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
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                          For the month of January 2007

                         Commission File Number: 0-22704

                       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 office)

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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permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ___

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Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant
foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the
jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally
organized (the registrant's "home country"), or under the rules of the home
country exchange on which the registrant's securities are traded, as long as the
report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has
not been distributed to the registrant's security holders, and, if discussing a
material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other
Commission filing on EDGAR.

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Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes [_] No [X]

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connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):
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 January 12, 2007, announcing the
acquisition of a jack-up drilling rig and the appointment of a new member of the
board of directors.



                                   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



Dated:  January 12, 2007             By /s/ Lars Solbakken
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                          Name:  Lars Solbakken
                                          Title: Chief Executive Officer
                                                 Ship Finance Management AS



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