Viking Supply Ships

Board/Management Information • Dec 18, 2013

Press release

December 18, 2013

Viking Supply Ships open Canadian Office

Viking Supply Ships (VSS) have opened an office in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. VSS has had several vessels working in Canada over the last few years and the opening of the Canadian office will strengthen the strategic position in the Canadian market. Mr. Gerard Dunphy has been employed as the Managing Director.

Mr. Dunphy has been in the Offshore Business for over 20 years in Atlantic Canada, the Canadian Arctic, Alaska, Greenland and the North Sea. He graduated from the University of Plymouth, Msc. International Shipping in 1988 and Memorial University, Marine Institute, Naval Architecture in 1984.

For further information, please contact: CEO Viking Supply Ships Christian W. Berg, 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: Industrial Shipping and Viking Supply Ships. The company has about 900 employees and the turnover in 2012 was MSEK 3,274. The Industrial Shipping 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

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 December 18, 2013 at 08.30 am.

Rederi AB TransAtlantic (publ) P O Box 8809, 402 71 Gothenburg, Sweden, ph. +46 31-763 23 00 Org nr 556161-0113, www.rabt.se