Crude Carriers Corp. Announces Delivery of Its Second Vessel M/T "Miltiadis M II" and Employment of M/T "Alexander the Great" on an Index Linked Spot Voyage Charter

March 31, 2010

Crude Carriers Corp. (NYSE: CRU) announced today that it has taken delivery of the M/T 'Miltiadis M II,' a 2006 built, high specification, Ice Class 1A Suezmax tanker with deadweight capacity of 162,397mt. The vessel has been transferred to Crude Carriers with the balance of its current voyage charter to Shell Trading & Shipping Co. with a remaining period of approximately 10 days.

The M/T 'Miltiadis M II' is the second of the three vessels comprising the Company's initial fleet and was acquired at a purchase price of $71.25 million. The vessel was built in 2006 by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co., in Korea to include high specification features, such as Ice 1A notation (capacity to navigate ice with a thickness of 0.8 meters or less), a bow thruster and controllable pitch propeller resulting in increased maneuvering capacity and fully coated cargo tanks which enable the vessel to transport or store clean petroleum products. According to industry data, a total of four Suezmax vessels with similar features have been built to date.

The remaining vessel, the M/T 'Achilleas,' a newbuilding Very Large Crude Carrier ("VLCC") currently under construction at Universal Shipbuilding Corporation in Japan, is expected to be delivered at the end of June 2010.

In addition, Crude Carriers today announced the employment of the M/T "Alexander the Great," on a voyage charter to Shell Trading & Shipping Co. linked to the Baltic Dirty Tanker Route 3 ("TD3") commencing on delivery of the vessel from the shipyard with an approximate duration of 45 days. Crude Carriers took delivery of M/T "Alexander the Great," a newly built VLCC from Universal Shipbuilding Corporation at the Ariake Shipyard in Japan on Friday, March 26, 2010.

Evangelos Marinakis, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Crude Carriers, commented: "We are pleased to have taken delivery of the second vessel from our initial fleet promptly after the delivery of 'Alexander the Great' and shortly after completion of our IPO. Both vessels are trading currently with Shell Trading & Shipping Co., which underlines our ability to employ our vessels on attractive spot related charters with oil majors. We believe Crude Carriers is well positioned to give investors exposure to the crude tanker spot market."

Crude Carriers is a new shipping company that enables investors to get exposure to the crude oil tanker market by acquiring vessels at what we believe to be the low point of the cycle. We intend to focus the employment of our vessels on the spot charter market, as we believe this can generate higher returns. We believe that our minimal debt strategy lowers our cash breakeven point further, providing us with financial flexibility for growth and dividends. We intend to distribute all net cash flow less operating reserves on a quarterly basis, starting at the conclusion of the second quarter of 2010. Our objective is to build Crude Carriers as a leader in the crude oil transportation market and generate sustainable returns for our shareholders.”

About Crude Carriers Corp.
Crude Carriers Corp. (NYSE: CRU) is a newly formed Marshall Islands corporation focusing on the maritime transportation of crude oil cargoes. The company's common shares trade on The New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "CRU".

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