Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited (NYSE:TNP) Q2 2023 Earnings Conference Call September 7, 2023 10:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Nicolas Bornozis - Investor Relations, Capital Link

Takis Arapoglou - Chairman of the Board

Nikolas Tsakos - President and Chief Executive Officer

George Saroglou - Chief Operating Officer

Paul Durham - Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Omar Nokta - Jefferies

Climent Molins - Value Investor's Edge

Operator

Thank you for standing by, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Tsakos Energy Navigation Conference Call on the Second Quarter 2023 Financial Results.

We have with us Mr. Takis Arapoglou, Chairman of the Board; Mr. -- I'm sorry, Dr. Nikolas Tsakos, President and CEO; Mr. Paul Durham, Chief Financial Officer; and Mr. George Saroglou, Chief Operating Officer of the company.

At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. There will be a presentation followed by a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] I must advice you that this conference is being recorded today.

And now, I'll pass the floor over to Mr. Nicolas Bornozis, President of Capital Link, Investor Relations Advisor of Tsakos Energy Navigation. Please go ahead, sir.

Nicolas Bornozis

Thank you very much, and good morning to all of our participants. As the operator mentioned, I'm Nicolas Bornozis of Capital Link, Investor Relations Advisor to Tsakos Energy Navigation.

Before I continue with the conference call, I would like to take this opportunity to express on behalf of all of us our condolences to the Tsakos family for the loss of Dr. Irene Saroglou-Tsakos, Nickolas' beloved mother, a distinguished figure in Greek shipping, who is also known as the Doctor of Shipping. Dr. Irene Saroglou-Tsakos, she co-founded the Tsakos Group and pioneered naval medicine, passionately authoring medical literature and caring for seafarers and their families. She received numerous prestigious tributes from institutions like the Academy of Athens, the Hellenic Foundation of Cardiology, Euroclassica and many, many others. And again, our condolences to the Tsakos family.

And now, I will proceed with a conference call. This morning, the company publicly released its financial results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2023. In case you do not have a copy of today's earnings release, please call us at 212-661-7566 or email us at ten@capitallink.com and we will [indiscernible] for you e-mailed right away.

Please note that parallel to today's conference call, there is also a live audio and slide webcast, which can be accessed on the company's website on the front page at www.tenn.gr. The conference call will follow the presentation slides. So please, we urge you to access the presentation slides on the company's website.