U.S. Shipping Partners Completes Acquisition

U.S. Shipping Partners announced has completed its recently announced acquisition of the Sea Venture, a 19,000 dwt double-bottomed chemical/product tanker. The vessel was re-built in 1983 and is capable of carrying twenty different grades of product in independent cargo tanks. The vessel is being placed in drydock and will be available for trading in April 2006. The transaction was financed utilizing available cash.