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Maritrans Reports Third Quarter and Nine-Months Earnings and Declares Quarterly Dividend.


TAMPA, Fla. -- Maritrans Inc. (NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange
:TUG), a leading U.S. flag marine petroleum transport company, today announced its third quarter financial results and declared its quarterly dividend.

Current Highlights:

--Posts Highest Nine-Month Operating Income Operating Income

The profit realized from a business' own operations.

Notes:
This would not include income from things such as investments in other firms. Also referred to as operating profit or recurring profit.
, Net Income and EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) A PostScript file format used to transfer a graphic image between applications and platforms. EPS files contain PostScript code as well as an optional preview image in TIFF, WMF, PICT or EPSI, the latter being an ASCII-only format.  as Public Company

--Signed Newbuild Contract with Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Co., Inc. for Three New Articulated Tug-Barge Units

--Signed Ten-Year Contract with Sunoco for Lightering Services Commencing Upon Delivery of the New Units

--Filed a Shelf Registration Statement for the Issuance of Up to $450 million of Common Stock or Debt Securities

--Renewed, Increased and Extended Revolving Credit Revolving Credit

A line of credit where the customer pays a commitment fee and is then allowed to use the funds when they are needed. It is usually used for operating purposes, fluctuating each month depending on the customers current cash flow needs.
 Facility in October

--Named One of 200 Best Small Companies in America by Forbes Magazine in October

Net income for the quarter ended September 30, 2005 was $6.1 million, or $0.71 diluted earnings per share diluted earnings per share

An earnings measure calculated by dividing net income less preferred stock dividends for a period by the average number of shares of common stock that would be outstanding if all convertible securities were converted into shares of
, on revenues of $44.9 million. This compares with net income of $3.5 million, or $0.41 diluted earnings per share, on revenues of $38.3 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2004. For the third quarter ended September 30, 2005 net income included the reversal of an income tax reserve of $1.2 million, or $0.14 diluted earnings per share. In the prior year, net income for the quarter ended September 30, 2004 included a reversal of an income tax reserve of $1.7 million, or $0.20 diluted earnings per share. Operating income for the quarter ended September 30, 2005 was $8.3 million compared to $3.4 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2004.

The increase in operating income for the quarter ended September 30, 2005 was due to continued strength in both of the Company's primary markets. High refinery utilization by the Company's Delaware River Delaware River

River in Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, and New York, U.S. Formed by the junction of its eastern and western branches in southern New York, it flows about 405 mi (650 km) to empty into the Atlantic Ocean at Delaware Bay. Navigable to Trenton, N.J.
 refinery customers continued to drive strong demand for the Company's crude-oil lightering services. During the quarter, the Company also earned strong average daily rates on vessels operating in the clean product spot market. These rates were driven by increased voyages to the U.S. west coast as well as fewer vessels available in the market place, partially offset by an increase in imports. Additionally, the Company obtained increases in rates on its renewed contracts, which led to higher contract revenue despite the Company having fewer vessels on charter compared to the third quarter of 2004. The Company expects its spot market exposure to be consistent in the remainder of 2005 and into 2006 compared to its exposure during the first nine months of 2005.

On a Time Charter Equivalent ("TCE TCE

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     2. Every voyage must have a terminus a quo and a terminus ad quem.
 costs are deducted de·duct  
v. de·duct·ed, de·duct·ing, de·ducts

v.tr.
1. To take away (a quantity) from another; subtract.

2. To derive by deduction; deduce.

v.intr.
 from revenue, TCE revenue was $34.8 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2005 compared to $30.1 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2004. TCE revenue is a non-GAAP financial measure and a reconciliation of TCE revenue to revenue calculated in accordance Accordance is Bible Study Software for Macintosh developed by OakTree Software, Inc.[]

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On two occasions during the third quarter of 2005, the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security
Department of Homeland Security

executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States
 issued waivers of the Jones Act, which limits waterborne coastwise coast·wise  
adv. & adj.
Along, by way of, or following a coast: The winds blew coastwise. Coastwise winds contributed to the storm.

Adj. 1.
 transportation to U.S. vessels owned by U.S. companies and manned by U.S. crews. These waivers were in response to the extraordinary circumstances created by Hurricane Katrina Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism.  and Hurricane Rita Hurricane Rita was the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the most intense tropical cyclone ever observed in the Gulf of Mexico. Rita caused $11.3 billion in damage on the U.S. Gulf Coast in September 2005.  on Gulf Coast refineries and petroleum product pipelines. Each of these waivers expired as scheduled. The Company believes that it did not experience any negative financial impact as a result of these temporary waivers.

During the third quarter of 2005, the Company experienced higher overall utilization than in the third quarter of 2004. Utilization for the third quarter of 2005 was 83.8% compared to 81.2% in the third quarter of 2004 due to decreased out of service time related to both the Company's double-hull rebuilding during the third quarter of 2004 as well as lower vessel out of service time for repairs in the 2005 period. The Company also experienced fewer out of service days for hurricanes in the third quarter of 2005 than in the third quarter of 2004. Operating expenses Operating expenses

The amount paid for asset maintenance or the cost of doing business, excluding depreciation. Earnings are distributed after operating expenses are deducted.
 increased to $36.6 million in the quarter ended September 30, 2005 from $34.9 million in the quarter ended September 30, 2004, primarily because of significantly higher fuel costs compared to the third quarter of 2004. The Company also experienced higher port charges during the third quarter of 2005 due to more West Coast moves through the Panama Canal Panama Canal, waterway across the Isthmus of Panama, connecting the Atlantic (by way of the Caribbean Sea) and Pacific oceans, built by the United States (1904–14) on territory leased from the republic of Panama. . Crew expenses and shoreside support expenses were also higher due to higher wages and benefits as well as increased professional fees. The higher operating expenses were partially offset by lower general and administrative costs administrative costs,
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 for the quarter ended September 30, 2005, primarily due to lower litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute.

When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation.
, insurance and non-income related tax expenses in the third quarter of 2005.

Jonathan Whitworth, Chief Executive Officer of Maritrans, commented, "During the nine-month 2005 period, Maritrans posted record financial results and made significant progress implementing its growth initiatives. Complementing our success at recording the highest nine-month operating income, net income and earnings per share since becoming a public company, we made strategic decisions aimed at positioning the Company for fleet and earnings growth in both the near and long-term. We entered into an agreement to build three new state-of-the-art articulated tug-barge units and signed a 10-year volume contract for lightering services with Sunoco for these vessels. In addition, our single-hulled tanker ALLEGIANCE, which must leave petroleum transportation service as of December 2005 under OPA OPA: see Office of Price Administration. , entered into an alternative trade. Finally, we agreed to charter-in a vessel and continued to optimize optimize - optimisation  our fleet deployment strategy and successfully execute our on-going rebuilding program."

FLEET AND MARKET REPORT

Maritrans owns a fleet of 15 units consisting of four oil tankers and 11 oceangoing o·cean·go·ing  
adj.
Made or used for ocean voyages.

Adj. 1. oceangoing - used on the high seas; "seafaring vessels"
seafaring, seagoing

marine - relating to or characteristic of or occurring on or in the sea
 married tug/barge units. In August 2005, the Company announced that it had entered into a three-year time charter for its sixteenth unit, the M/V M/V Motor Vehicles
M/V Motor Vessel
M/V Merchant Vessel
 Seabrook, a single-hull oil tanker owned and operated by Seabrook Carriers Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary

A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock.

Notes:
In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners.
 of Fairfield-Maxwell LTD LTD 1 Laron-type dwarfism 2 Leukotriene D 3 Long-term depression, see there 4. Long-term disability . of New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
. Subject to delivery in the US Gulf and meeting required compliances, the vessel will join the Company's fleet during November 2005, and be deployed into the clean products trade.

In September 2005, the Company announced that it signed a contract with Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Co., Inc. to build three new articulated tug-barge (ATB ATB Antibiotic
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) units, each having a carrying capacity carrying capacity

the number of animal units that a farm or area will carry on a year round basis, including that needed for conservation of winter feed. Usually stated as dry cows or dry sheep equivalents per hectare.
 of 335,000 barrels. Each barge barge, large boat, generally flat-bottomed, used for transporting goods. Most barges on inland waterways are towed, but some river barges are self-propelled. There are also sailing barges.  will be connected to a 12,000 horsepower horsepower, unit of power in the English system of units. It is equal to 33,000 foot-pounds per minute or 550 foot-pounds per second or approximately 746 watts.  tug boat utilizing the latest version of the Intercon connection system. The Company also announced that the new ATB's will be utilized to help fulfill ful·fill also ful·fil  
tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils
1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises.

2.
 the long-term volume contract for lightering services that the Company signed with Sunoco Inc. (R&M). Maritrans currently estimates that approximately 70% of the total annual barrels lightered by the Company will be fulfilled ful·fill also ful·fil  
tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils
1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises.

2.
 through the Sunoco contract, while the remaining volume will be delivered to other Maritrans' lightering customers on the Delaware River.

Mr. Whitworth added, "Our decision to build three of the largest and most modern tug-barge units in the Jones Act will add over one million barrels to our fleet, transforming Maritrans into one of the largest tug & barge coastwise operators in our vessel size range. We believe these newbuilds will also enable the Company to further advance our leadership in the Delaware River lightering business, enhance our overall earnings potential and strengthen our relationship with a very important long-term customer and strategic partner. Adding to these benefits is a minimum volume commitment from a major US refiner re·fine  
v. re·fined, re·fin·ing, re·fines

v.tr.
1. To reduce to a pure state; purify.

2. To remove by purifying.

3.
 for the new ATBs, enabling the company to ensure that these vessels achieve a high utilization rate and generate revenue and earnings immediately upon delivery."

In October 2005, Maritrans announced that it booked a grain cargo voyage to Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (srē läng`kə) [Sinhalese,=resplendent land], formerly Ceylon, ancient Taprobane, officially Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, island republic (2005 est. pop.  for its tanker ALLEGIANCE, as part of a U.S. government charter in support of U.S. foreign aid relief efforts. This voyage is expected to earn an accretive rate in excess of the vessel's breakeven breakeven

1. The level of output or sales necessary to cover fixed expenses. Companies in industries that have high fixed costs and, consequently, high breakevens, such as automobile and steel manufacturing, are likely to exhibit large fluctuations
 costs. The ALLEGIANCE is a single-hulled tanker that, in accordance with the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, will be removed from petroleum transportation service as of December 2005.

DOUBLE-HULL REBUILDING PROGRAM

Since 1998, Maritrans has been actively engaged in a double-hull rebuilding program aimed at ensuring that the Company's Jones Act fleet is compliant with the U.S. Oil Pollution Act of 1990 ("OPA"). The Company's patented process enables the Company to convert its vessels for significantly less cost and approximately half the time than building new vessels. To date, the Company has successfully rebuilt six of its original nine single-hull barges to double-hull structures. As of September 30, 2005, 65% of the Company's fleet capacity was double-hulled, which compares favorably fa·vor·a·ble  
adj.
1. Advantageous; helpful: favorable winds.

2. Encouraging; propitious: a favorable diagnosis.

3.
 to the Jones Act fleet average of 45%.

In July 2005, the Company awarded contracts to Tampa Bay Tampa Bay, inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, 25 mi (40 km) long and 7 to 12 mi (11.3–19 km) wide, W Fla., separated from the Gulf by numerous small islands; it receives the Hillsborough River. St.  Shipbuilding & Repair Company to rebuild their seventh and eighth single-hull barges, the OCEAN 210 and OCEAN 211 to double-hull configurations. The rebuilds are expected to cost approximately $30 million each, and will also include midbody insertions to increase their capacity by approximately 38,000 barrels. The rebuilds of the OCEAN 210 and OCEAN 211 are expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2006 and the second quarter of 2007, respectively. While the Company currently intends to convert its remaining single-hull barges, no definitive decision to do so has been made at this time. Two of the Company's tankers will reach their OPA retirement dates in December 2005 and July 2006, respectively, and the Company plans to redeploy re·de·ploy  
tr.v. re·de·ployed, re·de·ploy·ing, re·de·ploys
1. To move (military forces) from one combat zone to another.

2.
 these vessels in alternative non-petroleum cargo service at that time. The Company estimates that the total cost of its barge rebuilding program will exceed $200 million, of which $123 million had been spent through September 30, 2005.

REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY

In October 2005 the Company announced the completion of an agreement with its existing lenders, which amended its $40 million revolving credit facility. The amended facility, which provides more favorable fa·vor·a·ble  
adj.
1. Advantageous; helpful: favorable winds.

2. Encouraging; propitious: a favorable diagnosis.

3.
 interest rates and covenants that are less restrictive than the previous credit facility, allows for $60 million of borrowing capacity, with the ability to increase the amount to $120 million through additional bank commitments in the future. The agreement also extends the term of the commitments under the facility to October 2010, from January 2007.

SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT

In September 2005, Maritrans filed a shelf registration statement for the issuance of up to $450 million of common stock or debt securities. The Company indicated that the net proceeds Net Proceeds

The amount received after all costs are deducted from the sale of a piece of property or security.

Notes:
In the case of an investor selling a security, net proceeds represent the proceeds from the sale minus any trading costs (i.e. commissions).
 from the sale of the securities will be used for general business purposes, including debt repayment, future acquisitions, capital expenditures and working capital.

FORBES MAGAZINE 200 BEST SMALL COMPANIES LIST

In October 2005, Maritrans was named to Forbes Magazine's list of "Best Small Companies in America," ranking 156 on the list of 200 companies. This list ranks small businesses across the U.S. according to according to
prep.
1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.

2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

3.
 overall financial health over the past five years. Companies on the list were ranked according to criteria such as growth in sales, earnings and return on equity. The complete list of companies is available on Forbes Magazine's website and appears in the October 31, 2005 issue of Forbes Magazine.

Commenting on the Company's inclusion in Forbes Magazine's list, Mr. Whitworth stated, "Maritrans is proud to be recognized as one of the 200 best small companies by Forbes. I would like to thank all of Maritrans' dedicated staff whose hard work has contributed to this honor and continues to differentiate the Company in the U.S. maritime industry."

DIVIDEND

Maritrans' Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.11 per share, payable on November 30, 2005, to shareholders of record on November 16, 2005. The ex-dividend date Ex-dividend date

The first day of trading when the buyer of a stock is no longer entitled to the most recently announced dividend payment ( i.e. the trade will settle the day after the record date, too late for the buyer to appear on the shareholder record and receive the dividend.
 will be November 14, 2005.

CONFERENCE CALL INFORMATION

Maritrans' management will host a conference call on November 3, 2005, at 9:00 a.m. eastern time to discuss the Company's third quarter results. To access this call, please dial (800) 847-7729. A replay of the call may be accessed by dialing (800) 633-8284 and providing the reservation number 21266160. The replay will be available from 11:00 a.m. eastern time on November 3, 2005, to 11:00 a.m. eastern time on November 17, 2005. The conference call will also be webcast live on the Company's website, www.maritrans.com and will be available on the website through 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 11 oceangoing married tug/barge units with an aggregate fleet 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 Noun 1. Gulf of Mexico - an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico
Golfo de Mexico

Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean - the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east
 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 “Tampa” redirects here. For other uses, see Tampa (disambiguation).
Tampa is a United States city in Hillsborough County, on the west coast of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County.GR6.
, and maintains an office in the Philadelphia area.

SAFE HARBOR Safe Harbor

1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated.

2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive.
 STATEMENT

The information in this news release includes certain forward-looking statements forward-looking statement

A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections.
. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, levels of activity, growth, performance, and earnings per share or achievements to be materially different from those expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements. These statements are based on assumptions the Company believes are reasonable, but a variety of factors could cause the Company's actual results, goals, targets or objectives to differ materially from those contemplated, projected, forecast, estimated, anticipated, planned or budgeted. Such factors include, among others, changes in oil companies' decisions as to the type and origination Origination

The process through which a mortgage lender creates a mortgage secured by some amount of the mortgagor's real property.

Notes:
Also known as loan origination, everyone must go through the origination process when securing a mortgage for a piece of real
 point of the crude that it processes, changes in the amount of imported petroleum products, competition for marine transportation, domestic oil consumption, the continuation of federal law restricting United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area.  point-to-point maritime shipping to U.S. vessels (the Jones Act), the timing and success of our double-hull rebuilding program, demand for petroleum products, future spot market rates, demand for our services, levels of foreign imports, changes in interest rates, the effect of war or terrorist activities and the general financial, economic, environmental and regulatory conditions affecting the oil and marine transportation industry in general. The Company is under no duty to update any of these forward-looking statements after the date of this release to conform such statements to actual results.
RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
                            ($ Thousands)

                          Three Months Ended      Nine Months Ended
                             September 30,            September 30,
                             2005      2004        2005         2004
                          ---------- -------- -------------- ---------

Revenue                     $44,930  $38,285       $134,800  $109,693
Voyage Costs                 10,095    8,167         30,691    20,576
                          ---------- -------- -------------- ---------
Time Charter Equivalent     $34,835  $30,118       $104,109   $89,117
                          ========== ======== ============== =========




        UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
               ($ Thousands, Except Per Share Amounts)

                          Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended
                             September 30,           September 30,
                             2005      2004        2005         2004
                          ---------- -------- -------------- ---------

Revenue                     $44,930  $38,285       $134,800  $109,693
Operations expense
   Operations                13,138   12,768         39,827    37,113
   Voyage costs              10,095    8,167         30,691    20,576
Maintenance expense           5,221    5,185         15,312    15,670
General and
 administrative expense       2,208    2,907         10,017     8,444
Depreciation and
 amortization expense         5,947    5,852         17,162    16,321
Gain on sale of assets           --       --            647        --
                          ---------- -------- -------------- ---------
Operating Income              8,321    3,406         22,438    11,569
Other Income                    173       84          4,432       512
Interest Expense               (838)    (791)        (2,259)   (1,544)
                          ---------- -------- -------------- ---------
Pre-tax income                7,656    2,699         24,611    10,537
Income Tax (Benefit)
 Provision                    1,510     (793)         7,699     2,146
                          ---------- -------- -------------- ---------
Net Income                   $6,146   $3,492        $16,912    $8,391
                          ========== ======== ============== =========

Diluted Earnings Per
 Share                        $0.71    $0.41          $1.98     $1.00
Diluted Shares
 Outstanding                  8,596    8,448          8,562     8,425
Capital Expenditures        $25,824   $5,157        $39,828   $24,756

Utilization of Calendar
 days                          83.8%    81.2%          82.5%     81.2%
Barrels carried (in
 millions)                     42.5     43.4          132.1     130.7
Available days                1,250    1,261          3,642     3,679




      UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET INFORMATION
                            ($ Thousands)

                                                   Sept. 30, Dec. 31,
                                                      2005      2004
                                                   --------- ---------

Cash and cash equivalents                              $811    $6,347
Other current assets                                 31,165    30,207
Net vessels and equipment                           214,590   191,924
Other assets                                          3,451     3,305
                                                   --------- ---------
Total assets                                       $250,017  $231,783
                                                   ========= =========

Current portion of debt                              $3,917    $3,756
Total other current liabilities                      23,113    19,002
Long-term debt                                       57,914    59,373
Deferred shipyard costs and other                    22,065    21,244
Deferred income taxes                                35,672    36,004
Stockholders' equity                                107,336    92,404
                                                   --------- ---------
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity         $250,017  $231,783
                                                   ========= =========



UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS INFORMATION
                            ($ Thousands)

                                                   Nine Months Ended
                                                      September 30,
                                                     2005      2004
                                                   --------- ---------
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income                                          $16,912    $8,391
Depreciation and amortization                        17,162    16,321
Other                                                 3,650    (1,084)
                                                   --------- ---------
Total adjustments to net income                      20,812    15,237
                                                   --------- ---------
    Net cash provided by operating activities        37,724    23,628

Net cash used in investing activities               (39,181)  (17,382)
                                                   --------- ---------

Net cash (used in) provided by financing
 activities                                          (4,079)    1,273
                                                   --------- ---------

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash
 equivalents                                         (5,536)    7,519
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period      6,347     3,614
                                                   --------- ---------
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period             $811   $11,133
                                                   ========= =========



                          REBUILDING SCHEDULE

                  Capacity         Double-Hull
                     in    Double-  Redelivery   Married
     Barges        Barrels   Hull      Date      Tugboat    Horsepower
----------------- -------- ------- ----------- ------------ ----------
MARITRANS 400     380,000    YES       #       CONSTITUTION    11,000
MARITRANS 300     265,000    YES       #       LIBERTY          7,000
M 254             250,000    YES      2002     INTREPID         6,000
M 252             250,000    YES      2002     NAVIGATOR        6,000
M 244             245,000    YES      2000     SEAFARER         6,000
OCEAN 215         210,000    NO        +       FREEDOM          6,000
OCEAN 211         207,000    NO       2Q07     INDEPENDENCE     6,000
OCEAN 210         207,000    NO       3Q06     COLUMBIA         6,000
M 214 @           214,000    YES      2004     HONOUR           6,000
M 209 @           209,000    YES      2005     ENTERPRISE       6,000
M 192             175,000    YES      1998     VALOUR           6,000

                  Capacity
                     in    Double-
Oil Tankers        Barrels   Hull
----------------- -------- -------
ALLEGIANCE        252,000    NO        +
PERSEVERANCE      252,000    NO        +
INTEGRITY         265,000    YES       #
DILIGENCE         265,000    YES       #
SEABROOK          230,000    NO        C

#  These vessels were originally built with double-hulls.
@  Completion of the double-hull rebuild includes a 30,000 barrel
   mid-body insertion.
+  A decision to rebuild has not yet been made.
C  Chartered in from Seabrook Carriers Inc.
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