Chief operating officerGeorge Saroglou said in a conference call that that the strategy isdemonstrated in the New York-listed company’s deal announced earlier today tobuy the 158,000-dwt tankers Eurovision (built2013) and Euro (built 2012) from a private wing of the Tsakos Shippign & Trading Group.The Euro comes with a charter until 2015 that executives said is in the mid$20,000s per day.

Meanwhile, chief executiveNikolas Tsakos said the company is open to changingan option to order an LNG carrier newbuilding into two VLCCs.

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