Press release

September 4, 2012

Viking Supply Ships A/S appoints CFO

Niels J. Kindberg has been appointed CFO Viking Supply Ships A/S. Niels J. Kindberg joins the company from A.P. Moller – Maersk Group, where he held the position as Project Manager with Group Finance & Risk Management. Niels has a degree in finance from Copenhagen Business School and has held several positions with A.P. Moller - Maersk, Jyske Bank and Sydbank. Niels has extensive experience from areas including corporate finance, treasury management, project management, business process improvements, business development and shipping. He will assume the position on November 1, 2012.

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: 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 September 4, 2012 at 08.30 am.

Rederi AB TransAtlantic (publ) P O Box 8809, 402 71 Gothenburg, Sweden, ph. +46 31 763 2300 Org nr 556161-0113, www.rabt.se