A final quarter headline result of $39.3m some 17% ahead of the same period of last year has been reported by Teekay LNG Partners.

But the headline figures cited by Teekay LNG are those for distributable cash flow rather than straightforward profit or net income.

At a net income level Teekay LNG Partners reports a result of $83.7m for the final quarter of 2010 compared to a loss of $41.6m