KNOT Offshore Partners LP ("KNOT" or the "Partnership") announced that the Partnership’s general partner appointed Mr. Richard Beyer to replace Mr. Hiroaki Nishiyama on the Partnership’s Board commencing April 1, 2017. Mr. Beyer has been a member of the board of directors of the Partnership’s general partner and KNOT Offshore Partners UK LLC since 2013 and is a director of NYK Group Europe Limited and NYK Energy Transport (Atlantic) Limited.