Nordic American Tankers Limited (NYSE:NAT) - Another TC contract with a major oil company.

Hamilton, Bermuda, September 5, 2017

Dear Shareholder,

In our message of August 23 and earlier in August 2017, we informed you about our time charter (TC) arrangements with Shell, ExxonMobil and other major oil companies both in the West and in the East.  We are pleased to inform you that we now have entered into a 2 year contract with British Petroleum (BP). The minimum rate is well above our cash break-even level with an index linked formula providing for upside potential to NAT. Commencement is mid September; i.e. in about 10 days.

As an example of the income potential of NAT, if our fleet is achieving about $30,000 per day spread across all the NAT vessels, the dividend potential could be about $2 per share per year. In the past, on occasions, the tanker market has been much higher than that.

NAT has now five vessels on longer term contracts with major oil companies worldwide. In addition, we have shorter contracts with other major energy companies in the East and in the West. The contracts with big oil, such as Shell, BP and ExxonMobil, are examples of the confidence customers have in NAT and in our fleet of Suezmax vessels.

Kind regards,
Herbjørn Hansson
Chairman & CEO
Nordic American Tankers Limited

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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:

Herbjørn Hansson, Chairman & CEO
Nordic American Tankers Limited
Tel: +1 866 805 9504 or +47 90 14 62 91

Erik Tomstad, Chief Executive Chartering
Nordic American Tankers Limited
Tel: +47 23 69 69 01 or +47 90 98 32 40

Gary J. Wolfe
Seward & Kissel LLP
New York, USA
Tel: +1 212 574 1223

www.nat.bm

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