Pacific Radiance says the offshore market’s downturn may have approached the bottom as the company swung to a third quarter loss.

The Singaporean owner booked a net loss of $18.1m including impairment charges of $16.9m, compared to a $1.6m profit at the same stage of 2015.

Lower utilisation and charter rates continued to erode the company’s revenue at $18.9m, a decline of 44%.

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