Meiji Shipping is anticipating a much improved financial performance for the 2017 financial year, figures just released show.
The Tokyo-listed shipowner now expects to post a profit of JPY 1.9bn ($17.4m) versus earlier forecasts of JPY 1.1bn, an increase of some 64%.
News of the more upbeat forecast came as the company reported a net profit for the first nine months of JPY 1.5bn,