Maritrans to Present at the 2006 Morgan Keegan Equity Conference

Maritrans Inc. (NYSE: TUG), a leading U.S. flag marine
petroleum transport company, today announced it is scheduled to
present at the 2006 Morgan Keegan Equity Conference in Memphis,
Tennessee, on Thursday, September 7, 2006 at 7:30 a.m. CT / 8:30 a.m.
ET.
   A live audio webcast of Maritrans' presentation will be available
at: http://www.wsw.com/webcast/mk13/tug/. To access the webcast
presentation, you will need Windows Media Player installed on your
computer. The webcast will be archived for 60 days. 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.