Vessel sale of SBS Cirrus

Viking Supply Ships has, through its wholly owned subsidiary Viking Supply Ships Limited, sold the 1985 built platform supply vessel SBS Cirrus. The transaction is motivated by Viking Supply Ships’ strategy to focus on modern tonnage. The vessel has been delivered to its new owners yesterday, 16 September 2014. The sale of the vessel will have a positive impact of NOK 0.8 million on the third quarter results.

After the sale of SBS Cirrus, Viking Supply Ships’ fleet now consists of eight anchor handling tug supply vessels and five platform supply vessels.

 
For further information, please contact:
Christian W. Berg, CEO, Viking Supply Ships, ph. +45 41 77 83 80

    
Rederi AB TransAtlantic is a leading Swedish shipping company with headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden and additional offices in Europe. The company is organized into two business areas: TransAtlantic and Viking Supply Ships. The company has about 780 employees and the turnover in 2013 was MSEK 2 925. The TransAtlantic business area consists of three divisions: Container, RoRo and Bulk. The company’s B-shares are listed on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm, Small Cap segment. www.rabt.se

Rederi AB TransAtlantic is obliged to make this information public according to the Financial Markets Act and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act (Sw: lagen om värdepappersmarknaden and lagen om handel med finansiella instrument). The information was submitted for publication on September 17, 2014 at 08:30.

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