The Dubai owner saw a profit of $14.6m compared to $12.4m in the same stage of 2013.

Revenue rose by 4.8% to $103.5m.

Topaz attributed its performance to the addition of seven new vessels and the deployment of some of them in the Caspian sea and West Africa.

During the quarter, the offshore vessel owner focused on cost control and managed to reduce expenses by more than $4m.

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