International Seaways Earnings 2019-03-31

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q 

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INTERNATIONAL SEAWAYS, INC.

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INTERNATIONAL SEAWAYS, INC.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

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INTERNATIONAL SEAWAYS, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

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Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of International Seaways, Inc. (“INSW”), a Marshall Islands corporation, and its wholly owned subsidiaries. The Company owns and operates a fleet of 48 oceangoing vessels, including six vessels that have been chartered-in under operating leases and six vessels in which the Company has interests through its joint ventures, engaged primarily in the transportation of crude oil and refined petroleum products in the International Flag trade through its wholly owned subsidiaries. Unless the context indicates otherwise, references to “INSW”, the “Company”, “we”, “us” or “our”, refer to International Seaways, Inc. and its subsidiaries.

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. They do not include all of the information and notes required by generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair statement of the results have been included. Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2019 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2019.

The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2018 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and notes required by generally accepted accounting principles in the United States for complete financial statements. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018.

All intercompany balances and transactions within INSW have been eliminated. Investments in 50% or less owned affiliated companies, in which INSW exercises significant influence, are accounted for by the equity method.

Dollar amounts, except per share amounts, are in thousands.

Cash, cash equivalents and Restricted cash — Interest-bearing deposits that are highly liquid investments and have a maturity of three months or less when purchased are included in cash and cash equivalents. Restricted cash of $57,618 and $59,331 as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively, represents legally restricted cash relating to the Company’s 2017 Term Loan Facility, Sinosure Credit Facility, ABN Term Loan Facility, and 10.75% Unsecured Subordinated Notes (See Note 9, “Debt”). Such restricted cash reserves are included in the non-current assets section of the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Concentration of Credit Risk — Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk are voyage receivables due from charterers and pools in which the Company participates. With respect to voyage receivables, the Company limits its credit risk by performing ongoing credit evaluations. The allowance for doubtful accounts reflects our best estimate of probable losses inherent in the voyage receivables balance. We determine the allowance based on troubled accounts, historical experience, and other currently available evidence. Voyage receivables reflected in the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 are net of an allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,325 and $27, respectively. The provisions for doubtful accounts for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 were $1,298 and $41, respectively. During the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company did not have any individual customers who accounted for 10% or more of its revenues apart from the pools in which it participates. The pools in which the Company participates accounted in aggregate for 85% and 88% of consolidated voyage receivables at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.

Deferred finance charges — Finance charges, excluding original issue discount, incurred in the arrangement and/or amendments resulting in the modification of debt are deferred and amortized to interest expense on either an effective interest method or straight-line basis over the life of the related debt. Unamortized deferred finance charges of $379 and $413 relating to the 2017 Revolver Facility are included in other assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively. Unamortized deferred financing charges of $24,916 and $26,647 relating to the 2017 Term Loan Facility, Sinosure Credit Facility, ABN Term Loan Facility, 8.5% Senior Notes and 10.75% Subordinated Notes are included in long-term debt in the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively. Interest expense relating to the amortization of deferred financing charges amounted to $1,230 and $656 for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

INTERNATIONAL SEAWAYS, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

Revenue and expense recognition — The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with the provisions of ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASC 606). The standard provides a unified model to determine how revenue is recognized. In doing so, the Company makes judgments including identifying performance obligations in the contract, estimating the amount of variable consideration to include in the transaction price, and allocating the transaction price to each performance obligation. Revenues are recognized to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. In determining the appropriate amount of revenue to be recognized as it fulfills its obligations under its agreements, the Company performs the following steps: (i) identification of the promised goods or services in the contract; (ii) determination of whether the promised goods or services are performance obligations, including whether they are distinct in the context of the contract; (iii) measurement of the transaction price, including the constraint on variable consideration; (iv) allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations based on estimated selling prices; and (v) recognition of revenue when (or as) the Company satisfies each performance obligation.

As the Company’s performance obligations are services which are received and consumed by its customers as it performs such services, revenues are recognized over time proportionate to the days elapsed since the service commencement compared to the total days anticipated to complete the service. The minimum duration of services is less than one year for each of the Company’s current contracts.

The Company’s contract revenues consist of revenues from time charters, bareboat charters, voyage charters and pool revenues.

Revenues from time charters are accounted for as fixed rate operating leases with an embedded technical management service component and are recognized ratably over the rental periods of such charters. Bareboat charters are accounted for as operating leases and the associated revenue is recognized ratably over the rental periods of such charters.

Voyage charters contain a lease component if the contract (i) specifies a specific vessel asset; and (ii) has terms that allow the charterer to exercise substantive decision-making rights, which have an economic value to the charterer and therefore allow the charterer to direct how and for what purpose the vessel is used. Voyage charter revenues and expenses are recognized ratably over the estimated length of each voyage. For a voyage charter which contains a lease component, revenue and expenses are recognized based on a lease commencement-to-discharge basis and the lease commencement date is the latter of discharge of the previous cargo or voyage charter contract signing. For voyage charters that do not have a lease component, revenue and expenses are recognized based on a load-to-discharge basis. Accordingly, voyage expenses incurred during a vessel’s positioning voyage to a load port in order to serve a customer under a voyage charter not containing a lease are considered costs to fulfill a contract and are deferred and recognized ratably over the load-to-discharge portion of the contract.

Under voyage charters, expenses such as fuel, port charges, canal tolls, cargo handling operations and brokerage commissions are paid by the Company whereas, under time and bareboat charters, such voyage costs are paid by the Company’s customers.

For the Company’s vessels operating in pools, revenues and voyage expenses are pooled and allocated to each pool’s participants on a time charter equivalent (“TCE”) basis in accordance with an agreed-upon formula. Accordingly, the Company accounts for its agreements with commercial pools as variable rate operating leases with an embedded technical management service component. For the pools in which the Company participates, management monitors, among other things, the relative proportion of the Company’s vessels operating in each of the pools to the total number of vessels in each of the respective pools and assesses whether or not the Company’s participation interest in each of the pools is sufficiently significant so as to determine that the Company has effective control of the pool.

Demurrage earned during a voyage charter represents variable consideration. The Company estimates demurrage at contract inception using either the expected value or most likely amount approaches. Such estimate is reviewed and updated over the term of the voyage charter contract.

On January 1, 2019, the Company adopted the provisions of ASU 2016-02, Leases (ASC 842). This standard provides lessors with a practical expedient, by class of underlying asset, to not separate non-lease components from the associated lease component and, instead, to account for those components as a single component if the non-lease components otherwise would be accounted for under ASC 606 and both of the following conditions are met: (1) the timing and pattern of transfer of the non-lease components and associated lease component are the same; and (2) the lease component, if accounted for separately, would be classified as an operating lease. If lease and non-lease components are aggregated under this practical expedient, a lessor would account for the combined component as follows: if the non-lease components associated with the lease component are the predominant component of the combined component, an entity is required to account for the combined component in accordance with ASC 606 as described above; otherwise, the entity must account for the combined component as an operating lease in accordance with ASC 842.

INTERNATIONAL SEAWAYS, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

The Company has elected the lessor practical expedient to aggregate non-lease components with the associated lease components and to account for the combined components as required by the practical expedient since its primary revenue streams described above meet the conditions required to adopt the practical expedient. Furthermore, the Company has performed a qualitative analysis of each of its primary revenue contract types to determine whether the lease component or the non-lease component is the predominant component of the contract. The Company concluded that the lease component is the predominant component for all of its primary revenue contract types as the lessee would ascribe more value to the control and use of the underlying vessel rather than to the technical services to operate the vessel which is an add-on service to the lessee. Accordingly, effective January 1, 2019, the Company’s primary revenue streams are accounted for as lease revenue under ASC 842, except for revenue from voyage charters that don’t meet the definition of a lease. Such contracts will continue to be accounted for as service revenue in accordance with the provisions of ASC 606.

Under ASC 842, lease revenue for fixed lease payments are recognized over the lease term on a straight-line basis and lease revenue for variable lease payments are recognized in the period in which the changes in facts and circumstances on which the variable lease payments are based occur. Initial direct costs are expensed over the lease term on the same basis as lease revenue.

See Note 14, “Revenue,” for additional disclosures on revenue recognition and the impact of adopting ASC 842 on January 1, 2019.

Leases — The Company currently has two major categories of lease contracts under which the Company is a lessee – chartered-in vessels and leased office and other space. Chartered-in vessels include bareboat charters which have a lease component only and time charters which have both lease and non-lease components. The lease component relates to the cost to a lessee to control the use of the vessel and the non-lease components relate to the cost to the lessee for the lessor to operate the vessel (technical management service components). For time charters-in, the Company has separated non-lease components from lease component and scoped out non-lease components from the application of ASC 842. For leased office and other space, the Company has elected the ASC 842 practical expedient to account for the lease and non-lease components as a single lease component as it is not practical to separate the insignificant non-lease components from the associated lease components for these types of leases. Further, ASC 842 also allows lessees to elect as an accounting policy not to apply the provisions of ASC 842 to short term leases (i.e., leases with an original term of 12-months or less). Instead, a lessee may recognize the lease payments in profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the lease term and variable lease payments in the period in which the obligation for those payments is incurred. The accounting policy election for short-term leases is required to be made by class of underlying asset to which the right of use relates. The Company has elected not to apply ASC 842 to its portfolio of short-term leases existing on January 1, 2019 (see Note 15, “Leases,” for additional information with respect to the Company’s short-term leases).

The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Operating leases are included in operating lease right-of-use (“ROU”) assets, current portion of operating lease liabilities, and long-term operating lease liabilities in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Company does not have finance leases. 

ROU assets represent our right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent our obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. The operating lease ROU asset also includes any prepaid lease payments made and excludes lease incentives. Our lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that we will exercise that option. Lease expense for lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

As most of our leases do not provide an implicit rate, we use our incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. The Company makes significant judgements and assumptions to estimate its incremental borrowing rate that a lessee would have to pay to borrow on a 100% collateralized basis over a term similar to the lease term and in an amount equal to the lease payments in a similar economic environment. The Company performs the following steps in estimating its incremental borrowing rate: (i) gather observable debt yields of the Company’s recently issued debt facilities; and (ii) make adjustments to the yields of the actual debt facilities to reflect changes in collateral level, terms, the risk-free interest rate, and credit ratings. In addition, the Company performs sensitivity analyses to evaluate the impact of selected discount rates on the estimated lease liability.

INTERNATIONAL SEAWAYS, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

The Company makes significant judgements and assumptions to separate lease component from non-lease components of time charters of tanker vessels. For purposes of determining the standalone selling price of the vessel lease and technical management service components of the Company’s time charters, the Company concluded that the residual approach would be the most appropriate method to use given that vessel lease rates are highly variable depending on shipping market conditions, the duration of such charters, and the age of the vessel. The Company believes that the standalone transaction price attributable to the technical management service component is more readily determinable than the price of the lease component and, accordingly, the price of the service component is estimated using observable data (such as fees charged by third-party technical managers) and the residual transaction price is attributed to the vessel lease component.

See discussion above under revenue and expense recognition for the Company’s accounting policy on revenues from leases. See Note 15, “Leases,” for additional disclosures on leases and the impact of adopting ASC 842 on January 1, 2019.

Recently Adopted Accounting Standards —In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (ASC 842), a standard that requires lessees to increase transparency and comparability among organizations by requiring the recognition of ROU assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet. The requirements of this standard include a significant increase in required disclosures to meet the objective of enabling users of financial statements to assess the amount, timing, and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases. The FASB has issued several amendments and practical expedients to the standard, including clarifying guidance, transition relief on comparative reporting at adoption, the lessee practical expedient, which allows lessees, as an accounting policy election made by class of underlying asset, to choose not to separate non-lease components from lease components and instead combine the separate lease and non-lease components and account for them as a single lease components, the lessor practical expedient, which allows entities to choose to aggregate non-lease components with the associated lease components and to account for the combined components as required by the practical expedient, a practical expedient, which allows lessees to elect as an accounting policy not to apply the provisions of ASC 842 to short term leases, and codification improvements to clarify that lessees and lessors are exempt from a certain interim disclosure requirement associated with adopting the new leases standard. The new standard is effective for us beginning January 1, 2019 and we adopted the standard using the modified retrospective transition approach, which allows the Company to recognize a cumulative effect adjustment to the opening balance of accumulated deficit in the period of adoption rather than restate our comparative prior year periods. Based on our analysis, the cumulative effect adjustment to the opening balance of accumulated deficit is zero because (i) we do not have any unamortized initial direct costs as of January 1, 2019 that need to be written off; (ii) we do not have any deferred gain or loss from our previous sale and operating leaseback transactions that need to be recognized; and (iii) the timing and pattern of revenue recognition under our revenue contracts that have lease and non-lease components is the same and even if accounted for separately, the lease component of such contracts would be considered operating leases. We elected certain available practical expedients and implemented internal controls and key system functionality to enable the preparation of financial information on adoption. See Note 14, “Revenue” and Note 15, “Lease,” for further information and the impact of adopting ASC 842 on January 1, 2019.

In August 2018, the SEC issued a final rule that amends certain of its disclosure requirements. The amendments are intended to facilitate the disclosure of information to investors and simplify compliance without significantly changing the information provided to investors. The amendments require registrants to include a reconciliation of changes in stockholders’ equity in their interim financial statements. As a result, registrants will have to provide the reconciliation for both the year-to-date and quarterly periods as well as comparable periods in Form 10-Q, but only for the year-to-date periods in registration statements. While the amendments adopted in August 2018 are effective on November 5, 2018, the SEC staff issued a Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation (C&DI) that provides an extended transition period for companies to comply with the requirement to provide a reconciliation of changes in stockholders’ equity in their interim financial statements, allowing a registrant to not comply with that requirement until the Form 10-Q for the quarter that begins after November 5, 2018. Accordingly, the Company began providing the new interim reconciliations of shareholders’ equity required by the rule in the Form 10-Q for the three months ending March 31, 2019.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards — In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments – Credit losses (ASC 326), which amends the guidance on the impairment of financial instruments. The standard adds an impairment model known as the current expected credit loss (“CECL”) model that is based on expected losses rather than incurred losses. Under the new guidance, an entity is required to recognize as an allowance its estimate of expected credit losses, which the FASB believes will result in more timely recognition of such losses. Unlike the incurred loss models under existing standards, the CECL model does not specify a threshold for the recognition of an impairment allowance. Rather, an entity will recognize its estimate of expected credit losses for financial assets as of the end of the reporting period. Credit impairment will be recognized as an allowance or contra-asset rather than as a direct write-down of the amortized cost basis of a financial asset. However, the carrying amount of a financial asset that is deemed uncollectible will be written off in a manner consistent with existing standards. In November 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-19, Financial Instruments – Credit losses (ASC 326), which clarifies that operating lease receivables are not within the scope of ASC 326 and should instead be accounted for under the new leasing standard, ASC 842. The standard will be effective for the first interim reporting period within annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019 and early adoption is permitted. We are in the process of evaluating financial assets on our balance sheet for potential credit losses under CECL model, including assessing changes that might be necessary to information technology systems, processes and internal controls to capture new data and address changes in financial reporting. Most of our voyage receivables are operating lease receivables which are out of the scope of ASC 326.

INTERNATIONAL SEAWAYS, INC.

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(UNAUDITED)

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-14, Defined Benefit Plans (ASC 715), which amends ASC 715 to add, remove, and clarify disclosure requirements related to defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans. ASU 2018-14 adds requirements for an entity to disclose the following: (1) the weighted average interest crediting rates used in the entity’s cash balance pension plans and other similar plans; (2) a narrative description of the reasons for significant gains and losses affecting the benefit obligation for the period; and (3) an explanation of any other significant changes in the benefit obligation or plan assets that are not otherwise apparent in the other disclosures required by ASC 715. Further, the ASU removes guidance that requires the following disclosures: (1) the amounts in accumulated other comprehensive income expected to be recognized as part of net periodic benefit cost over the next year; (2) information about plan assets to be returned to the entity, including amounts and expected timing; (3) information about benefits covered by related-party insurance and annuity contracts and significant transactions between the plan and related parties; and (4) effects of a one-percentage-point change in the assumed health care costs and the effect of this change in rates on service cost, interest cost, and the benefit obligation for postretirement health care benefits. The standard will be effective for the first interim reporting period within annual periods beginning after December 15, 2020 and early adoption is permitted. Management does not expect the adoption of this accounting standard to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (ASC 820), which changes the fair value measurement disclosure requirements. The new disclosure requirements are: (1) changes in unrealized gains or losses included in other comprehensive income for recurring Level 3 fair value measurements held at the end of the reporting period; and (2) the range and weighted average used to develop significant unobservable inputs for Level 3 fair value measurements. The eliminated disclosure requirements are: (1) transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy; and (2) policies related to valuation processes and the timing of transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy. Under ASU 2018-13, entities are no longer required to estimate and disclose the timing of liquidity events for investments measured at fair value. Instead, the requirement to disclose such events applies only when they have been communicated to the reporting entities by the investees or announced publicly. The standard will be effective for the first interim reporting period within annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019 and early adoption is permitted. Management does not expect the adoption of this accounting standard to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Basic earnings per common share is computed by dividing earnings, after the deduction of dividends and undistributed earnings allocated to participating securities, by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period.

The computation of diluted earnings per share assumes the issuance of common stock for all potentially dilutive stock options and restricted stock units not classified as participating securities. Participating securities are defined by ASC 260, Earnings Per Share, as unvested share-based payment awards that contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents and are included in the computation of earnings per share pursuant to the two-class method.

Weighted average shares of unvested restricted common stock considered to be participating securities totaled 47,501 and 38,938 for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Such participating securities are allocated a portion of income, but not losses under the two-class method. As of March 31, 2019, there were 122,765 shares of restricted stock units and 400,785 stock options outstanding and considered to be potentially dilutive securities.

The components of the calculation of basic earnings per share and diluted earnings per share are as follows:

INTERNATIONAL SEAWAYS, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

Reconciliations of the numerator of the basic and diluted earnings per share computations are as follows:

For the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 earnings per share calculations, there were 41,954 and 0 dilutive equity awards outstanding. Awards of 539,825 and 379,902 for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because inclusion of these awards would be anti-dilutive.

The Company has two reportable segments: Crude Tankers and Product Carriers. The joint ventures with two floating storage and offloading service vessels are included in the Crude Tankers Segment. The joint venture with four LNG Carriers is included in Other. Adjusted income /(loss) from vessel operations for segment purposes is defined as (gain)/loss from vessel operations before general and administrative expenses, provision for credit losses, third-party debt modification fees, and income/(loss) on disposal of vessels and other property. The accounting policies followed by the reportable segments are the same as those followed in the preparation of the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

Information about the Company’s reportable segments as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 follows:

INTERNATIONAL SEAWAYS, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

Reconciliations of time charter equivalent (“TCE”) revenues of the segments to shipping revenues as reported in the condensed statements of operations follow:

Consistent with general practice in the shipping industry, the Company uses time charter equivalent revenues, which represents shipping revenues less voyage expenses, as a measure to compare revenue generated from a voyage charter to revenue generated from a time charter. Time charter equivalent revenues, a non-GAAP measure, provides additional meaningful information in conjunction with shipping revenues, the most directly comparable GAAP measure, because it assists Company management in making decisions regarding the deployment and use of its vessels and in evaluating their financial performance.

Reconciliations of adjusted income/(loss) from vessel operations of the segments to income/(loss) before income taxes, as reported in the condensed consolidated statements of operations follow:

Reconciliations of total assets of the segments to amounts included in the condensed consolidated balance sheets follow:

INTERNATIONAL SEAWAYS, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

Vessel Impairments

The Company gave consideration as to whether events or changes in circumstances had occurred since December 31, 2018 that could indicate that the carrying amounts of the vessels in the Company’s fleet may not be recoverable as of March 31, 2019 and concluded that no such events or changes in circumstances had occurred to warrant a change in the assumptions utilized in the December 31, 2018 impairment tests of the Company’s fleet.

Investments in affiliated companies include joint ventures accounted for using the equity method. As of March 31, 2019, the Company had an approximate 50% interest in three joint ventures. One joint venture operates four LNG carriers (the “LNG Joint Venture”). The other two joint ventures - TI Africa Limited (“TI Africa”) and TI Asia Limited (“TI Asia”) - operate two Floating Storage and Offloading Service vessels that were converted from two ULCCs (collectively the “FSO Joint Venture”).

Investments in and advances to affiliated companies as reflected in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2019 consisted of: FSO Joint Venture of $133,824, LNG Joint Venture of $114,983 and Other of $18,711 which primarily relates to working capital deposits that the Company maintains for commercial pools in which it participates.

As of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the maximum aggregate potential amount of future principal payments (undiscounted) relating to equity method investees secured bank debt and interest rate swap obligations that INSW could be required to make was $88,133 and $93,548, respectively, and the carrying value of the Company’s guaranty in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets was $553 and $673, respectively.

A condensed summary of the results of operations of the joint ventures follows:

As of March 31, 2019, the Company participates in six commercial pools and three joint ventures. One of the pools and the two FSO joint ventures were determined to be VIEs. The Company is not considered a primary beneficiary of either the pool or the joint ventures.

The following table presents the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheet related to the VIEs as of March 31, 2019:

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

In accordance with accounting guidance, the Company evaluated its maximum exposure to loss related to these VIEs by assuming a complete loss of the Company’s investment in these VIEs. The table below compares the Company’s liability in the condensed consolidated balance sheet to the maximum exposure to loss at March 31, 2019:

In addition, as of March 31, 2019, the Company had approximately $13,298 of trade receivables from the pool that was determined to be a VIE. These trade receivables, which are included in voyage receivables in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet, have been excluded from the above tables and the calculation of INSW’s maximum exposure to loss. The Company does not record the maximum exposure to loss as a liability because it does not believe that such a loss is probable of occurring as of March 31, 2019.

The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of each class of financial instrument:

Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash— The carrying amounts reported in the consolidated balance sheets for interest-bearing deposits approximate their fair value.

Debt— The fair value of borrowings under the 2017 Term Loan Facility and the 8.50% Senior Notes is estimated based on quoted market prices. The carrying amount of the borrowings under Sinosure Credit Facility and the ABN Term Loan Facility approximates the fair value. The fair value of borrowing under the 10.75% Subordinated Notes is estimated using contractual cash flows discounted at the market yield as of March 31, 2019 for a debt instrument with a credit rating similar to that of the Company.

Interest rate swaps and caps— The fair values of interest rate swaps and caps are the estimated amounts that the Company would receive or pay to terminate the swaps or caps at the reporting date, which include adjustments for the counterparty’s or the Company’s credit risk, as appropriate, after taking into consideration any underlying collateral securing the swap or cap agreements. For interest rate caps and swaps, fair values are derived using valuation models that utilize the income valuation approach. These valuation models take into account contract terms such as maturity, as well as other inputs such as interest rate yield curves and creditworthiness of the counterparty.

ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, relating to fair value measurements defines fair value and establishes a framework for measuring fair value. The ASC 820 fair value hierarchy distinguishes between market participant assumptions developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity and the reporting entity's own assumptions about market participant assumptions developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. ASC 820 defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date, essentially an exit price. In addition, the fair value of assets and liabilities should include consideration of non-performance risk, which for the liabilities described below includes the Company's own credit risk.

The levels of the fair value hierarchy established by ASC 820 are as follows:

Level 1- Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities

Level 2- Quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets or inputs that are observable

Level 3- Inputs that are unobservable (for example cash flow modeling inputs based on assumptions)

The estimated fair values of the Company’s financial instruments, other than derivatives that are not measured at fair value on a recurring basis, categorized based upon the fair value hierarchy, are as follows:

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⁽¹⁾ Includes non-current restricted cash of $57,618 and $59,331 at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.

Derivatives

The Company manages its exposure to interest rate volatility risk by using derivative instruments.

Interest Rate Risk

The Company uses interest rate caps and swaps for the management of interest rate risk exposure associated with changes in LIBOR interest rate payments due on its credit facilities. INSW is party to an interest rate cap agreement (“Interest Rate Cap”) with a major financial institution covering a notional amount of $350,000 to limit the floating interest rate exposure associated with the 2017 Term Loan Facility. The Interest Rate Cap agreement is designated and qualified as a cash flow hedge and contains no leverage features. The Interest Rate Cap has a cap rate of 2.605% through the termination date of December 31, 2020. The Company is also party to a floating-to-fixed interest rate swap agreement (“Interest Rate Swap”) with a major financial institution covering the entire variable interest rate borrowings outstanding under the Sinosure Credit Facility that effectively converts the Company’s interest rate exposure under the Sinosure Credit Facility from a floating rate based on 3-month LIBOR to a fixed LIBOR rate of 2.99% through the termination date of March 21, 2022. The Interest Rate Swap agreement is designated and qualified as a cash flow hedge and contains no leverage features.

The Company has elected to apply hedge accounting and designated its interest rate cap and interest rate swap as cash flow hedges.

Tabular disclosure of derivatives location

Derivatives are recorded on a net basis by counterparty when a legal right of offset exists. The following table presents information with respect to the fair values of derivatives reflected in the March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 balance sheets on a gross basis by transaction:

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The following tables present information with respect to gains and losses on derivative positions reflected in the condensed consolidated statements of operations or in the condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income/(loss).

The effect of cash flow hedging relationships recognized in other comprehensive (loss)/income excluding amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss, including hedges of equity method investees, for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 follows:

The effect of cash flow hedging relationships on the condensed consolidated statement of operations is presented excluding hedges of equity method investees. The effect of the Company’s cash flow hedging relationships on the condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 follows:

See Note 13, “Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss,” for disclosures relating to the impact of derivative instruments on accumulated other comprehensive loss.

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Fair Value Hierarchy

The following table presents the fair values, which are pre-tax, for assets and liabilities measured on a recurring basis (excluding investments in affiliated companies):

Debt consists of the following:

Capitalized terms used hereafter have the meaning given in these condensed consolidated financial statements or in the respective transaction documents referred to below, including subsequent amendments thereto.

Mandatory Annual Prepayments

The 2017 Term Loan Facility amortizes in quarterly installments equal to 1.25% of the original principal amount of $550,000 reduced by the $60,000 prepayment the Company made in 2018. The 2017 Term Loan Facility is also subject to additional mandatory annual prepayments in an aggregate principal amount of 75% of Excess Cash Flow, as defined in the credit agreement.

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Management estimated that it will have no Excess Cash Flow under the 2017 Term Loan Facility for the year ended December 31, 2019 based on the actual results of the three months ended March 31, 2019 and the projection for the remainder of 2019. Accordingly, there is currently no mandatory prepayment expected during the first quarter of 2020.

Debt Covenants

2017 Debt Facilities

As set forth in the 2017 Debt Facilities credit agreement, the 2017 Debt Facilities contain certain restrictions relating to new borrowings and INSW’s ability to receive cash dividends, loans or advances from ISOC and its subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries. As of March 31, 2019, permitted cash dividends that can be distributed to INSW by ISOC under the 2017 Term Loan Facility was $12,339.

The 2017 Debt Facilities have covenants to maintain the aggregate Fair Market Value (as defined in the credit agreement) of the Collateral Vessels at greater than or equal to $300,000 at the end of each fiscal quarter and to ensure that at any time, the outstanding principal amounts of the 2017 Debt Facilities and certain other secured indebtedness permitted under credit agreement minus the amount of unrestricted cash and cash equivalents does not exceed 65% of the aggregate Fair Market Value of the Collateral Vessels (as defined in the 2017 Debt Facilities) plus the aggregate Fair Market Value of certain joint venture equity interests and Gener8 Maritime Subsidiary VII, Inc. The Company had substantial headroom under this covenant as of March 31, 2019, with an estimated ratio of 39%.

Sinosure Credit Facility

Under the Sinosure Credit Facility, the Obligors (as defined in the Sinosure Credit Facility) are required to comply with various collateral maintenance and financial covenants, including with respect to:

The Sinosure Credit Facility also requires the Company to comply with a number of covenants, including the delivery of quarterly and annual financial statements, budgets and annual projections; maintaining required insurances; compliance with laws (including environmental); compliance with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”); maintenance of flag and class of the collateral vessels; restrictions on consolidations, mergers or sales of assets; limitations on liens; limitations on issuance of certain equity interests; limitations on transactions with affiliates; and other customary covenants and related provisions.

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ABN Term Loan Facility

The ABN Term Loan Facility requires Seaways Shipping Corporation to maintain a minimum unrestricted cash balance of $825 per vessel and a balance of $2,500 and up to $2,100 in a debt service reserve accounts and a dry dock reserve account, respectively, and provides for a restriction on dividends unless minimum unrestricted cash levels are maintained and Seaways Shipping Corporation is in compliance with its covenants. The ABN Term Loan Facility also has a vessel value maintenance clause that requires the Company to ensure that the fair market value of the Seaways Raffles is at all times not less than 150% of the outstanding principal amount of the loan.

The ABN Term Loan Facility also requires the Company to comply with a number of covenants, including the delivery of quarterly and annual financial statements, budgets and annual projections; maintaining required insurances; compliance with laws (including environmental); compliance with ERISA; maintenance of flag and class of the Seaways Raffles; restrictions on consolidations, mergers or sales of assets; limitations on liens; limitations on issuance of certain equity interests; limitations on the payment of dividends or other distributions; limitations on transactions with affiliates; and other customary covenants and related provisions.

The ABN Term Loan Facility also requires that the loan agreement be amended as soon as reasonably practical following the effective date of the loan to incorporate financial covenants (other than the vessel value maintenance covenant) included in other loan facilities or agreements evidencing indebtedness (with principal balances in excess of $50,000) to which the Company becomes a party, that are deemed to be materially more advantageous to the lenders under such agreements than those currently required by the ABN Term Loan Facility. The Company expects to execute such an amendment during the second quarter of 2019.

8.5% Senior Notes

The Indenture contains certain restrictive covenants, including covenants that, subject to certain exceptions and qualifications, restrict our ability to make certain payments if a default under the Indenture has occurred and is continuing or will result therefrom and require us to limit the amount of debt we incur, maintain a certain minimum net worth and provide certain reports. The Indenture also provides for certain customary events of default (subject, in certain cases, to receipt of notice of default and/or customary grace or cure periods).

Pursuant to the limitation on borrowings covenant, the Company shall not permit Total Borrowings (as defined in the Indenture) to equal or exceed 70% of Total Assets (as defined in the Indenture). The Company shall also ensure that Net Worth (defined as Total Assets, less Intangible assets and Total Borrowings, as defined in the Indenture) exceeds $600,000 pursuant to the Minimum Net Worth covenant.

10.75% Subordinated Notes

The Subordinated Notes Indenture contains covenants requiring the Company to maintain a minimum net worth similar to that required by the 8.5% Senior Notes. The Subordinated Notes Indenture also contains covenants restricting the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to incur additional indebtedness, sell assets, incur liens, amend the 2017 Debt Facilities, enter into sale and leaseback transactions and enter into certain extraordinary transactions. In addition, the Subordinated Notes Indenture prohibits the Company from paying any dividends unless certain financial and other conditions are satisfied. The Subordinated Notes Indenture also contains events of default consistent with those under the 2017 Debt Facilities.

The Company was in compliance with the financial covenants under all of its debt facilities as of March 31, 2019.

Interest Expense

Total interest expense, including amortization of issuance and deferred financing costs (for additional information related to deferred financing costs see Note 2, “Significant Accounting Policies”), commitment, administrative and other fees for all of the Company’s debt facilities for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 was $17,226 and $11,361, respectively. Interest paid for the Company’s debt facilities for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 was $11,172 and $9,958, respectively.

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The Company derives substantially all of its gross income from the use and operation of vessels in international commerce. The Company’s entities that own and operate vessels are primarily domiciled in the Marshall Islands, which do not impose income tax on shipping operations. The Company also has or had subsidiaries in various jurisdictions that perform administrative, commercial or technical management functions. These subsidiaries are subject to income tax based on the services performed in countries in which their offices are located; current and deferred income taxes are recorded accordingly.

A substantial portion of income earned by the Company is not subject to income tax. With respect to subsidiaries not subject to income tax in their respective countries of incorporation, no deferred taxes are provided for the temporary differences in the bases of the underlying assets and liabilities for tax and accounting purposes.

As of March 31, 2019, the Company believes it will qualify for an exemption from U.S. federal income taxes under Section 883 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and U.S. Treasury Department regulations for 2019, so long as less than 50 percent of the total value of the Company’s stock is held by one or more shareholders who own 5% or more of the Company’s stock for more than half of the days of 2019.

The Marshall Islands impose tonnage taxes, which are assessed on the tonnage of certain of the Company’s vessels. These tonnage taxes are included in vessel expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Amounts payable to the Company’s former parent, Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (“OSG”), included in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets, aggregate to $36 and $34 as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively, and are related to a guarantee provided by OSG as described below.

The FSO Joint Venture is a party to a number of contracts: (a) the FSO Joint Venture is an obligor pursuant to a guarantee facility agreement dated as of July 14, 2017, by and among, the FSO Joint Venture, ING Belgium NV/SA, as issuing bank, and Euronav and INSW, as guarantors (the ‘‘Guarantee Facility’’); (b) the FSO Joint Venture is party to two service contracts with NOC (the ‘‘NOC Service Contracts’’) and (c) the FSO Joint Venture is a borrower under a $220,000 secured credit facility by and among TI Africa and TI Asia, as joint and several borrowers, ABN AMRO Bank N.V. and ING Belgium SA/NV, as Lenders, Mandated Lead Arrangers and Swap Banks, and ING Bank N.V., as Agent and as Security Trustee. INSW severally guarantees the obligations of the FSO Joint Venture pursuant to the Guarantee Facility.

The FSO Joint Venture drew down on a $220,000 credit facility in April 2018. The Company provided a guarantee for the $110,000 FSO Term Loan portion of the facility, which amortizes over the remaining terms of the NOC Service Contracts, which expire in July 2022 and September 2022. INSW’s guarantee of the FSO Term Loan has financial covenants that provide (i) INSW’s Liquid Assets shall not be less than the higher of $50,000 and 5% of Total Indebtedness of INSW, (ii) INSW shall have Cash of at least $30,000 and (iii) INSW is in compliance with the Loan to Value Test (as such capitalized terms are defined in the Company guarantee or in the case of the Loan to Value Test, as defined in the credit agreement underlying the Company’s 2017 Debt Facilities (see Note 9, “Debt”). As of March 31, 2019, and December 31, 2018, the maximum aggregate potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) that INSW could be required to make in relation to its equity method investees secured bank debt and interest rate swap obligations was $88,133 and $93,548, respectively, and the carrying value of the Company’s guaranty in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets was $553 and $673, respectively.

INSW maintains a guarantee in favor of Qatar Liquefied Gas Company Limited (2) (‘‘LNG Charterer’’) relating to certain LNG Tanker Time Charter Party Agreements with the LNG Charterer and each of Overseas LNG H1 Corporation, Overseas LNG H2 Corporation, Overseas LNG S1 Corporation and Overseas LNG S2 Corporation (such agreements, the ‘‘LNG Charter Party Agreements,’’ and such guarantee, the ‘‘LNG Performance Guarantee’’). INSW will pay QGTC an annual fee of $100 until such time that QGTC ceases to provide a guarantee in favor of the LNG charterer relating to performance under the LNG Charter Party Agreements.

OSG continues to provide a guarantee in favor of the LNG Charterer relating to the LNG Charter Party Agreements (such guarantees, the ‘‘OSG LNG Performance Guarantee’’). INSW will indemnify OSG for liabilities arising from the OSG LNG Performance Guarantee pursuant to the terms of the Separation and Distribution Agreement. In connection with the OSG LNG Performance Guarantee, INSW will pay an annual fee of $145 to OSG for 2019. Such fee is subject to termination if OSG ceases to provide the OSG LNG Performance Guarantee.

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The Company accounts for stock-based compensation expense in accordance with the fair value method required by ASC 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation. Such fair value method requires share-based payment transactions to be measured according to the fair value of the equity instruments issued.

Management Compensation - Restricted Stock Units and Stock Options

There were no stock-based compensation awards granted during the three months ended March 31, 2019.

Share Repurchases

In connection with the settlement of vested restricted stock units, the Company repurchased 8,746 and 15,746 shares of common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, at an average cost of $17.13 and $17.66, respectively, per share (based on the market prices on the dates of vesting) from certain members of management to cover withholding taxes. During April 2019, an additional 5,972 shares of common stock were repurchased from certain employees and members of management at an average cost of $17.14 per share in relation to restricted stock units that vested in March 2019.

On March 5, 2019, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a resolution reauthorizing the Company’s $30,000 stock repurchase program for another 24-month period ending March 5, 2021, on the open market or otherwise, in such quantities, at such prices, in such manner and on such terms and conditions as management determines is in the best interests of the Company. Shares owned by employees, directors and other affiliates of the Company will not be eligible for repurchase under this program without further authorization from the Board. No shares were acquired under repurchase programs during the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018.

The components of accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of related taxes, in the condensed consolidated balance sheets follow:

The changes in the balances of each component of accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of related taxes, during the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 follow:

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Amounts reclassified out of each component of accumulated other comprehensive loss follow:

At March 31, 2019, the Company expects that it will reclassify $7,684 (gross and net of tax) of net losses on derivative instruments from accumulated other comprehensive loss to earnings during the next twelve months due to the payment of variable rate interest associated with floating rate debt of INSW’s equity method investees and the interest rate cap and swaps held by the Company.

See Note 8, “Fair Value of Financial Instruments, Derivatives and Fair Value Disclosures,” for additional disclosures relating to derivative instruments.

The adoption of ASC 842 had no impact on shipping revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2019 as the timing and pattern of revenue recognition under our revenue contracts that have lease and non-lease components is the same even when accounted for separately under ASC 842 and ASC 606, respectively.

Revenue Recognition

The majority of the Company’s contracts for pool revenues, time and bareboat charter revenues, and voyage charter revenues are accounted for as lease revenue under ASC 842. The Company’s contracts with pools are cancellable with up to 90 days’ notice. As of March 31, 2019, five of the Company’s vessels are operating under six-month time charter contracts to customers with expiry dates ranging from June 2019 to July 2019. The Company’s contracts with customers for voyage charters are short term and vary in length based upon the duration of each voyage. Lease revenue for non-variable lease payments are recognized over the lease term on a straight-line basis and lease revenue for variable lease payments are recognized in the period in which the changes in facts and circumstances on which the variable lease payments are based occur. See Note 2, “Significant Accounting Policies,” for additional detail on the Company’s accounting policies regarding revenue recognition for leases.

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Lightering services provided by the Company’s Crude Tanker Lightering Business and voyage charter contracts that do not meet the definition of lease are accounted for as service revenues under ASC 606. In accordance with ASC 606, revenue is recognized when a customer obtains control of or consumes promised services. The amount of revenue recognized reflects the consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled to receive in exchange for these services. See Note 2, “Significant Accounting Policies,” for additional detail on the Company’s accounting policies regarding service revenue recognition and costs to obtain or fulfill a contract.

The following table presents the Company’s revenues from leases accounted for under ASC 842 and revenues from services accounted for under ASC 606 for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018:

Contract Balances

The following table provides information about receivables, contract assets and contract liabilities from contracts with customers, and significant changes in contract assets and liabilities balances, associated with revenue from services accounted for under ASC 606. Balances related to revenues from leases accounted for under ASC 842 are excluded from the table below.

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We receive payments from customers based on the distribution schedule established in our contracts. Contract assets relate to our conditional right to consideration for our completed performance under contracts and decrease when the right to consideration becomes unconditional or payments are received. Contract liabilities include payments received in advance of performance under contracts and are recognized when performance under the respective contract has been completed. Deferred revenues allocated to unsatisfied performance obligations will be recognized over time as the services are performed.

Performance Obligations

All of the Company's performance obligations, and associated revenue, are generally transferred to customers over time. The expected duration of services is less than one year. Reductions in revenues from performance obligations satisfied in previous periods recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 were $483 and $41, respectively. These reductions to revenue were related to changes in estimates of performance obligations related to voyage charters.

Costs to Obtain or Fulfill a Contract

As of March 31, 2019, there were no unamortized deferred costs of obtaining or fulfilling a contract.

The adoption of ASC 842 had a material impact in our condensed consolidated balance sheet due to the recognition of ROU assets and corresponding operating lease liabilities as disclosed below but did not have an impact in our lease expenses as disclosed below for the three months ended March 31, 2019. Certain amounts recorded for prepaid charter hire expenses associated with historical operating leases were reclassified to the newly captioned Operating lease right-of-use asset in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2019. The expense for leases under the ASC 842 will continue to be classified in their historical statements of operations captions (primarily in Charter hire expenses, General and administrative, Voyage expenses, and Vessel expenses).

As permitted under ASC 842, the Company has elected not to apply the provisions of ASC 842 to short term leases, which include: (i) tanker vessels chartered-in where the duration of the charter was one year or less at inception; (ii) workboats employed in the Crude Tankers Lightering business which are cancellable upon 180 days’ notice; and (iii) short term leases of office and other space.

Contracts under which the Company is a Lessee

The Company currently has two major categories of leases – chartered-in vessels and leased office and other space. The expenses recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2019 for the lease component of these leases are as follows:

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Supplemental cash flow information related to leases was as follows:

Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases was as follows:

1. Charters-in of vessel assets:

As of March 31, 2019, INSW had commitments to charter in four MR and two Aframax vessels. All of the charters-in, of which the two Aframaxes are bareboat charters with expiry dates ranging from December 2023 to March 2024 and the four MRs are time charters with expiry dates ranging from June 2019 to July 2019, are accounted for as operating leases. The Company’s time charters contain renewal options to extend the leases for 12 to 18 months. The Company’s bareboat charters contain purchase options commencing in the first quarter of 2021. As of March 31, 2019, the Company has determined that the above options are not yet reasonably certain of being exercised. Lease liabilities related to time charters-in vessels exclude estimated days that the vessels will not be available for employment due to drydock because the Company does not pay charter hire when time chartered-in vessels are not available for its use.

Payments of lease liabilities and related number of operating days under these operating leases as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 (prior to adoption of ASC 842 effective January 1, 2019) are as follows:

Bareboat Charters-in:

Bareboat Charters-in:

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Time Charters-in:

Time Charters-in:

2. Office and other space:

The Company has operating leases for office and lightering workboat dock space. These leases have expiry dates ranging from December 2020 to August 2021.

Payments of lease liabilities for office and other space as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 (prior to adoption of ASC 842 effective January 1, 2019) are as follows:

Office and other space:

Office and other space:

Contracts under which the Company is a Lessor

See Note 14, “Revenue,” for discussion on the Company’s revenues from operating leases accounted for under the lease guidance (ASC 842).

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The future minimum revenues, before reduction for brokerage commissions, expected to be received on non-cancelable time charters and the related revenue days as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 (prior to adoption of ASC 842 effective January 1, 2019) are as follows:

Future minimum revenues do not include (i) the Company’s share of time charters entered into by the pools in which it participates, and (ii) the Company’s share of time charters entered into by the joint ventures, which the Company accounts for under the equity method. Revenues from a time charter are not generally received when a vessel is off-hire, including time required for normal periodic maintenance of the vessel. In arriving at the minimum future charter revenues, an estimated time off-hire to perform periodic maintenance on each vessel has been deducted, although there is no assurance that such estimate will be reflective of the actual off-hire in the future.

INSW’s policy for recording legal costs related to contingencies is to expense such legal costs as incurred.

Multi-Employer Plans

The Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund (“MNOPF”) is a multi-employer defined benefit pension plan covering British crew members that served as officers on board INSW’s vessels (as well as vessels of other owners). The trustees of the plan have indicated that, under the terms of the High Court ruling in 2005, which established the liability of past employers to fund the deficit on the Post 1978 section of MNOPF, calls for further contributions may be required if additional actuarial deficits arise or if other employers liable for contributions are not able to pay their share in the future. As the amount of any such assessment cannot currently be reasonably estimated, no reserves have been recorded for this contingency in INSW’s consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2019. The next deficit valuation is as of March 31, 2019 and is expected to be completed later in 2019.

The Merchant Navy Ratings Pension Fund (“MNRPF”) is a multi-employer defined benefit pension plan covering British crew members that served as ratings (seamen) on board INSW’s vessels (as well as vessels of other owners) more than 20 years ago. Participating employers include current employers, historic employers that have made voluntary contributions, and historic employers such as INSW that have made no deficit contributions. Calls for contributions may be required if additional actuarial deficits arise or if other employers liable for contributions are unable to pay their share in the future. INSW’s reserve for our share of the scheme deficit based on the last deficit valuation was £57 ($75) as of March 31, 2019, which is due for payment in October 2019. The next deficit valuation is due March 31, 2020.

Galveston Accident

In late September 2017, an industrial accident at a dock facility in Galveston, Texas resulted in fatalities to two temporary employees (the “decedents”) of a subsidiary of the Company. In accordance with law, an investigation of the accident was conducted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and local law enforcement. The subsidiary cooperated in providing requested information to investigators, and to date, no citations or other adverse enforcement actions have been issued to and/or taken against the subsidiary. 

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Additionally, two wrongful death lawsuits (the “lawsuits”) relating to the accident, each of which claims damages in excess of $25,000, were filed in state court in Texas (Harris County District Court) and identified the subsidiary as one of several defendants. The lawsuits have been settled as to most of the original defendants, with the exception of the subsidiary, and the remaining disputes were removed to federal court in Houston, Texas (Southern District) in January 2018. The subsidiary has filed its answer to those complaints, generally denying the allegations and stating certain affirmative defenses. The subsidiary has filed a motion for summary judgment seeking dismissal of all claims being asserted against it in the lawsuits based on its position that it was the decedents’ borrowing employer, and therefore has tort immunity under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 900-950. The motion for summary judgment is currently pending and awaiting the federal court’s decision, but it cannot be predicted when a decision will be issued. There is currently no trial setting in the case. The Company and the subsidiary intend to continue vigorously defending the lawsuits. Estimating an amount or range of possible losses resulting from litigation proceedings is inherently difficult and requires an extensive degree of judgment, particularly where the matters involve indeterminate claims for monetary damages and are in the stages of the proceedings where key factual and legal issues have not been resolved. Accordingly, the Company is currently unable to predict the ultimate timing or outcome of, or to reasonably estimate the possible loss or a range of possible loss resulting from, the lawsuits.

Further, certain of the other original defendants in the wrongful death/personal injury actions (the “T&T Defendants”) made demands to the subsidiary and its insurers for contractual defense, indemnity and additional insured coverage for all claims being asserted against the T&T Defendants arising out of the incident, including all amounts paid by the T&T Defendants in settlement of those claims, as well as its costs of defense. The subsidiary and its excess insurers filed an action for declaratory judgment in federal court in Texas (Southern District) seeking judgment that they did not owe contractual indemnification obligations to the T&T Defendants. In July 2018 the federal court overseeing the declaratory judgment action issued an order dismissing the case on the basis that it lacked subject-matter jurisdiction to hear the dispute. This was not a decision on the merits of the underlying contractual dispute. The subsidiary and its excess insurers filed an appeal of that decision in the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. In the meantime, the T&T Defendants filed a new lawsuit in a Texas state court to assert their contractual claims against the subsidiary and its insurers, which the defendants then removed to federal court in Houston, Texas. In early 2019, a settlement of the T&T Defendants’ claims against the subsidiary and its insurers was reached, and funding of same has been issued by the subsidiary’s insurers. Pursuant to the terms of the settlement, all litigation concerning these claims has been dismissed with prejudice.

Finally, in February 2018, the subsidiary and its insurers settled three “bystander” claims made by crewmembers aboard a vessel under charter to the subsidiary for alleged emotional and other personal injuries. The subsidiary has initiated arbitration in Houston, Texas against the employer of the bystanders to seek full recovery of this payment pursuant to indemnity provisions in the charter between the subsidiary and the employer. The arbitration is currently underway, and any eventual recovery will be for the benefit of the subsidiary’s insurers.

Legal Proceedings Arising in the Ordinary Course of Business

The Company is a party, as plaintiff or defendant, to various suits in the ordinary course of business for monetary relief arising principally from personal injuries, wrongful death, collision or other casualty and to claims arising under charter parties and other contract disputes. A substantial majority of such personal injury, wrongful death, collision or other casualty claims against the Company are covered by insurance (subject to deductibles not material in amount). Each of the claims involves an amount which, in the opinion of management, should not be material to the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward looking statements. Such forward-looking statements represent the Company’s reasonable expectation with respect to future events or circumstances based on various factors and are subject to various risks and uncertainties and assumptions relating to the Company’s operations, financial results, financial condition, business, prospects, growth strategy and liquidity. Accordingly, there are or will be important factors, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, that could cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from those indicated in these statements. Undue reliance should not be placed on any forward-looking statements and consideration should be given to the following factors when reviewing any such statement. Such factors include, but are not limited to:

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The Company assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or its representatives after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statement contained in this paragraph and in other reports hereafter filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

General:

We are a provider of ocean transportation services for crude oil and refined petroleum products. We operate our vessels in the International Flag market. Our business includes two reportable segments: Crude Tankers and Product Carriers. For the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, we derived 77% and 60%, respectively, of our TCE revenues from our Crude Tankers segment. Revenues from our Product Carriers segment constituted the balance of our TCE revenues for both periods.

As of March 31, 2019, we owned or operated an International Flag fleet of 48 vessels aggregating 7.1 million deadweight tons (“dwt”) and 864,800 cubic meters (“cbm”), including six vessels that have been chartered-in under operating leases. Our fleet includes VLCC, Suezmax, Aframax and Panamax crude tankers and LR1, LR2 and MR product carriers. Through joint ventures, we have ownership interests in two FSO service vessels and four LNG Carriers (together the “JV Vessels”).

The Company’s revenues are highly sensitive to patterns of supply and demand for vessels of the size and design configurations owned and operated by the Company and the trades in which those vessels operate. Rates for the transportation of crude oil and refined petroleum products from which the Company earns a substantial majority of its revenues are determined by market forces such as the supply and demand for oil, the distance that cargoes must be transported, and the number of vessels expected to be available at the time such cargoes need to be transported. The demand for oil shipments is significantly affected by the state of the global economy, levels of U.S. domestic and international oil production and OPEC exports. The number of vessels is affected by newbuilding deliveries and by the removal of existing vessels from service, principally through storage, scrappings or conversions. The Company’s revenues are also affected by the mix of charters between spot (voyage charter) and long-term (time or bareboat charter). Because shipping revenues and voyage expenses are significantly affected by the mix between voyage charters and time charters, the Company manages its vessels based on TCE revenues. Management makes economic decisions based on anticipated TCE rates and evaluates financial performance based on TCE rates achieved. Other than the JV Vessels, the Company’s revenues are derived predominantly from spot market voyage charters and those vessels are predominantly employed in the spot market via market-leading commercial pools. We derived 94% and 84% of our total TCE revenues in the spot market for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

The following is a discussion and analysis of our financial condition as of March 31, 2019 and results of operations for the three months periods ended March 31, 2019 and 2018. You should consider the foregoing when reviewing the condensed consolidated financial statements and this discussion and analysis. You should read this section together with the condensed consolidated financial statements, including the notes thereto. This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes industry data and forecasts that we have prepared based, in part, on information obtained from industry publications and surveys. Third-party industry publications, surveys and forecasts generally state that the information contained therein has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable. In addition, certain statements regarding our market position in this report are based on information derived from internal market studies and research reports. Unless we state otherwise, statements about the Company’s relative competitive position in this report are based on our management's beliefs, internal studies and management's knowledge of industry trends.

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All dollar amounts are in thousands, except daily dollar amounts and per share amounts.

Operations and Oil Tanker Markets:

The Company’s revenues are highly sensitive to patterns of supply and demand for vessels of the size and design configurations owned and operated by the Company and the trades in which those vessels operate. Rates for the transportation of crude oil and refined petroleum products from which the Company earns a substantial majority of its revenues are determined by market forces such as the supply and demand for oil, the distance that cargoes must be transported and the number of vessels expected to be available at the time such cargoes need to be transported. The demand for oil shipments is significantly affected by the state of the global economy, levels of U.S. domestic and international production and OPEC exports. The number of vessels is affected by newbuilding deliveries and by the removal of existing vessels from service, principally through storage, scrappings or conversions. The Company’s revenues are also affected by the mix of charters between spot (voyage charter) and long-term (time or bareboat charter). Because shipping revenues and voyage expenses are significantly affected by the mix between voyage charters and time charters, the Company manages its vessels based on TCE revenues. Management makes economic decisions based on anticipated TCE rates and evaluates financial performance based on TCE rates achieved.

The International Energy Agency (“IEA”) estimates global oil consumption for the first quarter of 2019 at 99.6 million barrels per day (“b/d”), an increase of 1.1 million b/d, or 1.1%, over the same quarter in 2018. The estimate for global oil consumption for 2019 is 100.6 million b/d, an increase of 1.4% over 2018. OECD demand in 2019 is estimated to increase by 0.8% to 48.1 million b/d, while non-OECD demand is estimated to increase by 1.9% to 52.5 million b/d.

Global oil production in the first quarter of 2019 reached 99.7 million b/d, an increase of 0.9% from the first quarter of 2018. OPEC crude oil production averaged 30.5 million b/d in the first quarter of 2019, a decrease of 1.6 million b/d from the fourth quarter of 2018, and a decrease of 1.6 million b/d from the first quarter of 2018. Non-OPEC production increased by 2.5 million b/d to 63.6 million b/d in the first quarter of 2019 compared with the first quarter of 2018. Oil production in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2019 was unchanged from the fourth quarter of 2018 at 11.9 million b/d, and 1.9 million b/d higher than in the first quarter of 2018.

U.S. refinery throughput increased by 0.2 million b/d to 17.1 million b/d in the first quarter of 2019 compared with the first quarter of 2018. U.S. crude oil imports in the first quarter of 2019 decreased by 0.5 million b/d to 7.5 million b/d compared with the first quarter of 2018, with imports from OPEC countries decreasing by 0.4 million b/d, a 15.6% decrease from the first quarter of 2018.

Chinese crude oil imports were 10.23 million b/d in February, slightly down from the record 10.4 million b/d in November 2018, and March imports declined to 9.26 million b/d, as refinery maintenance decreased crude oil demand, although still 0.4% higher than March 2018 imports.

During the first quarter of 2019, the tanker fleet of vessels over 10,000 deadweight tons (“dwt”) increased by 12.6 million dwt as the crude fleet increased by 11.0 million dwt, with VLCCs, Suezmaxes and Aframaxes growing by 5.7 million dwt, 2.3 million dwt and 3.0 million dwt, respectively. The product carrier fleet expanded by 1.6 million dwt with LR1s growing by 0.3 million dwt and MRs increasing by 1.3 million dwt. Year over year, the size of the tanker fleet increased by 18.9 million dwt with the largest increases in the VLCC, Aframax, MR and Suezmax sectors, while Panamaxes saw modest growth in the fleet size.

Between the end of the fourth quarter of 2018 and the end of the first quarter of 2019, the crude tanker orderbook decreased by 10.2 million dwt overall. The crude tanker orderbook declined by 8.7 million dwt, with VLCCs, Suezmaxes and Aframaxes declining by 2.9 million dwt, 1.9 million dwt and 3.9 million dwt, respectively. The product tanker orderbook declined by 1.5 million dwt with LR1s declining by 0.3 million dwt and MRs declining by 1.2 million dwt. The large decrease in the tanker orderbook reflects the heavy delivery of newbuildings during the first quarter and little new ordering activity.

Between the end of the first quarter of 2018 and the end of the first quarter of 2019, the total tanker orderbook declined by 15.1 million dwt, with declines in all sectors: VLCC 5.8 million dwt, Suezmax 1.2 million dwt, Aframax 6.2 million dwt, LR1 0.4 million dwt and MR 1.5 million dwt.

Crude tanker rates in the first quarter of 2019 were down from the strong rates achieved in the fourth quarter of 2018, as newbuilding deliveries and OPEC cuts negatively impacted supply and demand. VLCC rates were buoyed by strong US exports, while Suezmax rates saw greater declines. Panamax and MR rates were relatively strong compared with the fourth quarter of 2018 driven by demand. Rates across the board are somewhat weaker due to extended refinery maintenance as refiners prepare for upcoming IMO 2020-related changes.

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Update on Critical Accounting Policies:

The Company’s consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, which require the Company to make estimates in the application of its accounting policies based on the best assumptions, judgments and opinions of management. For a description of all of the Company’s material accounting policies, see Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies,” to the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2018 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K. See Note 2, “Significant Accounting Policies,” to the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements for any changes or updates to the Company’s critical accounting policies for the current period.

Results from Vessel Operations:

During the first quarter of 2019, results from vessel operations increased by $46,030 to income of $19,324 from a loss of $26,706 in the first quarter of 2018. This improvement primarily resulted from higher TCE revenues, lower vessel expenses and a $6,621 decrease in losses on disposal of vessels and other property, partially offset by a $1,298 charge for provisions for credit losses and an increase in charter hire expenses, which was principally attributable to increased activity in the Company’s Crude Tankers Lightering business.

TCE revenues increased in the current quarter by $45,228, or 93%, to $94,029 from $48,801 in the first quarter of 2018. Approximately $35,909 of this increase was due to growth in average daily rates across each of INSW’s fleet sectors. Incremental activity in the Crude Tankers Lightering business also resulted in a $13,120 revenue increase.

The provision for credit losses of $1,298 recorded in the first quarter of 2019 relates to uncollected freight from full service jobs performed during late-2018 in the Company’s Crude Tankers Lightering business.

See Note 4, “Business and Segment Reporting,” to the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information on the Company’s segments, including equity in income of affiliated companies and reconciliations of (i) time charter equivalent revenues to shipping revenues and (ii) adjusted income from vessel operations for the segments to income/(loss) before income taxes, as reported in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

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The following table provides a breakdown of TCE rates achieved for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, between spot and fixed earnings and the related revenue days. The information in these tables is based, in part, on information provided by the commercial pools in which the segment’s vessels participate and excludes commercial pool fees/commissions averaging approximately $716 and $769 per day for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, as well as revenue and revenue days for which recoveries were recorded by the Company under its loss of hire insurance policies.

During the first quarter of 2019, TCE revenues for the Crude Tankers segment increased by $43,366, or 148%, to $72,586 from $29,220 in the first quarter of 2018. Approximately $28,800 of such increase resulted from a strengthening in average daily rates in each of the Crude Tanker fleets, with the impact of the daily TCE rate growth in the VLCC fleet representing $21,392 of the total rates-based increase. Increased activity in the Crude Tankers Lightering business generated an additional TCE revenue increase of $13,120. Also contributing to the higher TCE revenue was a net 417-day increase in revenue days in the current quarter in the VLCC fleet. Such increase accounted for an increase in TCE revenue of $5,166 and reflected the acquisitions of one 2015-built and five 2016-built VLCCs which were delivered to the Company in June 2018, partially offset by the disposals of one 2000-built and one 2001-built VLCC in 2018. Partially offsetting the TCE revenue increases was a $3,766 decrease in TCE revenue due to a 355-day reduction in Aframax and Panamax revenue days, which was driven primarily by the sale of two 2001-built Aframaxes and a 2002-built Panamax in 2018.

Vessel expenses decreased by $3,351 to $22,265 in the current quarter from $25,616 in the first quarter of 2018. The decrease resulted from (a) the VLCC, Aframax, and Panamax sales noted above which drove approximately $5,207 of the decrease in vessel expenses, (b) the sale of the Company’s only ULCC, which was idle in 2018 prior to its sale in June 2018 and accounted for approximately $943 of the decrease in vessel expenses and (c) a decrease in hull and machinery damage repair costs. Such decreases were partially offset by a $4,113 increase in vessel expenses associated with the VLCC acquisitions described above. Charter hire expenses increased by $9,727 to $12,482 in the first quarter of 2019 from $2,755 in the first quarter of 2018 principally as a result of the Company executing sale and lease back transactions for two 2009-built Aframaxes in March 2018 and a significant increase in spot and short-term time chartered-in vessels in the Crude Tankers Lightering business to support increased full service lightering activity. Depreciation and amortization increased by $1,604 to $14,477 in the first quarter of 2019 from $12,873 in the first quarter of 2018, principally due to the deliveries of the VLCCs noted above which accounted for $3,869 of the increase in depreciation. Such increases were offset by an approximately $2,156 impact of the vessel sales and sale and leaseback transactions described above.

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Excluding depreciation and amortization, the provision for credit losses and general and administrative expenses, operating income for the Crude Tankers Lightering business was $4,194 for the first quarter of 2019 compared to $120 for the first quarter of 2018 and, sequentially, $4,241 for the fourth quarter of 2018. The increase in the current quarter’s operating income as compared to prior year’s period primarily reflects a higher volume of full service and service support only lighterings in the current period. In the current quarter, 27 full service and 82 service support only lighterings were performed, as compared to one full service and 73 service support only lighterings in the prior year’s quarter. Additionally, during the current quarter the Crude Tankers Lightering business utilized one of its chartered-in Aframaxes on three spot voyages. There were no such spot voyages performed in the first quarter of 2018. Increased U.S. exports will likely continue to require transshipment during 2019, regardless of the eventuality of any deep-water terminals. Because of the increased level of activity in the Crude Tankers Lightering business over the last three quarters and positive near-term prospects, the Company withdrew a 2002-built Aframax from the pool in which it was operating in March 2019 and is now employing it in the Crude Tankers Lightering business.

The following table provides a breakdown of TCE rates achieved for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, between spot and fixed earnings and the related revenue days. The information in these tables is based, in part, on information provided by the commercial pools in which the segment’s vessels participate and excludes commercial pool fees/commissions averaging approximately $483 and $395 per day for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, as well as revenue and revenue days for which recoveries were recorded by the Company under its loss of hire insurance policies.

During the first quarter of 2019 TCE revenues for the Product Carriers segment increased by $1,862, or 10%, to $21,443 from $19,581 in the first quarter of 2018. Period-over-period increases in average daily blended rates earned by all Product Carrier fleet sectors accounted for an increase in revenue of approximately $7,109. Serving to partially offset such increases was a 485-day decrease in MR revenue days in the current period, arising primarily as a result of the sales of five MRs in 2018 and the redelivery of two MRs to their owners during the second quarter of 2018 at the expiry of their respective bareboat charters. These decreases resulted in a $5,087 decline in TCE revenue.

Vessel expenses decreased by $3,142 to $8,264 in the current quarter from $11,406 in first quarter of 2018. The decrease was primarily driven by a 501-day decrease in owned and bareboat chartered-in days, which resulted from the vessel sales and redeliveries described above. Similarly, charter hire expenses decreased by $1,165 to $4,703 in the first quarter of 2019 from $5,868 in the first quarter of 2018 due to the charter-in redeliveries discussed above.

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General and Administrative Expenses:

During the first quarter of 2019, general and administrative expenses increased by $744 to $6,773 from $6,029 in the first quarter of 2018. This increase reflects (i) an approximately $289 increase in accounting and consulting fees, (ii) an approximately $241 increase in compensation and benefits costs, of which $132 relates to noncash stock compensation and (iii) an approximately $125 increase in insurance premiums for general liability and property insurance, cyber security insurance and workers compensation and U.S. Longshoremen insurance.

Interest Expense:

Interest expense was $17,533 and $11,621 for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Interest expense incurred on the debt facilities entered into by the Company during the second quarter of 2018 accounted for $5,692 of the increase, and the balance of the increase was primarily due to the higher margin under the 2017 Term Loan Facility following an amendment to such facility entered in June 2018 in connection with closing the transaction for the acquisition of six VLCCs. See Note 9, “Debt,” in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements for further information on the Company’s debt facilities.

Taxes:

As of March 31, 2019, the Company believes it will qualify for an exemption from U.S. federal income taxes under Section 883 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and U.S. Treasury Department regulations for the 2019 calendar year, so long as less than 50 percent of the total value of the Company’s stock is held by one or more shareholders who own 5% or more of the Company’s stock for more than half of the days of 2019. There can be no assurance at this time that INSW will continue to qualify for the Section 883 exemption during and beyond calendar year 2019. Should the Company not qualify for the exemption in the future, INSW will be subject to U.S. federal taxation of 4% of its U.S. source shipping income on a gross basis without the benefit of deductions. Shipping income that is attributable to transportation that begins or ends, but that does not both begin and end, in the U.S. will be considered to be 50% derived from sources within the United States. Shipping income attributable to transportation that both begins and ends in the U.S. will be considered to be 100% derived from sources within the United States, but INSW does not and cannot engage in transportation that gives rise to such income.

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA:

EBITDA represents net income/(loss) before interest expense, income taxes and depreciation and amortization expense. Adjusted EBITDA consists of EBITDA adjusted for the impact of certain items that we do not consider indicative of our ongoing operating performance. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are presented to provide investors with meaningful additional information that management uses to monitor ongoing operating results and evaluate trends over comparative periods. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not represent, and should not be considered a substitute for, net income or cash flows from operations determined in accordance with GAAP. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA have limitations as analytical tools, and should not be considered in isolation, or as a substitute for analysis of our results reported under GAAP. Some of the limitations are:

While EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are frequently used by companies as a measure of operating results and performance, neither of those items as prepared by the Company is necessarily comparable to other similarly titled captions of other companies due to differences in methods of calculation.

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The following table reconciles net income/(loss), as reflected in the condensed consolidated statements of operations, to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA: