GC Rieber Shipping’s Portfolio Completed at End of Third Quarter

After the end of the third quarter, contracts have been completed for all vessels in GC Rieber Shipping’s portfolio.

Order backlog has been increased by half a billion, compared with the previous quarterly reporting. – ‘This gives us an excellent starting point for the future in a turbulent period’, says CEO Irene W. Basili and continues: -‘ We will have low market risk and expect increasing income over the next quarters, and a solid cash position gives us good room for manoeuvre.‘

Operations in the quarter was good; as operating revenue was 21 percent higher than corresponding quarter in 2010, and operating profit (EBITDA) increased by 47 percent.

GC Rieber Shipping’s operating revenues in 3rd quarter was NOK 170.7 million compared with NOK 141.7 in 3rd quarter of 2010. Operating profit before depreciation (EBITDA) in the 3rd quarter of 2011 was NOK 83.3 million, up from NOK 56.6 million in 2010. This gives an operating margin (EBITDA) of 49% compared with 40% in the 3rd quarter of 2010. The contract for “Protector” from the Ministry of Defence and the full revenue impact of new buildings “Polar King” and “Polar Duke” explains the good financial performance.

However, the most important events since the last quarterly report are that all the vessels in the fleet are chartered. “Polar Explorer” had renewed the contract with Dolphin Geophysical, while new buildings “Polar Queen” and “Polar Duchess” were chartered by Mexican company Oceanografia and Dolphin Geophysical respectively.

– ‘It’s exciting for us that we now have our first contract in the Gulf of Mexico’, says Basili, adding that the company has made it well with the fleet renewal program. – ‘With a balanced contract portfolio of NOK 2.3 billion and a cash position of nearly half a billion, we have considerable flexibility going forward‘, she concludes.

Key financial figures for the 3rd quarter 2011:

Operating income of NOK 170.7 million (NOK 141.7 million in Q3 2010)

EBITDA of NOK 83.3 million (NOK 56.6 million)

Profit after tax and non-controlling interest of NOK 50.1 million

Normalized profit before tax was NOK 49.8 million (NOK 13.4 million)

Liquid assets and net interest-bearing debt of NOK 448 million and NOK 898 million respectively, as of 30.09.2011

Contract backlog of NOK 2 340 million

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Source: huginonline , November 3, 2011; Image: rieber-shipping