In a brief statement, the company said it expects earnings for this year to be in the range of DKK 35m ($5m) to DKK 45m.

Mols-Linien had previously projected a profit of between DKK 25m and DKK 35m in 2015.

The optimism for the Danish company arises from higher passenger numbers.

Its earnings for 2014 were DKK 21.4m, following a string of years with consecutive losses.

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