The sale of two tankers helped DHT Holdings to a small profit in a quarter otherwise marked by struggling tanker demand.

The New York-listed shipowner reported an $800,000 profit for the second quarter, thanks to the $13.6m earned by the 320,000-dwt sisterships DHT Lake and DHT Raven (both built 2004) being sold into a hot secondhand market.

The sales were first reported by TradeWinds in