Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (MES) has lowered its forecast for the financial year 2016 as it recognized big losses in the third quarter.

The company explained that one of its subsidiaries has suffered a deficit of JPY 3.8bn ($31.8m) from the construction of four offshore support vessels due to repeated changes and problems.

As a result, MES saw its profit for the nine months to the end of December chopped by 73% to JPY 2.5bn.

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