DHT Holdings Charters Out Quartet

zoom Bermuda-headquartered crude oil tanker company DHT Holdings has agreed on charters for four of its tankers, one VLCC, two Aframaxes and one Suezmax. The VLCC DHT Chris has been chartered to an unnamed commodity house for a period of about 10 months from February 2015 at a rate of USD 45,000 per day. The two Aframax vessels, the DHT Sophie and the DHT Cathy, have been chartered to an oil major for a period of 24 months from April/May 2015 at a rate of USD 22,500 per day. The Suezmax DHT Target has been chartered to an oil major for a period of 12 months from March 2015 at a rate of USD 30,000 per day. These four time charters are expected to generate about USD 20 million after operating expenses and debt service for the period from April 1 to December 31, 2015.