K Line has continued to improve its financial performance with its profit for the first nine months of the 2017 returning to the black.

Wednesday saw the Japanese shipowner report a profit of JPY 9.3bn ($82.2m) against a loss of JPY 54.6bn in the same period last year.

Its containership division returned to the black with a profit of JPY 7bn against a loss of JPY 23.9bn