Feb 11 (Reuters) - GC Rieber Shipping ASA RISH.OL :
* GC RIEBER SHIPPING - FOURTH QUARTER RESULTS 2019
* HAD A FLEET UTILISATION OF 84% IN Q4 OF 2019, YIELDING A FLEET UTILISATION OF 89% FOR FULL
YEAR
2019
* SUBSEA & RENEWABLES AND ICE/SUPPORT VESSELS HAVE CONTRACT COVERAGE OF 79% FOR 2020
* OPERATING INCOME OF NOK 43.1 MILLION IN Q4 OF 2019, COMPARED WITH NOK 70.2 MILLION IN
CORRESPONDING PERIOD OF 2018
* Q4 EBITDA WAS NOK 42.3 MILLION, COMPARED WITH NOK 273.7 MILLION IN Q4 OF 2018
* YEAR-ON-YEAR DECREASE IN EBITDA MAINLY DUE TO NON-CASH GAIN OF NOK 310 MILLION BOOKED IN
2018
* NON-CASH GAIN OF NOK 310 MILLION BOOKED IN 2018 AS A RESULT OF SHEARWATER'S ACQUISITION OF
WESTERNGECO'S MARINE SEISMIC BUSINESS
* NET PROFIT FOR GC RIEBER SHIPPING WAS NOK 7.6 MILLION IN QUARTER, COMPARED WITH A NET
PROFIT OF
NOK 269.4 MILLION IN Q4 OF 2018
* PRELIMINARY NET PROFIT FOR FULL YEAR 2019 WAS NOK 14.4 MILLION
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