Overall loan provisions have fallen in the fourth quarter at Norwegian lender DNB, but the figures were up for rigs and platform supply vessels (PSVs).

Impairments of financial instruments stood at NOK 235m ($27.48m) to 31 December, against NOK 402m in the same period of 2017, it said.

CFO Kjerstin Braathen said at a results briefing in London on Thursday that provisions and reversals mainly related to impairments in offshore, and write-backs for shipping.