d920783_6-k.htm
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 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


For the month of September 2008

Commission File Number:  001-32199

Ship Finance International Limited
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
 
Par-la-Ville Place, 14 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton, HM 08, Bermuda
(Address of principal executive offices)

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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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  Yes [_]   No [X]

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82-______________.


 
 
 

INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT
 
Attached as Exhibit 1 is a copy of the press release of Ship Finance International Limited (the “Company”), dated September 12, 2008, announcing that Ole B. Hjertaker, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, will be presenting at the Jefferies 5th Annual Shipping, Logistics & Offshore Services Conference on September 17, 2008.


 
 
 

Exhibit 1
 
SFL - Jefferies 5th Annual Shipping, Logistics & Offshore Services Conference
 

Press release from Ship Finance International Ltd. September 12, 2008

Ship Finance International Limited (NYSE:SFL) ("Ship Finance" or "SFL") announced today that Ole B. Hjertaker, CFO, will present at the Jefferies 5th Annual Shipping, Logistics & Offshore Services Conference. The presentation will take place on September 17, 2008 at 1.00 pm (EST)

A live audio webcast of the presentation can be found at the following link:
http://www.wsw.com/webcast/jeff29/sfl

The link to the audio webcast will be live just prior to the start of the presentation. A replay of the audio webcast will be available through our website http://www.shipfinance.org for a period of 90 days.

 
About Ship Finance
 
Ship Finance is a major ship owning company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: SFL). Including newbuildings and announced acquisitions, the Company has a fleet of 71 vessels, including 33 crude oil tankers (VLCC and Suezmax), 2 chemical tankers, 8 oil/bulk/ore vessels, 13 container vessels, 3 dry bulk carriers, 6 offshore supply vessels and 3 seismic vessels, 2 jack-up drilling rigs and one ultra-deepwater drillship. The fleet is one of the largest in the world and most of the vessels are employed on long term charters.

The Notice of the Annual General Meeting has been sent out to shareholders and is also available on the website. More information can be found on the Company’s website: www.shipfinance.org


 
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements
 
This press release may contain forward looking statements. These statements are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including Ship Finance management's examination of historical operating trends. Although Ship Finance believes that these assumptions were reasonable when made, because assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond its control, Ship Finance cannot give assurance that it will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs or intentions.

Important factors that, in the Company's view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in this presentation include the strength of world economies and currencies, general market conditions including fluctuations in charter hire 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 the Company's operating expenses including bunker prices, dry-docking and insurance costs, 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, and other important factors described from time to time in the reports filed by the Company with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.


 
 
 

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.

            
 
            
 
  SHIP FINANCE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
  (registrant)
       
Dated:  September 22, 2008
By:
/s/  Lars Solbakken
  
 
Name:
Lars Solbakken
  
 
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
  
   
Ship Finance Management AS
  
       



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