** Shares of commercial vessels operator Nordic American
Tanker NAT.N gain 2.8% to $4.21
** NAT reports Q2 earnings of 13 cents/shr compared with a
year-ago loss of 2 cents/shr
** Co posts net rev. from voyages at $67.8 mln compared with
a year-ago net rev of $34.8 mln
** "There is a scarcity of our type of ships, leading to
better results and higher demand" - co
** Co says 57% of spot voyage days for Q3 are booked at
average time charter equivalent (TCE), a metric denoting average
daily revenue of a vessel, of $34,000 per day, per ship
** NAT up 34% YTD
(Reporting by Purvi Agarwal in Bengaluru)
((Purvi.Agarwal@thomsonreuters.com))