The lender said provisions for marine loans should be below its previouslyannounced range of NOK1bn ($163.86m) to NOK 1.5bn for the year.
This in turn is expected to cut overall impairments to belowNOK 3bn to NOK 4bn.
Losses will fall further in 2014, it added in a statement from Capital Markets Day in London, Dow Jones reported.
DNB is aiming for a return on equity of more than 12% by2016
In the third quarter, its combined shipping, offshore andlogistics unit posted impairments of NOK225m, down from NOK 293m a year earlier.
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