8:40AM Excel Maritime Carriers beats by $0.14, beats on revs (EXM) 57.72 : Reports Q1 (Mar) earnings of $1.93 per share, $0.14 better than the First Call consensus of $1.79; revenues rose 93.9% year/year to $69.8 mln vs the $61.8 mln consensus. "Post-merger, Excel's combined fleet will be deployed in a more balanced employment approach. We will take advantage of the current strong rate environment to expand our charter coverage for 2009 and beyond to secure consistent cash flows and ongoing profitability to our shareholders, but at the same time we will always leave a part of our fleet to operate under short-term period charters or in the spot market."