Crude Carriers Secures Option to Acquire
an Additional VLCC Newbuilding

ATHENS, GREECE--(Marketwire - May 4, 2010) - Crude Carriers Corp. (NYSE: CRU), a tanker company focusing on the maritime transportation of crude oil cargoes, announced today that it secured a one year option at no cost to the Company to acquire a newbuilding Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) vessel, on the terms set out below.

With the consent of Crude Carriers Corp.'s Board of Directors, Capital Maritime & Trading Corp., a related party, recently concluded an agreement to acquire a resale contract for the M/T Atlantas, a 320,000 dwt 2010 newbuilding VLCC being built at the Daewoo Shipyard in South Korea. The acquisition price for the vessel was $108 million, excluding delivery costs, and delivery is expected on or about May 20, 2010.

In connection with the acquisition, Crude Carriers Corp. secured a 12-month option, commencing on the date of the vessel's delivery, to purchase the vessel at the same acquisition price of $108 million plus delivery costs. The option is exercisable at the sole discretion of the Company's Board of Directors.

Mr. Evangelos Marinakis, the Company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer commented: "Within the short period of time since our IPO in March 2010 we have been able to expand our fleet to a total of five vessels, comprised of two VLCCs and three Suezmaxes with an average weighted age of approximately 1 year and total carrying capacity of approximately 1,050,000 dwt.

"We are now very pleased to have secured this no-cost no-risk option to acquire a third newbuilding VLCC paving the way to further expand our fleet. This 12-month option at no cost to the Company also underscores Capital Maritime's commitment to our growth strategy of acquiring modern high specification vessels at an attractive point in the cycle. We are committed to building Crude Carriers into an industry leader taking advantage of the favorable long term fundamentals of the crude oil tanker market."

About Crude Carriers Corp.
Crude Carriers Corp. (NYSE: CRU) is a 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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