VOL.XXXIXNo. 6018-November-1996KUWAIT

KOTCOperating Profits Rise By 31% In 1995-96 The operating profits of the Kuwait Oil Tankers Company(KOTC) - the marine transportationsubsidiary of the state-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC)- increased in fiscal 1995-96, afterdepreciation, to KD7,437,882 ($24.8mn), a rise of 31%over the KD5,650,574($18.8mn)registered in the previous year,according to the company's Annual Report which has just been released. However, KOTC's net profit for 1995-96...