TUG Maritrans Part

Maritrans Inc. (NYSE:TUG), a leading U.S. flag marine petroleum transport company, today announced it is scheduled to present at the Jefferies Third Annual Shipping Conference in New York on Wednesday, September 27, 2006 at 10:30 a.m. ET. A live audio webcast of Maritrans' presentation will be available at: http://www.wsw.com/webcast/jeff13/tug. In addition, the conference material will be available at Maritrans' web site, www.maritrans.com. About Maritrans Maritrans Inc. is a U.S.-based company with a 78-year commitment to building and operating petroleum transport vessels for the U.S. domestic trade. Maritrans employs a fleet of 11 tug/barge units and 5 tankers. Two of these tankers were redeployed to the transportation of non-petroleum cargo. Approximately 75 percent of our oil carrying fleet capacity is double-hulled. Our current oil carrying fleet capacity aggregates approximately 3.4 million barrels, 79 percent of which is barge capacity. Maritrans is headquartered in Tampa, Florida, and maintains an office in the Philadelphia area.