Svenska Orient Linien Interim Report -- January - March 2003


STOCKHOLM, Sweden, May 8, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Svenska Orient Linien (Stockholm:SOLb):

-- MSEK 2 profit as forecast (2002: MSEK 1 loss)

-- Improved result due to short-term charters of tonnage and substantially higher freight volumes for subsidiary TransProCon.

-- Continued low transport volumes to principal markets in Mediterranean service

-- As of 10 June, 2003, the company's Series B share will no longer be listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange

For further information, please contact Kent Flodberg, President, or Catarina Rockstrand, Vice President, Finance, Svenska Orient Linien AB, phone +46 31-354 40 00 or e-mail: info@sollines.se

This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net

The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/05/08/20030508BIT01350/wkr0001.doc The Full Report

http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/05/08/20030508BIT01350/wkr0002.pdf The Full Report