Turnover rose 3% over the same timeframe to $1.71 billion.

The group’s order book stands at $12.6 billion, including $4.2 billion worth of new rig and offshore conversion contracts gained since the start of the year, Sembcorp Marine said.

For the first nine months of 2014, net profit rose 3% year-on-year to $386 million on revenues up 14% year-on-year to $4.39 billion and ebidta up 5% to $558 million.

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