TUG Maritrans Part

Maritrans Inc. (NYSE:TUG), a leading U.S. flag marine petroleum transport company, today announced that the Company's Chief Executive Officer, Jonathan Whitworth, will be presenting at the Merrill Lynch Global Transportation Conference in New York on Wednesday, June 14, 2006 at 2:45 p.m. eastern time. A live audio webcast of Maritrans' presentation will be available on the Merrill Lynch web site at: http://www.veracast.com/webcasts/ml/transportation06/86214236.cfm. Maritrans' investor relations material is available on the Company's 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 tug/barge units and tankers. One of these vessels, our tanker Allegiance, was redeployed in December 2005 to the transportation of non-petroleum cargo. Approximately 69% of our oil carrying fleet capacity is double-hulled. Our current oil carrying fleet capacity aggregates approximately 3.6 million barrels, 72% of which is barge capacity. Maritrans is headquartered in Tampa, Florida, and maintains an office in the Philadelphia area.