Investments in and Advances to Equity Accounted Joint Venture

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]

Investments in and Advances to Equity Accounted Investments

Investment in and Advances to Equity-Accounted Joint Venture

	As at June 30, 2019	As at December 31, 2018
	$	$
High-Q Joint Venture	26,351	25,766

The Company has a joint venture arrangement with Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings Limited (or Wah Kwong), whereby the Company has a 50% economic interest in the High-Q joint venture, which is jointly controlled by the Company and Wah Kwong. The High-Q joint venture owns one Very Large Crude Carrier (or VLCC), which traded on a fixed time charter-out contract that expired in May 2018. Under the fixed contract, the vessel earned a daily rate and an additional amount if the daily rate of sub-charters exceeded a certain threshold. The VLCC completed its dry dock in July 2018 and subsequently began trading on spot voyage charters in a pooling arrangement managed by a third party.

As at June 30, 2019, the High-Q joint venture had a loan of $35.1 million (December 31, 2018 – $37.5 million) outstanding with a financial institution. The loan is secured by a first-priority mortgage on the VLCC owned by the High-Q joint venture and 50% of the outstanding loan balance is guaranteed by the Company. The High-Q joint venture also had an interest rate swap agreement that expired in June 2018. The interest rate swap exchanged a receipt of floating interest based on 3-months LIBOR for a payment of a fixed rate of 1.47% every three months.