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NATURE OF BUSINESS (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
NATURE OF BUSINESS [Abstract]  
Current fleet
The Company's Fleet
Including two newbuildings, the Company's current fleet consists of 26 Suezmax crude oil tankers of which 24 were built in Korea. The Company has entered into preliminary contracts for the construction of two Suezmax vessels expected to be delivered in the third quarter 2016 and first quarter 2017.

 
Vessel
 
Built
 
Deadweight Tons
 
Delivered to NAT
 
 
Nordic Harrier
1997
151,459
1997
 
Nordic Hawk
1997
151,475
1997
 
Nordic Hunter
1997
151,401
1997
 
Nordic Voyager
1997
149,591
2004
 
Nordic Fighter
1998
153,328
2005
 
Nordic Freedom
2005
159,331
2005
 
Nordic Discovery
1998
153,328
2005
 
Nordic Saturn
1998
157,331
2005
 
Nordic Jupiter
1998
157,411
2006
 
Nordic Moon
2002
160,305
2006
 
Nordic Apollo
2003
159,998
2006
 
Nordic Cosmos
2003
159,999
2006
 
Nordic Sprite
1999
147,188
2009
 
Nordic Grace
2002
149,921
2009
 
Nordic Mistral
2002
164,236
2009
 
Nordic Passat
2002
164,274
2010
 
Nordic Vega
2010
163,940
2010
 
Nordic Breeze
2011
158,597
2011
 
Nordic Aurora
1999
147,262
2011
 
Nordic Zenith
2011
158,645
2011
Nordic Sprinter
2005
159,089
2014
Nordic Skier
2005
159,089
2014
Nordic Light
2010
158,475
2015
Nordic Cross
2010
158,475
2015
Newbuilding 1
 
158,000
2016
Newbuilding 2
 
158,000
2017