Euronav NV (NYSE:EURN) Q2 2023 Earnings Call Transcript August 3, 2023 8:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Brian Gallagher - Head of Investor Relations

Lieve Logghe - Interim CEO, CFO and Member of the Management Board

Conference Call Participants

Jon Chappell - Evercore ISI

Chris Robertson - Deutsche Bank

Chris Tsung - Webber Research

Omar Nokta - Jefferies

Frode Morkedal - Clarksons Securities

Ben Nolan - Stifel

Thijs Berkelder - ABN AMRO ODDO BHF

Sherif Elmaghrabi - BTIG

Operator

Good day, and welcome to the Euronav Second Quarter 2023 Earnings Call. [Operator Instructions] Please note, this event is being recorded.

I would now like to turn the conference over to Brian Gallagher. Please go ahead.

Brian Gallagher

Thank you. Good morning, and afternoon to everyone, and thanks for joining Euronav's Q2 2023 earnings call.

Before I start, I'd like to say a few words. The information discussed on this call is based on information as of today, Thursday, the 3rd of August 2023, and may contain forward-looking statements that may involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements reflect current views with respect to future events and financial performance and may include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events, performance, underlying assumptions and other statements, which are not statements of historical facts.

All forward-looking statements attributable to the company or to persons acting on its behalf are now expressly qualified in their entirety by reference to the risks, uncertainties and other factors discussed in the company's filings with the SEC, which are available free of charge on the SEC website at www.sec.gov and on our own company website at www.euronav.com.

You should not place undue attention or reliance on forward-looking statements. Each forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date of the particular statement, and the company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from these forward-looking statements. Please take a moment to read our safety -- our Safe Harbor statements rather on Page 2 of the slide presentation.

I will now pass on to our Interim Chief Executive and CFO, Lieve Logghe, to start with the conference slide on Slide 3. Lieve, over to you.

Lieve Logghe

Thank you, Brian, and good morning or afternoon to wherever you are, and welcome to our call. I will run through the Q2 highlights and financials before passing back to Brian, our Head of Investor Relations and Communications, to provide some further wider market thoughts. I will return to summarize the outlook.