Harry Vafias
Management
Good morning, everyone, and thank you all for joining us for our Third Quarter and Nine Months 2023 Call of Imperial Petroleum. I'm Harry Vafias, the CEO of the company and with me today is Ms. Ifigeneia Sakellari, who will be discussing our financial performance. Before we commence our discussion, please look at Slide number 2. In essence, it's made clear that this presentation may contain some forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. We raise the attention of our investors to the fact that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, which may potentially affect our company's performance in the future. In addition, we'd like to state that during this call, we will quote monetary amounts unless explicitly stated otherwise are all denominated in US dollars. Starting on Slide 3, it’s a summary of our company's performance highlights. Since Q1 2022, we have had profitable quarters repeatedly. This is the seventh quarter we managed to maintain our profitability and we strive to continue to do so. The third quarter of 2023 added to our established strong results as in the nine months of 2023 period, our total net income came in at circa $64 million corresponding to an EPS of $3.59, which is far higher than our current share price levels. Although profitable, our Q3 results did not reflect the strong momentum of the past couple of quarters. Seasonal factors in conjunction with three scheduled drydockings that took place in this quarter hindered our revenue generation, which amounted to $29.4 million, an amount lower than expected. Idle time faced both due to technical and commercial reasons was higher and is moreover evident by the 70.5% quarterly operational utilization. Although the tanker market remains strong in Q3, we did witness a softness in rates and demand,…