Nordic American Tanker Shipping Ltd. (NAT)-(NYSE:NAT) NAT Chairman & CEO live on CNBC July 27, 2006

Hamilton, Bermuda, July 25, 2006

In connection with the earnings and dividend release to be announced before the opening of the New York Stock Exchange July 27th, it is expected that there will be an interview on CNBC with Mr. Herbjorn Hansson, the NAT Chairman & Chief Executive Officer the same morning. The live interview is expected to take place at about 09:30/09:45 am US Eastern time.

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

Herbjørn Hansson, Chairman & CEO

Nordic American Tanker Shipping Ltd.

Tel: +1 866 805 9504 or + 47 901 46 291

Gary Wolfe

Seward & Kissel LLP, New York, USA
Tel: +1 212 574 1223

Press release (PDF)