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Non-Tech : Nordic American Tankers (NAT)
NAT 3.675-0.9%3:59 PM EDT

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From: Lahcim Leinad10/10/2011 9:23:16 PM
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Shipping may be “relatively close” to a bottom, Wilbur Ross, the billionaire chairman of private-equity firm WL Ross & Co., said in an interview in August. He was part of a group who spent $900 million on oil-product tankers last month.

Daily returns from the vessels in the spot market averaged $11,372 in the third quarter, the lowest since at least 1997, according to Clarkson.

From: Most Tankers Idled Since ‘80s Won’t Buoy Charter Rates: Freight - Businessweek

$11, 372 is above NAT's break even, and they smartly managed to add two affordable suezmax double hulled vessels in that same dismal quarter.
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