International Seaways, Inc. is engaged in the transportation of crude oil and petroleum products in the International Flag trade. It owns and operates a fleet of oceangoing vessels. It operates in two segments: Crude Tankers and Product Carriers. The Crude Tankers segment includes Crude Tankers Lightering business through, which provides ship-to-ship (STS) lightering support services and full-service STS lightering to customers in the United States Gulf (USG), United States Pacific, Grand Bahama, and Panama regions. In STS lightering support service, the Company provides personnel and equipment (hoses and fenders) to facilitate the transferring of cargo between seagoing ships positioned alongside each other, either stationary or underway. The Product Carriers segment consists of a fleet of MRs, LR1s, an LR2 and Handysize product carries engaged in the transportation of refined petroleum products. Refined petroleum product cargoes are transported from refineries to consuming markets.