $11.0 Million Term Loan Facility    HTML     73K 
                (Details)                                                        
82: R66         Long-Term Debt, $4.5 Million Term Loan Facility     HTML     53K 
                (Details)                                                        
83: R67         Long-Term Debt, $15.29 Million Term Loan Facility   HTML     48K 
                (Details)                                                        
84: R68         Long-Term Debt, $40.75 Million Term Loan Facility   HTML     55K 
                (Details)                                                        
85: R69         Long-Term Debt, $23.15 Million Term Loan Facility   HTML     74K 
                (Details)                                                        
86: R70         Long-Term Debt, $55.0 Million Term Loan Facility    HTML     62K 
                (Details)                                                        
87: R71         Long-Term Debt, $22.5 Million Term Loan Facility    HTML     67K 
                (Details)                                                        
88: R72         Long-Term Debt, Annual Principal Payments           HTML     52K 
                (Details)                                                        
89: R73         Investment in equity securities (Details)           HTML     54K 
90: R74         Equity Capital Structure, Capital Stock (Details)   HTML     40K 
91: R75         Equity Capital Structure, Common Shares (Details)   HTML     33K 
92: R76         Equity Capital Structure, 2020 June Equity          HTML     75K 
                Offering (Details)                                               
93: R77         Equity Capital Structure, 2020 July Equity          HTML     62K 
                Offering (Details)                                               
94: R78         Equity Capital Structure, 2021 First Registered     HTML     51K 
                Direct Equity Offering (Details)                                 
95: R79         Equity Capital Structure, 2021 Second Registered    HTML     51K 
                Direct Equity Offering (Details)                                 
96: R80         Equity Capital Structure, 2021 Third Registered     HTML     80K 
                Direct Equity Offering (Details)                                 
97: R81         Equity Capital Structure, June 2021 At-the-Market   HTML     40K 
                Common Stock Offering Program (Details)                          
98: R82         Equity Capital Structure, May 2023 At-the-Market    HTML     47K 
                Common Stock Offering Program (Details)                          
99: R83         Equity Capital Structure, Series A Preferred        HTML     65K 
                Shares Redemption (Details)                                      
100: R84         Equity Capital Structure, Description of Series B   HTML     36K  
                Preferred Shares (Details)                                       
101: R85         Equity Capital Structure, Series D Cumulative       HTML     92K  
                Perpetual Convertible Preferred Shares (Details)                 
102: R86         Commitments and Contingencies, Commitments Under    HTML     36K  
                Long-Term Lease Contracts (Details)                              
103: R87         Commitments and Contingencies, Claims (Details)     HTML     48K  
104: R88         Earnings Per Common Share (Details)                 HTML    120K  
105: R89         Total Vessel Revenues (Details)                     HTML     48K  
106: R90         Vessel Operating Expenses and Voyage Expenses       HTML     59K  
                (Details)                                                        
107: R91         General and Administrative Expenses (Details)       HTML     44K  
108: R92         Interest and Finance Costs (Details)                HTML     48K  
109: R93         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     35K  
110: R94         Segment Information, Information about Company's    HTML    117K  
                Reportable Segments (Details)                                    
111: R95         Segment Information, Reconciliation of Total        HTML     59K  
                Segment Assets to Total Assets (Details)                         
112: R96         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     80K  
114: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    210K  
117: XML         XBRL Instance -- ef20015312_20f_htm                  XML   3.58M  
113: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Report Info              XLSX    262K  
13: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- ctrm-20231231_cal               XML    322K 
14: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- ctrm-20231231_def                XML   1.82M 
15: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- ctrm-20231231_lab                     XML   3.21M 
16: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- ctrm-20231231_pre              XML   2.17M 
12: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- ctrm-20231231                         XSD    367K 
115: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              629±   978K  
116: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001140361-24-010463-xbrl      Zip   1.01M  


‘EX-101.PRE’   —   XBRL Presentations — ctrm-20231231_pre


This Exhibit is an XBRL File.


                                                                                                                                                                                
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