Spot Market

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Nordic American Tanker nice dividend boost

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Nordic American Tanker [[NAT]] is out with their first quarter results and the boosted the dividend 136% from Q3 and Q4 of 2007. Nordic American runs a fleet of 12 Suezmax tankers all in the spot market. The first quarter results are good news and...

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In spot markets, contracts are executed immediately.

When used in the context of the shipping industry, an example of a spot market would be when ships that are docked in a port enter into a contract to immediately ship crude oil supplied from a nearby company. Rates paid in the spot market have historically been higher than rates paid for time charters (which are shipping contracts specifying the location and duration of shipping in advance) for the lack of guaranteed employment.

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