Empire has developed and maintains a good relationship with a number of premium Charterers:
| Petronas | Cargill |
| Exxon Mobil | DOW Europe SA |
| Chevron | Murphy Oil Company |
| Reliance | Select Energy Trading GMBH, Hamburg |
| Shell International Trading and Shipping Company | Petrogal Petroleos de Portugal, SA |
| BP | Repsol Petroleo S.A. of Spain |
| Total | OMV Supply and Trading AG of Zug |
| NavionNorskHydroStatoil | Louis Dreyfus Commodities |
| Conoco | Tamoil Overseas Ltd |
| KPC-Kuwait Petroleum Company | Saudi Petroleum International Inc. |
| ENI- Agip Petroli SPA of Roma | Marimpex, Mineral Handelgsesellschaft MRH Hamburg |
| ENEL of Roma | Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Corp. of San Antonio |
| API of Roma | Emerald Shipping Corp, Linden, NJ |
| Soponata | Rafineria Gdansk SA Gdansk |
| Neste Oil OY | Lukoil International Transport and Shipping Co. Ltd of Geneva |
| Swedish OK Petroleum | China Petroleum Company |
| CEPSA International | BHP |
| Amerada Hess | Sun International Ltd |
