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Brightoil warns of 'significant loss'

Brightoil warns of 'significant loss'
Hong Kong: Fast growing bunker trading and shipping firm Brightoil has issued profit warning for its quarterly results for the period ended 30 September 2012.

The Hong Kong-listed company warned that based a preliminary assessment it had made a “significant loss” in the first quarter of its financial year. Brightoil said its two main drivers of its financial performance, international trading and bunkering and marine transportation had “faced an extremely challenging market environment where demand and margin were poor”.

The company said it would “strive to reduce operating costs and wait for opportunities when the shipping industry recovers”.