Iceland's Eimskip has posted a 59% jump in earnings for the second quarter as volumes rose.

The boxship owner said net profit was EUR 8.8m ($9.93m) compared to EUR 5.5m a year ago.

Overall revenue edged down EUR 0.5m to EUR 126.1m, but cargo volumes rose 9.1% and liner revenue increased by EUR 4.9m.

Its EBITDA forecast for the year is unchanged in the range of EUR 49m to EUR 53m.

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