UK shipping group James Fisher says it is making good progress so far in 2018.

In a trading update, it said revenue to 31 October was 14% ahead of the same period in 2017.

"The levels of vessel utilisation that were achieved by our tankships division in the first half continued into the third quarter," it added.

Marine support is showing "good growth" from its services to the renewables sector and from global ship-to-ship operations, it said.