QMAR Quintana Maritime Ltd (MM)

Quintana Maritime Limited (Nasdaq:QMAR) announced today that Stamatis Molaris, the company's President and CEO, will be presenting at the Jefferies Second Annual Shipping Conference, which will take place in New York City on Thursday, September 15, 2005 at 9:15 a.m. EDT. A live audio webcast of Quintana's presentation will be available on the Jefferies' website at www.jefferies.com/0905shipping and will be archived there for a period of 30 days. The slide presentation will also be available on Quintana's corporate website at www.quintanamaritime.com together with a direct link to the Jefferies webcast site. ABOUT QUINTANA MARITIME LIMITED Quintana Maritime Limited, based in Greece, is an international provider of dry bulk cargo marine transportation services. The company currently owns and operates a fleet of eight Panamax size vessels with a total carrying capacity of 585,072 dwt and an average age of approximately 8 years. It has also entered into agreements to acquire two additional Capesize vessels and upon delivery its fleet will be comprised of 10 vessels with a total carrying capacity of 916,072 dwt and an average age of 7.2 years.