Maritrans Will Not Present at the Jefferies Third Annual Shipping Conference

  
    
  
  
    
      Maritrans Inc. (NYSE:TUG), a leading U.S. flag marine petroleum 
      transport company, today announced that it will not be presenting at the 
      Jefferies Third Annual Shipping Conference in New York on Wednesday, 
      September 27, 2006, as previously announced.
    
    
      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 
      trades. Maritrans employs a fleet of 11 ATBs, five product carriers, two 
      of which have been redeployed to transport non-petroleum cargoes, and 
      three large ATBs under construction. Approximately 75 percent of the 
      Company's oil carrying fleet capacity is double-hulled with a fleet 
      capacity aggregating 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. More information is 
      available at http://www.maritrans.com.
    
  
Maritrans Inc. (NYSE:TUG), a leading U.S. flag marine petroleum
transport company, today announced that it will not be presenting at
the Jefferies Third Annual Shipping Conference in New York on
Wednesday, September 27, 2006, as previously announced.

   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 trades. Maritrans employs a fleet of 11 ATBs, five product
carriers, two of which have been redeployed to transport non-petroleum
cargoes, and three large ATBs under construction. Approximately 75
percent of the Company's oil carrying fleet capacity is double-hulled
with a fleet capacity aggregating 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. More
information is available at http://www.maritrans.com.