The US-listed tanker owner said net earnings were $14.56m in the first three months, compared to $1.02m in the same period of 2013.

Revenue climbed to $130.28m from $97.69m.

This is its best three-month result since the first quarter of 2010.

It said: "A strong crude market resulted in all of our ten conventional suezmaxes generating positive results, several of them at exceptional levels.

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