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 January 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
[ ]
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by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted
by Regulation
S-T
Rule 101(b)(1): ___
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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.
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by Regulation
S-T
Rule 101(b)7: ___
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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 January 4, 2008.
Exhibit
1
Nordic
American Tanker Shipping Ltd. (NYSE:NAT) Updated Financial Calendar
Hamilton,
Bermuda, January 4, 2008.
In
accordance with information given on our web site Nordic American Tanker
Shipping Limited (the “Company”) today announced that it expects to issue its
fourth quarter 2007 earnings and dividend release February 12, 2008, before
the
opening of trading. The record date for the fourth quarter dividend
is expected to be February 22, 2008, and the payment date is expected to be
March 7, 2008.
The
first quarter 2008 earnings and dividend report is expected to be released
May
5, 2008, before the opening of trading. The record date for the first
quarter dividend is expected to be May 19, 2008, and the payment date is
expected to be May 30, 2008.
Contacts:
Scandic
American Shipping Ltd
Manager
for:
Nordic
American Tanker Shipping Limited
P.O
Box 56, 3201 Sandefjord, Norway
Tel:
+ 47 33 42 73 00 E-mail: nat@scandicamerican.com
Rolf
Amundsen, Investor Relations
Nordic
American Tanker Shipping Limited
Tel:
+1 800 601 9079 or + 47 908 26 906
Gary
J. 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 and Chief Executive Officer
Nordic
American Tanker Shipping Limited
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)
Dated: January
9,
2008 By: /s/ Herbjørn
Hansson
Herbjørn
Hansson
Chairman,
Chief Executive Officer and President
SK
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