Nordic American Tanker Shipping Ltd. - (NYSE: NAT) NAT Chairman & CEO interviewed on CNBC February 12, 2010

Hamilton, Bermuda, February 16, 2010
 
In connection with the 4Q09 dividend and earnings release that was announced
February 12, 2010 the Chairman & CEO Mr Herbjørn Hansson was interviewed on a
program on CNBC the same evening.
 
The interview is posted on our web-sitewww.nat.bm <http://www.nat.bm/>
 
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
 
Matters   discussed   in  this  press  release  may  constitute  forward-looking
statements.   The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides safe
harbor   protections  for  forward-looking  statements  in  order  to  encourage
companies   to   provide   prospective   information   about   their  business.
Forward-looking  statements  include  statements  concerning  plans, objectives,
goals,  strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and
other   statements,  which  are  other  than  statements  of  historical  facts.
 
The  Company desires  to take  advantage of  the safe  harbor provisions  of the
Private   Securities  Litigation  Reform  Act  of  1995 and  is  including  this
cautionary  statement in connection with this safe harbor legislation. The words
"believe,"  "anticipate," "intend,"  "estimate," "forecast,"  "project," "plan,"
"potential,"   "will,"   "may,"   "should,"   "expect,"  "pending"  and  similar
expressions            identify            forward-looking           statements.
 
The  forward-looking statements  in this  press release  are based  upon various
assumptions,  many  of  which  are  based,  in  turn,  upon further assumptions,
including   without  limitation,  our  management's  examination  of  historical
operating  trends, data contained  in our records  and other data available from
third  parties.  Although we believe that these assumptions were reasonable when
made,   because   these   assumptions  are  inherently  subject  to  significant
uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or impossible to predict and
are  beyond our control, we cannot assure you that we will achieve or accomplish
these  expectations,  beliefs  or  projections.   We  undertake no obligation to
update  any forward-looking statement,  whether as a  result of new information,
future                   events                   or                  otherwise.
 
Important  factors  that,  in  our  view,  could  cause actual results to differ
materially  from those discussed  in the forward-looking  statements include the
strength of world economies and currencies, general market conditions, including
fluctuations in charter rates and vessel values, changes in demand in the tanker
market,  as a result of changes in  OPEC's petroleum production levels and world
wide  oil consumption and storage, changes  in our operating expenses, including
bunker  prices,  drydocking  and  insurance  costs,  the market for our vessels,
availability  of financing  and refinancing,  changes in  governmental rules and
regulations or actions taken by regulatory authorities, potential liability from
pending  or  future  litigation,  general  domestic  and international political
conditions,  potential  disruption  of  shipping  routes  due  to  accidents  or
political  events,  vessels  breakdowns  and  instances  of  off-hires and other
important  factors  described  from  time  to  time  in the reports filed by the
Company  with the Securities  and Exchange Commission,  including the prospectus
and  related  prospectus  supplement,  our  Annual  Report on Form 20-F, and our
reports                     on                     Form                     6-K.
 
Contacts:
 
Scandic American Shipping Ltd            Rolf Amundsen
 
 Manager for:                             Investor Relations
 
 Nordic American Tanker Shipping Ltd.     Nordic American Tanker Shipping Ltd.
 
 P.O Box 56, 3201 Sandefjord, Norway      Tel: +1 800 601 9079 or +
                                          47 908 26 906
 
 Tel: + 47 33 42 73 00 E-mail:
 nat@scandicamerican.com
 
Web-site:  www.nat.bm <http://www.nat.bm>
 
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Press release (PDF): http://hugin.info/201/R/1385069/343774.pdf