Press release from Ship Finance International Limited April 18, 2013
Ship Finance International Limited (NYSE: SFL) announces that the Company has
filed its annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2012.
The annual report can be downloaded from the Company's website
at www.shipfinance.org. Shareholders can also request a hard copy of our
complete audited financial statements free of charge upon request by writing us
at:
Ship Finance International Limited
PO Box HM 1593, Par-la-Ville Place
14 Par-la-Ville Road
Hamilton HM 08 Bermuda
or send an e-mail to: ir@shipfinance.no
April 18, 2013
The Board of Directors
Ship Finance International Limited
Hamilton, Bermuda
About Ship Finance
Ship Finance is a major ship owning company listed on the New York Stock
Exchange (NYSE: SFL). Including newbuildings, the Company has a fleet of 65
vessels, including 24 crude oil tankers (VLCC and Suezmax), two chemical
tankers, 12 drybulk carriers, 15 container vessels including four newbuildings,
six offshore supply vessels, one jack-up drilling rig, one ultra-deepwater
drillship, two ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling rigs and two car
carriers. The fleet is one of the largest in the world and most of the vessels
are employed on long-term charters.
More information can be found on the Company's website: www.shipfinance.org
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains 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, data contained in the Company's records and other data
available from third parties. 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 our view, could cause actual results to differ
materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include the
strength of world economies, fluctuations in currencies and interest rates,
general market conditions including fluctuations in charter hire rates and
vessel values, changes in demand in the markets in which we operate, changes in
demand resulting from changes in OPEC's petroleum production levels and
worldwide oil consumption and storage, developments regarding the technologies
relating to oil exploration, changes in market demand in countries which import
commodities and finished goods and changes in the amount and location of the
production of those commodities and finished goods, increased inspection
procedures and more restrictive import and export controls, changes in our
operating expenses, including bunker prices, drydocking and insurance costs,
performance of our charterers and other counterparties with whom we deal, timely
delivery of vessels under construction within the contracted price, 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 Securities and
Exchange Commission.
SFL - 2012 Annual Report:
http://hugin.info/134876/R/1694060/557093.pdf
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