Tsakos Energy Navigation : TEN LTD Announces Delivery and Long-Term Charter of Aframax Crude Tanker Stavanger TS
August 01, 2017 at 09:00 am EDT
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ATHENS, GREECE--(Marketwired - Aug 1, 2017) - TEN, LTD. (NYSE: TNP), a leading crude, product and LNG tanker operator, today announced the delivery of the aframax tanker Stavanger TS, the eighth in a series of nine tankers built against long-term employment to a major European oil concern and one of the four, of this particular order, with ice-class specifications.
The last remaining ship to complete the 15-vessel organic growth program, the Bergen TS is scheduled to be delivered and commence its long-term employment in the third quarter of this year. All 15 new tankers have long-term employment. With the delivery of the Bergen TS, TEN's current expansion program will reach its conclusion and result in 75% of the fleet in secured contracts with minimum gross revenues of $1.5 billion and average charter duration of 2.6 years.
ABOUT TSAKOS ENERGY NAVIGATION
TEN, founded in 1993, is one of the first and most established public shipping companies in the world today. TEN's pro-forma fleet, including one Aframax tanker under construction, consists of 65 double-hull vessels, constituting a mix of crude tankers, product tankers and LNG carriers, totalling 7.2 million dwt. Of these, 45 vessels trade in crude, 15 in products, three are shuttle tankers and two are LNG carriers.
COMPANY'S GROWTH TIME-TABLE
#
Vessel Name
Type
Dwt
Delivery
Status
LT Contracts
1
Ulysses
VLCC
300,000
May 2016
Delivered
Yes
2
Elias Tsakos
Aframax
112,700
June 2016
Delivered
Yes
3
Thomas Zafiras
Aframax
112,700
Aug 2016
Delivered
Yes
4
Leontios H
Aframax
112,700
Oct 2016
Delivered
Yes
5
Parthenon TS
Aframax
112,700
Nov 2016
Delivered
Yes
6
Sunray
Panamax LR1
74,200
Aug 2016
Delivered
Yes
7
Sunrise
Panamax LR1
74,200
Sep 2016
Delivered
Yes
8
Maria Energy
LNG
93,616
Oct 2016
Delivered
Yes
9
Hercules I
VLCC
300,000
Jan 2017
Delivered
Yes
10
Marathon TS
Aframax
112,700
Feb 2017
Delivered
Yes
11
Lisboa
DP2 Shuttle
157,000
Mar 2017
Delivered
Yes
12
Sola TS
Aframax
112,700
Apr 2017
Delivered
Yes
13
Oslo TS
Aframax
112,700
May 2017
Delivered
Yes
14
Stavanger TS
Aframax
112,700
July 2017
Delivered
Yes
15
Bergen TS
Aframax
112,700
Q3 2017
TBD
Yes
LT: Long-Term
ABOUT FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those predicted by such forward-looking statements. TEN undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd is a Greece-based provider of international seaborne crude oil and petroleum product transportation services. The Company operates through the maritime transportation of liquid energy-related products segment. The Company's fleet consists of 70 vessels, constituting a mix of crude tankers, product tankers, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers, totaling more than 7 million dwt. It includes VLCC, Aframax, Panamax, handysize, handymax tankers, LNG carrier, and DP2 shuttle tankers, which allows the Company to serve its customers' international petroleum product and crude oil transportation needs.