The shareholders in American Shipping Company ASA are invited to attend the
Annual General Meeting to be held on Wednesday 7 April 2010 at 09:00 hrs at
Felix Conference Centre, Bryggetorget 3, Aker Brygge, Oslo, Norway.

Please find attached the Notice of Annual General Meeting in American Shipping
Company ASA, the attendance ballot, the proposed resolutions, and the 2009
Annual Report.

The notice of the annual general meeting with all relevant documents attached,
including a print version of the 2009 annual report, will be distributed to all
shareholders separately.

The attachments will also be made available on the company's webpage,
www.americanshippingco.com.

This information is subject of the disclosure requirements acc. to §5-12 vphl
(Norwegian Securities Trading Act)

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