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| So there could be good growth opportunities |
| The company has a strong balance sheet and a liquidity position with $165 million of cash at quarter end and a significant investment capacity |
| Our fixed charter rate backlog currently stands at $3.2 billion, which provides us with strong visibility on a cash flow going forward |
| First of all, another good quarter |
| And finally, with the Hercules on back to back contracts with Galp and Equinor in 2024, and delivery of our new building car carriers together with new contracts for our existing vessels with strong revenue generations in the quarters to come |
| We believe there is long-term sustainable growth opportunities there |
| Most of these vessels are debt free, and they're generating quite good cash flow, even in today's not too exciting market |
| Then, to conclude, the company has delivered another strong quarter and the board has declared the 80th consecutive cash dividend, which has been increased to $0.26 per share |
| We have very strong vessel operations |
| The company generated gross charter hire of approximately $209 million in the fourth quarter, with approximately 93% of the revenue coming from a fixed charter rate backlog, which currently stands at $3.2 billion, providing us a strong visibility on our cash flow going forward |
| We can put on long-term charters to very strong counterparties |
| We have done several car carriers recently with deliveries of new dual fuel vessels, also a market with good underlying growth, a long gap with very few new buildings for a period of around 10 years, structurally undersupplied and with significant growth, particularly out of China and where you have industrial counterparties who are willing to then look at longer charters |
| We are now celebrating our 80th dividend, and have a unique profile as a maritime infrastructure company with a diversified fleet |
| We expect an additional positive effect of approximately $1.1 million in the first quarter before we will record approximately $800,000 lower earnings versus actual received higher per quarter until the end of the extended charter |
| In line with the improved results and commitment to return value to our shareholders, we are, again, increasing our quarterly dividend this time to $0.26 per share |
| I mean for now, as Trym said, I mean, they're performing quite well |
| We – some of the companies out there on the liner side have – saw this exceptional windfall profits in particular in 2021 and 2022 |
| Thank you very much, and thank you for the good prospects going forward |
| So of course, we enjoy that |
| We believe we have a robust setup to get maximum results out of that |
| We’ll be happy to do more there, very low order books |
| I think what we hear from our customers is that they like our mindset, they like the way we focus on efficiencies every single day we have, and we try to make sure that we facilitate our customers with good long-term logistics assets |
| And they've been trading okay and quite well |
| So – but we hope, of course that, that noise and – will succeed, and that we can return to a more normalized, call it, the transition level through that region |
| So we are optimistic on 2024, looking at multiple opportunities, but I can, of course, not comment on any of those until they are concluded |
| In addition to fixed rate charter revenues, we have had significant contribution to cash flow from profit share arrangements over time, both relating to charter rates and cost savings on fuel |
| And importantly, this backlog is concentrated around long-term charters to very strong end users |
| And you could look at – so even though there is a good order book, they could still be very interested in adding new capacity, both with the new fuels and with improved cargo capacity |
| Furthermore, we are boosting the cargo intake, up to nominally 15,400 TEU by increased deadweight and modifications to lashing bridges and lashing gears |
| The increase in operating revenue is primarily driven by revenue from commencement of new charters for car carriers |
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| Negative market effects from equity investments of approximately $1.4 million and an increase of approximately $300,000 on credit loss provisions |
| On the financial items, we had negative non-cash mark-to-market effects from derivatives of approximately $5.1 million |
| Recently, there were problems in and around the Red Sea |
| The reduction in contract revenue for the Hercules relates to fewer contract days in the quarter as the rig spent about half of the quarter in mobilization mode |
| When we're looking at new projects, it's very difficult to make sort of that kind of ships work in our model due to the lack of long-term charters available, at least at the moment |
| We estimate that fuel consumption and emissions per TEU carried is down by approximately 20% |
| I would say many of the segments are fundamentally undersupplied |
| And I would say, also relating to the Panama Canal, where you have seen restrictions and reduction in capacity going through the canal due to draft issues in that region |
| It's difficult to – it seems like it's difficult to find multi-year charters |
| I would say last year was a little slow generally |
| And now that, of course, is dramatically reduced as a consequence of the turmoils and the deviation of the assets |
| And for our customers, that was also a question of economics and logistics |
| Important factors that could cause actual results to differ include, but are not limited to, conditions in the shipping, offshore and credit markets |
| I mean just to be mindful of that |
| I wanted to ask about a geopolitical issue |
| We think for a company like SFL, it would be perhaps wrong to say that these are strategic assets |
| I mean, for two reasons |
| Please refer to our filings within the Securities and Exchange Commission for a more detailed discussion of risks and uncertainties, which may have a direct bearing on our operating results and our financial condition |
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