UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
6-K
REPORT
OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16 OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For
the month of June 2008
Commission
File Number: 001-13944
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NORDIC
AMERICAN TANKER SHIPPING LIMITED
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(Translation
of registrant’s name into English)
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LOM
Building, 27 Reid Street, Hamilton, HM 11, Bermuda
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(Address
of principal executive office)
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under
cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form
20-F [X] Form 40-F
[ ]
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted
by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ___
Note: Regulation S-T Rule
101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely
to provide an attached annual report to security holders.
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted
by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)7: ___
Note: Regulation S-T Rule
101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to
furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer
must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the
registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant's
"home country"), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the
registrant's securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is
not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the
registrant's security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already
been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on
EDGAR.
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in
this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant
to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Yes
[_] No [X]
If
“Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in
connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):
82-______________.
INFORMATION
CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT
Attached
as Exhibit 1 is a press release of Nordic American Tanker Shipping
Limited, dated June 9, 2008, announcing the date of the Annual Meeting of
Shareholders.
Exhibit
1
Nordic
American Tanker Shipping Limited
Nordic
American Tanker Shipping Limited. Announces Annual Meeting Date
Hamilton,
Bermuda, June 9, 2008.
Nordic
American Tanker Shipping Limited (NYSE:NAT) (the “Company”) has
earlier informed shareholders that it has set its Annual Meeting of Shareholders
for June 23, 2008, at the Company’s headquarters at the LOM Building, 27 Reid
Street, Hamilton, Bermuda at 10:00 am, Bermuda time. Proxy materials
were mailed to shareholders of record as of May 22,
2008. Shareholders who wish to make inquiries regarding the Annual
Meeting may contact Georgeson, the Company’s proxy solicitor, at 1-800-676-0216
or the Company as per below contact details.
Contacts:
Scandic
American Shipping Ltd
Manager
for:
Nordic
American Tanker Shipping Ltd.
P.O Box
56, 3201 Sandefjord, Norway
Tel: + 47 33 42 73 00
E-mail: nat@scandicamerican.com
Web-site: www.nat.bm
Rolf
Amundsen, Investor Relations
Nordic
American Tanker Shipping Ltd.
Tel: +1
800 601 9079 or + 47 908 26 906
Gary
Wolfe
Seward
& Kissel LLP, New York, USA
Tel: +1
212 574 1223
Turid M.
Sørensen, CFO
Nordic
American Tanker Shipping Limited
Tel: +
47 33 42 73 00 or + 47 905 72 927
Herbjørn
Hansson, Chairman & CEO
Nordic
American Tanker Shipping Ltd.
Tel:
+1 866 805 9504 or + 47 901 46 291
SIGNATURES
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, thereunto
duly authorized.
NORDIC
AMERICAN TANKER SHIPPING LIMITED
(registrant)
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Dated: June
9, 2008
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By:
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/s/
Herbjørn Hansson
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Herbjørn
Hansson
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Chairman,
Chief Executive Officer and
President
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SK 01318 0002
890796