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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090531
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090514
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090513

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Ship Finance International LTD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001289877
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	DEEP SEA FOREIGN TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT [4412]
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		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32199
		FILM NUMBER:		09824008

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		14 PAR-LA-VILLE ROAD
		CITY:			HAMILTON, HM 08
		STATE:			D0
		ZIP:			00000-0000
		BUSINESS PHONE:		441-295-9500

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		STREET 1:		14 PAR-LA-VILLE ROAD
		CITY:			HAMILTON, HM 08
		STATE:			D0
		ZIP:			00000-0000
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Finance International Limited (NYSE:SFL) (&#8220;Ship Finance&#8221; or &#8220;the Company&#8221;)
refers to the announcement of the fourth quarter 2008 dividend payable in cash
or, at the shareholders request, in newly issued common shares on or about April
17, 2009.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Shareholders
beneficially owning approximately 55% of our outstanding shares have elected to
receive 0.0528 common shares for each share held, and approximately 2.1 million
new common shares will be issued as a result of such elections. The remaining
shareholders will receive a cash dividend payment of $0.30 per
share.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Following
this dividend payment, the total number of the Company&#8217;s outstanding common
shares will be approximately 74.8 million.</font></div>
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questions relating to the dividend payment should be directed to your broker,
bank, or other nominee, or alternatively to BNY Mellon, our transfer
agent:</font></div>
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Free: 1-800-301-3489</font></div>
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+1 201 680 6578</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">About
Ship Finance</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">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 68 vessels,
including 33 crude oil tankers (VLCC and Suezmax), two chemical tankers, eight
oil/bulk/ore vessels, one dry-bulk carrier, 13 container vessels, six offshore
supply vessels, two jack-up drilling rigs and three ultra-deepwater drilling
units. The fleet is one of the largest in the world and most of the vessels are
employed on long term charters.</font></div>
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information can be found on the Company&#8217;s website:
www.shipfinance.org</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Cautionary
Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements</font></div>
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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.</font></div>
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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.</font></div>
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