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NATURE OF BUSINESS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
NATURE OF BUSINESS [Abstract] |
Current fleet | Including three newbuildings, the Company's current fleet consists of 33 Suezmax crude oil tankers of which 31 were built, or are under construction, in Korea.
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 |
Nordic Luna | 2004 |  |  | 150,037 |  |  |  | 2016 |
Nordic Castor | 2004 |  |  | 150,249 |  |  |  | 2016 |
Nordic Sirius | 2000 |  |  | 150,183 |  |  |  | 2016 |
Nordic Pollux | 2003 |  |  | 150,103 |  |  |  | 2016 |
Nordic Star | 2016 |  |  | 159,000 |  |  |  | 2016 |
Nordic Space | 2017 |  |  | 159,000 |  |  |  | 2017 |
Newbuilding(1) | 2018 |  |  | 157,000 |  |  |  | 2018(2 | )
Newbuilding(1) | 2018 |  |  | 157,000 |  |  |  | 2018(2 | )
Newbuilding(1) | 2018 |  |  | 157,000 |  |  |  | 2018(2 | )
(1) | Vessel under construction per December 31, 2017.
(2) | Expected delivery during the July, August and October 2018, respectively

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