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

Hamilton, Bermuda, March 29, 2011.

Nordic American Tanker Shipping Limited today announced that it expects to publish its dividend and 1st quarter 2011 report May 9, 2011, before the opening of trading at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).  The record date is expected to be May 18, 2011, and the payment of dividend is expected to take place on or about June 1, 2011.


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

Jacob Ellefsen, Head of Research, United Kingdom
Nordic American Tanker Shipping Limited
Tel: + 44 20 31 78 58 20   or + 44 78 27 92 94 11