A weak spot market for Viking’s platform supply vessels (PSVs) dragged the company’s loss to NOK 36m ($4.9m) versus NOK 19m in 2014.

PSVs owned by Viking earned £5,000 ($7,600) per day, down from £10,000 in the corresponding quarter.

Utilisation for this type of ship was only 33% down from 81%.

But Viking’s anchor handlers secured average daily rates of NOK 423,000, improving from last year’s NOK 390,000.

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