KNIGHTSBRIDGE TANKERS LIMITED

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

KNIGHTSBRIDGE TANKERS LIMITED

Hamilton, Bermuda, October 27, 2003:  Knightsbridge Tankers Limited (the “Company”) (Nasdaq NM: VLCCF) today announced the results of the Company’s reconvened Special General Meeting of Shareholders that had been adjourned to October 24, 2003 from September 26, 2003.  Based on the official report of the voting on Proposal 1, the shareholders have decided to continue the Company in business and not to sell the Company’s vessels and distribute the proceeds to the shareholders.

While a significant majority of the shareholders voted in favor of Proposal 2, to amend the Company’s bye-laws to remove the current restrictions on the Company’s business activities, the proposal has not gained the required affirmative vote of holders of two-thirds of the Company’s outstanding shares required for bye-law amendments.  Accordingly, while the Company will continue in business, the bye-laws of the Company will remain unamended.

The Board of Directors does not expect the outcome of this vote to amend the Company’s bye-laws to have a materially negative impact on the Company’s operations in the short-term.  The Board of Directors will now evaluate the options available to the Company with respect to future operations following the expiration of the existing bareboat charters with Shell International Petroleum Company Limited (“Shell International”).  These bareboat charters to Shell will expire for all five VLCC’s, in accordance with their terms, on or about February 27, 2004, subject to the right of Shell International to extend each charter by up to 90 days.  To the extent any future offer or proposal requires a bye-law amendment, the Board expects that it would submit such bye-law amendment to the shareholders along with such offer or proposal.

Matters discussed in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements.  The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides safe harbor protections for forward-looking statements in order to encourage companies to provide prospective information about their business.  Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements, which are other than statements of historical facts.

Knightsbridge desires to take advantage of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and is including this cautionary statement in connection with this safe harbor legislation. The words “believe,” “except,” “anticipate,” “intends,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “project,” “plan,” “potential,” “will,” “may,” “should,” “expect” “pending and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements.

The forward-looking statements in this document are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including without limitation, our management’s examination of historical operating trends, data contained in our records and other data available from third parties.  Although we believe that these assumptions were reasonable when made, because these assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond our control, we cannot assure you that we will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs or projections.

In addition to these important factors, 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 charterhire 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 Knightsbridge’s operating expenses, including bunker prices, drydocking and insurance costs, the market for Knightsbridges vesssels, 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, and other important factors described from time to time in the reports filed by Knightsbridge with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Hamilton, Bermuda, October 27, 2003

Contact:                        Knightsbridge Tankers Limited                         Ola Lorentzon

Investor Relations         +47 90074285

                                    Kate Blankenship