Golden Ocean profits rise eightfold
Created: Aug 21, 2008 11:00 AM
LONDON (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Golden Ocean Group Ltd., the commodities shipping line whose chairman is Norwegian billionaire John Fredriksen, said second-quarter profit gained eightfold after freight costs advanced.
Net income rose to $201 million, or 73 cents a share, compared with $25.6 million, or nine cents, a year earlier.