May 14 (Reuters) - GC Rieber Shipping ASA RISH.OL :
* GC RIEBER SHIPPING ASA HAD A FLEET UTILISATION OF 84% IN
Q1.
* OPERATING INCOME OF NOK 48.1 MILLION IN Q1 OF 2019,
COMPARED
WITH NOK 31.4 MILLION IN CORRESPONDING PERIOD 2018
* " SUBSEA MARKET REMAINS CHALLENGING WITH SLOWER THAN
EXPECTED
RECOVERY IN UTILISATION AND RATES"
* Q1 EBITDA WAS NEGATIVE NOK 62.1 MILLION, COMPARED WITH
NEGATIVE
NOK 21.6 MILLION IN Q1 OF 2018
* QTRLY LOSS PER SHARE NOK 1.21
* TOTAL CONTRACT BACKLOG OF NOK 374 MILLION AS OF 1 APRIL
2019,
EXCLUDING OPTIONS AND MARINE SEISMIC
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