Heléne Mellquist appointed CEO Industrial Shipping, TransAtlantic

Heléne Mellquist has been promoted to CEO of RABT TransAtlantic’s (OMX: RABT)
Industrial Shipping Division effective immediately.
Heléne joined TransAtlantic in January 2012 as CFO. Prior to joining
TransAtlantic, Heléne held various finance and managerial positions within the
Volvo Group over a 20 year period, most recently as CFO and Vice President at an
International Division of Volvo Trucks.

Ms. Mellquist holds a degree in International Economics from the University of
Gothenburg.

“TransAtlantic’s Industrial Shipping division is in the middle of a
restructuring process that seeks to significantly improve profitability for the
division through market share gains and cost restructuring. Heléne has been
central to the creation of this strategy and execution plan. We are very excited
about Heléne taking over the overall responsibility of the Industrial Shipping
division ensuring continuity in executing this strategy. Industrial Shipping is
in good hands with the appointment of Heléne.” says Henning E. Jensen, CEO of
TransAtlantic. “At the same time I would like to thank Kim H. Sörensen for his
significant contributions during his short tenure with TransAtlantic and wish
him all the best.”

For further information please contact TransAtlantic’s Head of Corporate
Communications, Carina Dietmann ph: +46 31 763 2334.

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 850 employees and the turnover in 2011 was MSEK 2,989. The
Industrial Shipping business area consists of three divisions: Bulk, Container
and RoRo Baltic. Viking Supply Ships operates within the offshore and
icebreaking segment. 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 9 October, 2012 at 1.00 pm.