HAMILTON, BERMUDA--(Marketwired - Jul 2, 2015) - Teekay Tankers Ltd. (Teekay Tankers) (NYSE:TNK) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.03 per share for the quarter ended June 30, 2015. The cash dividend is payable on July 31, 2015 to all shareholders of record as at July 17, 2015.
About Teekay Tankers Ltd.
Teekay Tankers currently owns a fleet of 32 double-hull tankers, including 12 Aframax tankers, ten Suezmax tankers, seven Long Range 2 (LR2) product tankers, three Medium-Range (MR) product tankers, and has contracted 12 time charter-in tankers. Teekay Tankers' vessels are employed through a mix of short- or medium-term fixed-rate time charter contracts and spot tanker market trading. The Company also owns a Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) through a 50 percent-owned joint venture. In addition, Teekay Tankers owns a minority interest of 9.3 percent in Tanker Investments Ltd., which currently owns a fleet of 20 modern tankers, including six vessels to be acquired in July 2015. Teekay Tankers was formed in December 2007 by Teekay Corporation as part of its strategy to expand its conventional oil tanker business.
Teekay Tankers' common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "TNK".
Teekay Tankers Ltd. is a provider of marine transportation to global oil industries. The Company is engaged in the business of owning and operating crude oil and product tankers. It provides vessel operation services for various vessels under the contracts with the Australian Government. Under these contracts the Company delivers all constituent support capabilities: vessel operations, engineering support, maintenance support, supply support, crewing and training and provide support services. The Company owns a fleet of approximately 45 double-hull tankers, including 25 Suezmax tankers, 10 Aframax tankers and nine LR2 product tankers. The Company also owns a very large crude carrier (VLCC) through a 50% owned joint venture. Its tanker segment consists of the operation of its tankers, including the operations from those tankers employed on full-service lightering contracts and the United State based ship-to-ship support service operations, including its lightering support services.