Net income for the quarter to the end of June rose to JPY 10.2bn ($83.25m) more than double the JPY 4.3bn of the comparable period of 2014.

Operating revenues rose by nearly 5% to JPY 335bn for the quarter with K Line attributing the improvement to a gradual upturn in both the Japanese and global economies.

Revenues for K Line’s core liner business was up 8.4%