Thursday, August 29, 2024
Dear Shareholders and Investors,
Highlights:
Ninety day periods offer a short-term snapshot of a company. However, it is more important to view the long-term picture. The direction of NAT is unquestionably upward, with further room to grow.
- For the second quarter of 2024, NAT produced a net profit of $21.6 million, which is a substantial improvement compared with the previous quarter (1Q24) with a net Profit of $15.1 million.
- The dividend for the second quarter is 12 cents ($0.12) per share. This is our 108th consecutive quarterly cash dividend payment. The dividend is payable November 26, 2024, to shareholders on record as of September 26, 2024. NAT has paid an aggregate dividend of more than $50 per share since NAT became stocklisted in New York, September 15, 1995.
- During the second quarter of 2024 the total average NAT time charter for all our ships was $36,600 per day per ship. The daily operating costs per ship are about $9,000, leaving NAT with a solid margin.
- There is a shortage of the type of ships that NAT is operating and the ongoing hostilities in the Middle East are exacerbating this situation.
- Oil demand continues to grow in Asia, creating more need for our vessels. India, the most populous country on the planet, is the world’s third largest importer of oil. China is also a key country for NAT together with Japan and South Korea.
NAT has not transported Russian oil the last 3.5 years.
- The NAT fleet of versatile suezmax tankers offer flexibility in loading and discharging ports. Through careful voyage planning and adjustment of speed of our vessels, we reduce emissions. Each individual ship in the NAT fleet is of excellent technical quality, as demonstrated in the vetting performance, the score card undertaken by our customers.
Most of our business is with major oil and energy companies.
Sincerely,
Herbjorn Hansson
Founder, Chairman & CEO
Nordic American Tankers Ltd. www.nat.bm
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Matters discussed in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides safe harbor protections for forward-looking statements in order to encourage companies to provide prospective information about their business. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements, which are other than statements of historical facts.
The Company desires to take advantage of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and is including this cautionary statement in connection with this safe harbor legislation. The words “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “project,” “plan,” “potential,” “will,” “may,” “should,” “expect,” “pending” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements.
The forward-looking statements in this press release are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including without limitation, our management’s examination of historical operating trends, data contained in our records and other data available from third parties. Although we believe that these assumptions were reasonable when made, because these assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond our control, we cannot assure you that we will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs or projections. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Important factors that, in our view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include the strength of world economies and currencies, general market conditions, including fluctuations in charter rates and vessel values, changes in demand in the tanker market, as a result of changes in OPEC’s petroleum production levels and worldwide oil consumption and storage, changes in our operating expenses, including bunker prices, drydocking and insurance costs, the market for our vessels, availability of financing and refinancing, changes in governmental rules and regulations or actions taken by regulatory authorities, potential liability from pending or future litigation, general domestic and international political conditions, potential disruption of shipping routes due to accidents or political events, vessels breakdowns and instances of off-hires and other important factors described from time to time in the reports filed by the Company with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the prospectus and related prospectus supplement, our Annual Report on Form 20-F, and our reports on Form 6-K.
Contacts:
Bjørn Giæver, CFO
Nordic American Tankers Ltd
Tel: +1 888 755 8391
Alexander Kihle, Finance Manager
Nordic American Tankers Ltd
Tel: +47 91 724 171
