Taiwan's Sincere Navigation has seen earnings rise in the second quarter as costs dropped.

The company logged net profit of TWD 224.97m ($7.4m) to 30 June, against TWD 211.18m in the same three months of 2016.

Revenue dipped to TWD 870.3m compared to TWD 875.66m a year ago.

But operating costs fell faster, reaching TWD 567.35m against TWD 620.05m