Saudi Arabian state shipping company Bahri posted a 48% year-on-year increase in its second-quarter profit on an improved VLCC market.

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The Riyadh-listed group said its net profit increased to SAR 733m ($195m), against SAR 495.38 a year earlier.

Profit for the first half of the year also saw a boost to SAR 1.19bn,