Maritrans Announces Third Quarter 2005 Earnings Release and Conference Call

Maritrans Inc. (NYSE:TUG), today announced that it will
release its third quarter 2005 earnings on the afternoon of November
2, 2005. Maritrans' management will host an investor conference call
on Thursday, November 3, 2005, at 9:00 a.m. eastern time to discuss
the results. To access the conference call, dial [phone].
Following the teleconference, a replay of the call may be accessed by
dialing [phone] and entering the reservation number 21266160.
The replay will be available from 12:00 p.m. eastern time on Thursday,
November 3, 2005, to 11:59 p.m. eastern time on Thursday, November 10,
2005. The conference call will also be webcast live on Maritrans'
website, www.maritrans.com, and a replay will be available on the site
immediately following the call through Thursday, November 17, 2005.

   ABOUT MARITRANS

   Maritrans Inc. is a U.S. based company with a 77-year commitment
to building and operating petroleum transport vessels for the U.S.
domestic trade. With 16 units, Maritrans has the largest fleet in its
size category and one of the largest serving the U.S. coastwise trade.
The fleet consists of five oil tankers and eleven oceangoing married
tug/barge units with an aggregate oil-carrying capacity of
approximately 3.9 million barrels, of which 65 percent is
double-hulled. Maritrans has two primary areas of focus: transporting
refined products in the Gulf of Mexico to growth areas such as Florida
and supplying Philadelphia area refineries with crude oil lightering
from large foreign tankers. Maritrans is headquartered in Tampa,
Florida, and maintains an office in the Philadelphia area.