Summary of INTERNATIONAL SHIPHOLDING CORP

Item 8.01 Other Events.

International Shipholding Corporation (the "Company") completed the sale and leaseback of a Pure Car/Truck Carrier on December 28, 2012. The Company will lease the vessel under a six-year lease agreement with an early buy-out option that can be exercised in 2017 and will continue to operate the vessel under its current time charter. Annual lease payments due under the new lease will be approximately $4.5 million. The Company intends to use the net sales proceeds for general corporate purposes.

Forward Looking Statements

Except for the historical and factual information contained herein, the matters set forth in this release, including statements identified by words such as "intends" and similar expressions, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause actual events and results to differ materially from those anticipated , estimated or projected if one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or if underlying assumptions prove incorrect. Factors that could affect actual results include but are not limited to: changes in our cash requirements or financial position and each of the other economic, competitive, governmental, and technological factors detailed in our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Due to these uncertainties, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any of our forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Except for meeting our ongoing obligations under the federal securities laws, we undertake no obligation to update or revise for any reason any forward-looking statements made by us or on our behalf, whether as a result of new information, future events or developments, changed circumstances or otherwise.