ATHENS, Greece, Dec. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TOP Tankers Inc (Nasdaq: TOPT), announced today the appointment of Deloitte as independent auditors of the Company.

About TOP Tankers Inc

TOP Tankers Inc is an international provider of worldwide seaborne crude oil and petroleum products transportation services. The Company operates a fleet of 24 tankers, consisting of 13 double-hull Suezmax tankers and 11 double-hull Handymax tankers, with a total carrying capacity of approximately 2.5 million dwt, of which 88.2% are sister ships. Fourteen of the Company's 24 tankers are on time charter contracts with an average term of over three years with all but two of the time charters including profit sharing agreements.

    Contact:  Michael Mason (investors)       Stamatis Tsantanis, CFO
    
              Allen & Caron Inc               TOP Tankers Inc
    
              212 691 8087                    011 30 210 812 8199
    
              michaelm@allencaron.com         snt@toptankers.com
    

    

    
SOURCE  TOP Tankers Inc
    
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    /CONTACT:  Investors, Michael Mason of Allen & Caron Inc, +1-212-691-8087,
    
michaelm@allencaron.com, for TOP Tankers Inc; or Stamatis Tsantanis, CFO of
    
TOP Tankers Inc, +011 30 210 812 8199, snt@toptankers.com/
    
    (TOPT)
    

    
CO:  TOP Tankers Inc
    
ST:  Greece
    
IN:  OIL MAR
    
SU:  ACC
    

    
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