DHT Holdings puts six VLCCs onto time charters

Amid skyrocketing spot rates, DHT Holdings has put six of its ships on year-long charters, five of which have options to extend.

The New York-listed tanker owner said after the close on Wednesday that the sextet was chartered out for an average of $67,300 per day — among them the 298,564-dwt DHT Lake (built 2004), which had a charter at Worldscale 215 fail in mid-March.