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 August 2007
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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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
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in
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[_] No [X]
If
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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 copy of the press release of issued by Nordic American
Tanker
Shipping Limited today, August 2, 2007, announcing the results of its Annual
General Meeting of shareholders held in New York City on July 31,
2007.
Exhibit
1
Nordic
American Tanker Shipping Ltd. (NAT)-(NYSE:NAT)
Annual
General Meeting of Shareholders
Hamilton,
Bermuda, August 2, 2007
Nordic
American Tanker Shipping Ltd. (the “Company”) today announced that the Company’s
Annual General Meeting of shareholders was held in New York on July 31 when
seven candidates nominated by the Board of Directors were elected to serve
on
the board. Mr. Richard H. K. Vietor was elected as a new Board
Member. Mr. Vietor is a professor at Harvard Business School where he teaches
courses on the regulation of business and the international political economy,
including environmental management. The names of our Board Members
can be found on our web site www.nat.bm. At
the Annual General Meeting the ratification and approval of the appointment
of
Deloitte AS as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ended
December 31 2007 was also approved by the shareholders.
About
the Company
The
Company is an international tanker company that owns twelve modern double-hull
Suezmax tankers.
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
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.
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NORDIC
AMERICAN TANKER SHIPPING LIMITED
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(registrant)
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Dated: August
2, 2007
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By:
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/s/
Herbjørn Hansson
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Herbjørn
Hansson
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Chairman,
Chief Executive Officer
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and
President
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SK
01318 0002
798889