Extension of contract for Viking Supply Ships

RWE Dea UK Limited has extended an existing contract for two wells firm with a
further one well option. Operating vessel is the SBS Typhoon, a platform supply
vessel of the VS470 MkII Design, operated by Viking Supply Ships.

The extension is done on market conditions.



For further information, please contact:
Christian W. Berg, CEO Viking Supply Ships, ph +45 41 77 83 80
Nigel Taylor, Managing Director Viking Supply Ships Ltd., Aberdeen, ph
+44(0)1224 712277

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 four divisions: Bulk, Container,
RoRo Baltic and Short Sea 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 17, 2012 at 1.00 p.m.