Samudera Shipping Line continues to reap the rewards of the hot container ship market as it posted a four-and-a-half-fold increase in first-half profit.

The Indonesian liner operator saw net income surge to $172.4m versus the $37.9m achieved 12 months earlier, figures just released show.

Revenue at the Singapore-listed intra-Asian operator more than doubled compared to a year ago to $476.2m