Golden Ocean Group Limited is a Bermuda-based shipping company, which is engaged in the transportation of dry bulk cargoes. It owns and operates a fleet of dry bulk vessels, consisting of Newcastlemax, Capesize, Kamsarmax and Panamax vessels. The Company’s fleet consists of approximately 90 vessels, with a capacity of approximately 13.7 million deadweight tons. Its vessels transport a range of bulk commodities, including ores, coal, grains, and fertilizers, along worldwide shipping routes. Its vessels operate in the spot and time charter markets. In addition, it has eight vessels chartered-in by SFL Corporation Ltd. (SFL) (of which seven are chartered in on finance leases and one is chartered on an operating lease). Approximately 8 of its vessels are chartered-out on fixed-rate time charters, 28 of its vessels are chartered out on index-linked-rate time charters and 55 vessels operate in the spot market.