Inside the ‘mind-blowing,’ ‘crazy,’ ‘insane,’ ‘ridiculous’ tanker sell-off

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The plot thickens.

On Wednesday, U.S.-listed tanker stocks reported record-high results, executives confirmed strengthening rates on conference calls, the broader stock market was relatively stable (at least until the last hour), the price of crude oil declined … and yet, stocks of tanker owners fell sharply in heavy trading.

It was “the craziest price action I’ve seen in my nine years covering the space,” Jefferies shipping analyst Randy Giveans told FreightWaves.

There have been plenty of bad...

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Investors dump tanker stocks just as tanker profits soar

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Imagine you’re the CEO of a company ringing the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange. You show up at the corner of Wall Street and Broad full of excitement and anticipation on the morning of the big event. Then the entire U.S. market crashes the moment trading begins and no one pays any attention to you.

Public tanker company executives can relate.

The top names in the space are issuing earnings releases in rapid fire this week, with Ardmore Shipping (NYSE: ASC) the first out of the gate...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/investors-dump-tanker-stocks-just-as-tanker-profits-soar

DHT Holdings Inks 3-Year Time Charter

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DHT Holdings, Inc. (“DHT”) announces that the Company has entered into a three-year time charter with a leading refining company for one of its 2012 built VLCCs that is set to commence post scrubber retrofitting in the fourth quarter this year.

Representation Image – Credits: dhtankers.com

The time charter has a base rate of $30,000 per day with all earnings up to $37,500 to DHT following a profit-sharing structure that includes scrubber economics for earnings in excess to be shared between the...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/dht-holdings-inks-3-year-time-charter/

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