SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

      Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):   April 19, 2005
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                                 Maritrans Inc.
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                 (Exact Name of Registrant Specified in Charter)

       Delaware                      1-9063                    51-0343903
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    (State or Other              (Commission File           (I.R.S. Employer
    Jurisdiction of                   Number)              Identification No.)
     Incorporation)

               Two Harbour Place
            302 Knights Run Avenue
                Tampa, Florida                                    33602
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   (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                      (Zip Code)


       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (813) 209-0600
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                                 Not Applicable
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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ITEM 2.02          RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

On April 19, 2005, Maritrans Inc. issued a press release regarding the
re-deployment of one of its barges to the Northeast and commenting on its first
quarter 2005 financial results. The press release is being furnished with this
Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is hereby incorporated herein by
reference. This report (including the exhibit) shall not be deemed to be "filed"
for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, nor shall it be incorporated by reference in any filing made by the
Registrant pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, other than to the
extent that such filing incorporates by reference any or all of such information
by express reference thereto.

ITEM 9.01         FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

                  (c) Exhibits.

99.1     Press Release, dated April 19, 2005, issued by Maritrans Inc.









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                                    SIGNATURE


                  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                                   MARITRANS INC.


                                                 By: /s/ Walter T. Bromfield
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                                                         Walter T. Bromfield
                                                         Chief Financial Officer



Dated: April 21, 2005







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                                  Exhibit Index
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        Exhibit
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         99.1      Press Release, dated April 19, 2005, issued by Maritrans Inc.