Ole Hjertaker
Management
Thank you, Espen. [Audio Gap] to $132 million, which is significantly up from the second quarter. Over the last 12 months, the EBITDA equivalent has been $581 million. The net income came in at around $20 million in the quarter or $0.15 per share, and we had positive contribution relating to profit share on capesize bulkers and fuel cost savings of $2.5 million. Our fixed rate backlog stands at approximately $4.3 billion. And importantly, 2/3 of this is to customers with investment-grade rating, giving us a unique cash flow visibility and resilience. This backlog figure excludes revenues from the vessels trading in the short-term market and also excludes revenue on the new dual fuel chemical carrier that operates in [indiscernible] tankers. It also excludes future profit share optionality, which we have seen can contribute significantly to our net income. And in line with our commitment to return value to shareholders, we are paying a quarterly dividend of $0.27 per share or around 10% dividend yield. Most of our vessels are on long-term charters and we have, over the last 10 years, completely transformed the company's operating model, making us relevant for large end users like Maersk, Volkswagen Group and [indiscernible]. During the year, we renewed and extended multiple existing charters and took delivery of 9 new vessels in 2024. Maersk ordered 5 new large container vessels last year, which added $1.2 billion to our fixed-rate charter backlog. And we are also in the process of upgrading several other vessels and a Chief Operating Officer, Trym Sjolie, will talk more about that later. It has also been a busy year from a financing perspective, where we have effectively addressed virtually all short-term asset debt maturities, matching funding with charter tenor. In total, we raised $1.3 billion in financing, including $220 million in senior unsecured bonds in 2024. And subsequent to year-end, we raised a new $150 million senior unsecured bond loan in the Nordic market with maturity in 2030. We have had a dispute with Seadrill for some time in connection with the condition of the drilling grid Hercules when it was redelivered to us in December 2022. Last week, there was a ruling in Oslo District Court, where Seadrill was ordered to pay us approximately $48 million in compensation, including interest and legal costs. It was a comprehensive case with more than 80,000 pages of documentation and a ruling over 112 pages. This ruling is subject to appeal for both sites within a month of the judgment. We have so far not included any potential proceeds as an asset on the balance sheet, and the legal costs have been expensed over time in our general administrative expenses. Separately, there is a case due to commence later in 2025 in connection with certain parts delivered to us by Seadrill in connection with a special survey of Hercules in 2022. We disagree on the actual ownership of some of the parts before they were delivered to us and therefore, also the compensation claimed by Seadrill. It will most likely take several months before this case is heard and there is a final ruling. And with that, I will leave the word over to our Chief Operating Officer, Trym Sjolie. Trym Sjølie: Thank you, Ole. Our fleet currently contain 8 maritime assets. This includes vessels, rigs and contracted new buildings. In 2024, we took delivery from shipyard of 2 LNG dual-fuel PCTCs and 3 LR2 tankers as well as purchased 2 dual-fuel LNG 33,000 deadweight tons stainless steel [indiscernible] tankers. We also, last year, placed already 33,000 deadweight ton stainless steel chemical tankers. We also last year placed orders for 5 16,700 TEU container ships in China. Also last year, we increased the backlog to Maersk with new 5-year charters for 7 of our large container vessels, which is a result of a close relationship and cooperation on vessel upgrades and performance enhancements. The first 2 vessels out of these 7 have already been upgraded and were delivered to Maersk in Q1 this year. On divestments, we have sold one of our old 1,700 TEU containerships, the Green ACE that was delivered to buyers in Q4. Also, Golden Ocean, the charterer our 8 Capesize bulk carriers, recently declared their purchase option for the 8 vessels. We expect the vessels to be delivered to Golden Ocean early Q3 this year. Our backlog from owned and managed shipping assets thus stands at $4.3 billion, and the current fleet is made up of 15 dry bulk vessels, 38 containerships, 18 tankers, 2 drilling rigs and 7 car carriers. We have a diversified fleet of assets charted out to first-class customers on mostly long-term charters and a majority of our customer base is large industrial end users. Container vessels remain our largest segment with almost 68% of the backlog. As mentioned previously by Ole, we have increasingly been investing in vessel maintenance and upgrades. From IMO and especially the EU, there are ever tightening regulatory requirements to reduce emissions from shipping, driving the need for continuous improvement. Such improvement and investing in assets is also critical for our customers, and by doing so, puts us in a better position to grow organically with our existing clients by either providing new vessels to their service or by extending with our current fleet. We see that particularly the container operators are keen to see such partnership models developing with large upgrade projects, including cargo boost, energy-saving devices, propeller modifications and even change to the hull form like new bulboost. We have identified major benefits from these investments, both in terms of cost saving for our customers and lower emissions. In the fourth quarter, 96% of charter revenues from all assets came from time charter contracts and only 4% from bare boats or dry leases. In addition to fixed rate charter revenues, we have had significant contribution to cash flow from profit share arrangements over time, both relating to charter rates and cost savings on fuel. In Q4, profit split arrangements have contributed about $1.8 million, which is lower than a typical quarter due to lower fuel cost spread between heavy fuel oil and very low sulfur fuel oil. The charter revenue from our fleet was about $232 million in Q4. We had a total of almost 6,800 operating days in the quarter, defined as calendar day less technical or fire and dry dockings. 8 vessels have been in dry dock in the quarter, including major less technical fire and dry dockings. 8 vessels have been in dry dock in the quarter, including major upgrade projects. Our overall utilization across the shipping fleet in Q4 was 98.3%, mainly due to the 108 days spent in dry dock. For the rigs, the availability was about 67%, mainly due to idle period for the Hercules rig. And on that, on the energy side, the Hercules rig was contracted with Equinor Canada until mid-November, including demobilization time to Norway. The rig is currently warm stacked and being marketed for opportunities later in 2025 and 2026. During the fourth quarter, the rig recorded revenue of $34 million and costs of approximately $26 million. Going forward, we expect the stacking cost of the rig to be considerably lower than those of Q4. And for the Linus, the rig recorded its first full operating quarter after its special periodic survey in May to July last year, and had Q4 revenue of $20.2 million. The rig market index rate increased 2.3% in the fourth quarter and costs were $13 million in Q4 compared to $11.8 million in the previous quarter. Subsequent to quarter end, we got a notification from our insurers that we will receive close to $5 million to partly cover the expenses we incurred for the spot can repairs during the rigs yard stay last summer. I will now give the word over to our CFO, Aksel Olesen, who will take us through the financial highlights of the quarter.