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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549
                                ----------------
                                    FORM 144
                      NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
                    PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES
                                   ACT OF 1933
  ATTENTION:    Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with
                either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or
                executing a sale directly with a market maker.
  
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  1. (a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)
  
           Nordic American Tanker Shipping Limited
  
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     (b) IRS IDENT. NO.
  
           N/A
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     (c) S.E.C. FILE NO.
  
           033-96268
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     (d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER
  
       Cedar House, 41 Cedar Ave., P.O. Box HM1179, Hamilton HM EX, Bermuda
  
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       (STREET)                    (CITY)           (STATE)        (ZIP CODE)
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     (e) TELEPHONE NO.
  
           (809) 295-2244
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           (AREA CODE) (NUMBER)
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  2. (a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD
  
           Herbjorn Hansson
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     (b) SOCIAL SECURITY NO. OR I.R.S. IDENT. NO.
  
           N/A
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     (c) RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER
  
           chief executive officer
  
  
  
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     (d) ADDRESS
  
       P.O. Box 54, 3201    Sandefjord, Norway
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      (STREET)                (CITY)             (STATE)     (ZIP CODE)
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  INSTRUCTION:  The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to
                obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File
                Number.
  
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  3(a)              (b)                                 (c)            (d)
  Title of     Name and Address   S.E.C. USE ONLY    Number of      Aggregate
  the Class of of Each Broker     ---------------    Shares or      Market
  Securities   Through Whom       Broker-Dealer      Other Units    Value
  To Be Sold   the Securities     File Number        To Be Sold     (See
               are to be Offered                     (See instr.    instr.
               or Each Market                        3(c))          3(d))
               Maker who is
               Acquiring the
               Securities
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               Lazard Freres & Co. LLC               10,050         $214,818.75
  common       30 Rockefeller Center                                as of
                                                                    10/27/00
               New York, NY 10020
  
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                    (e)               (f)                 (g)
               Number of Shares   Approximate Date   Name of Each
               or Other Units     of Sale (See       Securities
               Outstanding        instr. 3(f))       Exchange
               (See instr. 3(e))  (MO., DAY, YR.)    (See instr. 3(g))
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               9,706,606          11/15/00           AMEX
  
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  INSTRUCTIONS:
     1.  (a) Name of issuer
         (b) Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number
         (c) Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any
         (d) Issuer's address, including zip code
         (e) Issuer's telephone number, including area code
     2.  (a) Name of person for whose account the securities are
  
  
  
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             to be sold
         (b) Such person's Social Security or I.R.S.
             identification number
         (c) Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g.,
             officer, director, 10% stockholder, or member
             of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
         (d) Such person's address, including zip code
     3.  (a) Title of the class of securities to be sold
         (b) Name and address of each broker through whom the
             securities are intended to be sold
         (c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt
             securities, give the aggregate face amount)
         (d) Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold
             as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the
             filing of this notice
         (e) Number of shares or other units of the class
             outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount
             thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent
             report or statement published by the issuer
         (f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be
             sold
         (g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which
             the securities are intended to be sold
  
                                                                          (8/96)
  
  
  
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  TABLE I--SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
  
  Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the
  securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part of
  the purchase price or other consideration therefor:
  
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  Title of   Date You  Nature of    Name of Person  Amount of   Date of  Nature
  the Class  Acquired  Acquisition  From Whom       Securities  Payment  of
                                    Acquired (If    Acquired             Payment
                                    gift, also
                                    give date
                                    donor acquired)
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  common     10/1/97   purchase     issuer          10,050      10/1/97  cash
  
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  INSTRUCTIONS:
  1.   If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made
       in     cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note
       thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration
       consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in
       installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other
       obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.
   2.  If within two years after the acquisition of the securities the person
       for whose account they are to be sold had any short positions, put or
       other option to dispose of securities referred to in paragraph (d)(3) of
       Rule 144, furnish full information with respect thereto.
  
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                TABLE II--SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
       Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer
                              sold during the past 3
       months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.
  
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  Name and Address  Title of Securities Sold  Date of Sale  Amount of   Gross
                                                            Securities  Proceeds
                                                            Sold
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  Herbjorn Hansson  Common                    8/16/00       5,000       $91,875
  PO Box 54                                   8/25/00       3,000       $56,310
  3201 Sandefjord                             8/29/00       5,000       $94,060
  Norway                                      9/19/00       1,650       $37,405
                                              10/13/00      2,600       $59,956
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  REMARKS:
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to
  be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be
  sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In
  addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales
  are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the
  account of the person filing this notice.
  
                                  10/29/00
                      ----------------------------------------
                                  DATE OF NOTICE
  
  ATTENTION:
  The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are
  to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any
  material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective
  operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been
  publicly disclosed.
  
  
                      BY:   /s/ Herbjorn Hansson
                      ----------------------------------------
                                    (SIGNATURE)
  
  The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are
  to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.  Any
  copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.
  
  ATTENTION: INTENTIONAL MISSTATEMENTS OR OMISSION OF FACTS CONSTITUTE FEDERAL
                     CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS (SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001).
  
                                                                          (8/96)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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text: UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549
                                ----------------
                                    FORM 144
                      NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
                    PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES
                                   ACT OF 1933
  ATTENTION:    Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with
                either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or
                executing a sale directly with a market maker.
  
  =============================================================================
  1. (a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)
  
           Nordic American Tanker Shipping Limited
  
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
     (b) IRS IDENT. NO.
  
           N/A
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
     (c) S.E.C. FILE NO.
  
           033-96268
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
     (d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER
  
       Cedar House, 41 Cedar Ave., P.O. Box HM1179, Hamilton HM EX, Bermuda
  
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
       (STREET)                    (CITY)           (STATE)        (ZIP CODE)
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
     (e) TELEPHONE NO.
  
           (809) 295-2244
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
           (AREA CODE) (NUMBER)
  =============================================================================
  2. (a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD
  
           Herbjorn Hansson
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
     (b) SOCIAL SECURITY NO. OR I.R.S. IDENT. NO.
  
           N/A
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
     (c) RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER
  
           chief executive officer
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
     (d) ADDRESS
  
       P.O. Box 54, 3201    Sandefjord, Norway
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
      (STREET)                (CITY)             (STATE)     (ZIP CODE)
  =============================================================================
  
  INSTRUCTION:  The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to
                obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File
                Number.
  
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  3(a)              (b)                                 (c)            (d)
  Title of     Name and Address   S.E.C. USE ONLY    Number of      Aggregate
  the Class of of Each Broker     ---------------    Shares or      Market
  Securities   Through Whom       Broker-Dealer      Other Units    Value
  To Be Sold   the Securities     File Number        To Be Sold     (See
               are to be Offered                     (See instr.    instr.
               or Each Market                        3(c))          3(d))
               Maker who is
               Acquiring the
               Securities
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
               Lazard Freres & Co. LLC               10,050         $214,818.75
  common       30 Rockefeller Center                                as of
                                                                    10/27/00
               New York, NY 10020
  
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
                    (e)               (f)                 (g)
               Number of Shares   Approximate Date   Name of Each
               or Other Units     of Sale (See       Securities
               Outstanding        instr. 3(f))       Exchange
               (See instr. 3(e))  (MO., DAY, YR.)    (See instr. 3(g))
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
               9,706,606          11/15/00           AMEX
  
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:
     1.  (a) Name of issuer
         (b) Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number
         (c) Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any
         (d) Issuer's address, including zip code
         (e) Issuer's telephone number, including area code
     2.  (a) Name of person for whose account the securities are
  to be sold
         (b) Such person's Social Security or I.R.S.
             identification number
         (c) Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g.,
             officer, director, 10% stockholder, or member
             of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
         (d) Such person's address, including zip code
     3.  (a) Title of the class of securities to be sold
         (b) Name and address of each broker through whom the
             securities are intended to be sold
         (c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt
             securities, give the aggregate face amount)
         (d) Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold
             as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the
             filing of this notice
         (e) Number of shares or other units of the class
             outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount
             thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent
             report or statement published by the issuer
         (f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be
             sold
         (g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which
             the securities are intended to be sold
  
                                                                          (8/96)
  TABLE I--SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
  
  Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the
  securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part of
  the purchase price or other consideration therefor:
  
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  Title of   Date You  Nature of    Name of Person  Amount of   Date of  Nature
  the Class  Acquired  Acquisition  From Whom       Securities  Payment  of
                                    Acquired (If    Acquired             Payment
                                    gift, also
                                    give date
                                    donor acquired)
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  common     10/1/97   purchase     issuer          10,050      10/1/97  cash
  
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  1.   If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made
       in     cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note
       thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration
       consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in
       installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other
       obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.
   2.  If within two years after the acquisition of the securities the person
       for whose account they are to be sold had any short positions, put or
       other option to dispose of securities referred to in paragraph (d)(3) of
       Rule 144, furnish full information with respect thereto.
  
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                TABLE II--SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
       Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer
                              sold during the past 3
       months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.
  
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Name and Address  Title of Securities Sold  Date of Sale  Amount of   Gross
                                                            Securities  Proceeds
                                                            Sold
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Herbjorn Hansson  Common                    8/16/00       5,000       $91,875
  PO Box 54                                   8/25/00       3,000       $56,310
  3201 Sandefjord                             8/29/00       5,000       $94,060
  Norway                                      9/19/00       1,650       $37,405
                                              10/13/00      2,600       $59,956
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  REMARKS:
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to
  be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be
  sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In
  addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales
  are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the
  account of the person filing this notice.
  
                                  10/29/00
                      ----------------------------------------
                                  DATE OF NOTICE
  
  ATTENTION:
  The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are
  to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any
  material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective
  operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been
  publicly disclosed.
  
                      BY:   /s/ Herbjorn Hansson
                      ----------------------------------------
                                    (SIGNATURE)
  
  The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are
  to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.  Any
  copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.
  
  ATTENTION: INTENTIONAL MISSTATEMENTS OR OMISSION OF FACTS CONSTITUTE FEDERAL
                     CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS (SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001).
  
                                                                          (8/96)
  
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