Ocean Yield saw an essentially flat quarter, yet maintained its dividend growth.

Ocean Yield reported fourth-quarter net income, adjusted for income tax benefits, of $28m compared to year-earlier results of $27.1m.

The diversified ship owner reported operating profit of $3.9m for the fourth-quarter, which includes a $28.6m goodwill impairment charge for Aker Contracting FP, the owner of the floating processing, storage and offloading vessel 80,000-bod Dhirubhai-1 (built 1979).

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