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Essar Shipping returns to profit

Essar Shipping returns to profit
Mumbai: Essar Shipping returned to net profit in the fourth quarter of 2012 on strong revenues from the sea transportation and oilfield services businesses.

Net profit for the quarter ended 31 March 2012 came up to INR549.8m ($10.1m) as against a net loss of INR6.7m in the same period of last year.

Revenue improved by 24% year-on-year to INR8.45bn.

“This quarter has shown a strong performance based on our strategy of deploying the vessels on long term charters, together with the drilling business contributing significantly to the financial performance of the company,” said A R Ramakrishnan, managing director of Essar Shipping.