Nordic American Tanker Shipping Ltd. (NYSE:NAT) – Financial Calendar – Dividend Payment

Hamilton, Bermuda, June 18, 2010.


Nordic American Tanker Shipping Limited today announced that it expects to publish its dividend and 2nd quarter 2010 report August 6, 2010, before the opening of trading at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).  The record date is expected to be August 20, 2010, and the payment of dividend is expected to take place on or about September 2, 2010.




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