Nordic American Tanker Shipping Ltd. (NYSE:NAT) Financial Calendar including dividend payment date.

Hamilton, Bermuda, January 19, 2009.

In accordance with information given today on our web site, Nordic American Tanker Shipping Limited today announced that it expects to issue its 4th quarter 2008 dividend and earnings release February 13, 2009, before the opening of trading at NYSE. The record date is expected to be February 25, 2009, and the dividend payment date is expected to be March 9, 2009.

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

Web site: www.nat.bm

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

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