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| But I think it's quite kind of positive to see how quickly the VLCC market went for say, from $35,000 to $40,000 a day, going all the way up to 90 -- north of $90,000 per day |
| We have actually had both 2022 and 2023 has given remarkable returns to the tanker industry |
| In fact, the best year we've had in 15 years |
| Whilst we have a significant position in this market, so we always could pick up more information on most, and we see that activity is actually very, very good |
| Frontline has strong liquidity of $416 million in cash and cash equivalents including undrawn amount of the senior unsecured revolving credit facility, marketable securities and minimum cash requirements as per December 31, 2023 |
| So I think we're happy with just -- I want to say amortizing the depth going forward on a ordinary way |
| And this continues to kind of confirm our ID that trading lanes are gradually extending U.S., Brazil, [indiscernible] and other countries are able to increase their production going forward |
| And we are very happy it's all been smooth sailing as they have come under the Frontline flag |
| So -- and the shockers are playing their cards extremely well |
| So we -- the activity is good, but for the owners to translate that into significantly higher earnings have been very, very hard |
| This has maybe or potentially lead to non-OPEC production being allowed to grow quite remarkably |
| So all vessels are delivered and this doubles our VLCC footprint and increases our earning days by more than 30% |
| And it's an exciting market we're in, maybe too exciting times |
| Both Suezmax and LR2 markets performing well above the previous quarters as they came to an end -- as the [indiscernible] |
| I would especially like to praise our project, technical and operations team that effortlessly and professionally have incorporated these vessels into our fleet proving our company's very scalable business model |
| Can you talk about your conviction levels around the FLCC segment now that we're 2 months into 2022? How do you see the segment for the tanker market shaping up so far? And what's your current thinking about the rest of the year? Lars Barstad Well, we're quite confident |
| And this seems to be adding to ton miles and [indiscernible] the larger carriers that are offering greater economies of scale basically, because they can lift higher -- larger volumes |
| So I mean, we are happy with this -- comfortable with this loan-to-value that we have after this refinancing |
| Otherwise [technical difficulty] short and medium term oil demand remains [indiscernible] () and non-OPEC supply is growing |
| Adjusted profit in the fourth quarter increased by $21.4 million compared with the third quarter, and that was primarily due to an increase in our TCE earnings due to higher TCE rates, partially offset by fluctuations [ph] in other income and expenses |
| And without really moving the needle too much on our LTVs, we're obviously being helped a little bit by the prices rising during the period as well |
| The last quarter of 2023 did not deliver the full on crazy off the hinges bull market we all wished for, but still gave us decent returns |
| First one is we look at the order book on Slide 10, and it looks very high for the LR2s, 22% |
| And then again, Frontline scalable operational platform has digested this fleet expansion quite easily as the markets positive growing continues |
| This will enable us to fully repay the Hemen shareholder loan and the amount drawn under the $275 million senior unsecured revolving credit facility with an affiliate Hemen in relation to the acquisition and also to maintain our competitive cash breakeven rates |
| Inger, you've accomplished a lot in a short period of time, both with modernizing the fleet and then doing that financing pretty ambitiously and quickly and in a good way that you didn't change the LTV |
| I mean, we saw a competitor order a couple of that, a couple of these, I want to say last week, just kind of how you're thinking about it, I mean, you kind of highlighted the outlook for the order book [indiscernible] really thereof and you laid out a bullish outlook for the next few years |
| Year-on-year, according to EIA [technical difficulty] has grown by 2.9 million barrels per day |
| We are seeing increased activity in contracting for especially for Suezmax and VLCC |
| The Suezmax is far more nimble and easier to place in as far more options on the port side |
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| Also, global oil in transit has paused a little bit |
| Traffic through Suez Canal is now down 40% to 50% |
| It's many, many, many years since we've had the [technical difficulty] supply growth and we're losing quite a few vessels to age |
| So these numbers are quite shocking |
| I think kind of the new build market has been a little bit muted for the bigger sizes for a while |
| It's kind of, well, you called an arbitrage it is maybe, but I think the -- there is a lot of risk in the elevated prices we're seeing on second hand tonnage |
| And this -- so even though the ships actually survive longer than 20 years, the utilization is falling |
| And you see the oil tankers in the year many, so basically, not Suez, but more specifically, the barbell among them, straits have fallen sharply since December 2023 |
| So basically, freight costs will suddenly shock the arm |
| And at least in the numbers, although, you get kind of [indiscernible] a bit by the fact that the VLCCs underperforming, or at least not performing as prominently as they normally would do |
| The thing is that the Aframax order book for like non-coated kind of tankers is extremely limited, almost negligible |
| And particularly so we've seen on the [indiscernible] markets, where the volatility has been violent so far in Q1 |
| Also kind of the latest regulations from EU have also kind of put the pressure on this |
| Looking at the shots on this slide, so global oil trade has kind of paused a little bit |
| We're also seeing that U.S are increasing the pressure on what's referred to either as the Dark Fleet or the Grey Fleet, and also increasing their focus on potential Russian price cap evasions |
| But it's been extremely muted in that industry and that's kind of what I would look for |
| But charters tend to not prefer a more than 15-year old ship, because it's the precious cargo, and the quality of coating will actually be reduced -- the quality of the coating will reduce over the years |
| Another thing that's kind of played a part in the last few months has been the high activity in the contracting market |
| These -- new orders are not reflected in this slide, because we use a very cautious and conservative approach to new orders |
| But I believe this is going to just increase obviously, assuming that the situation continues to -- kind of the security level continues to be as bad as it is now in Red Sea on the Gulf of Aden |
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