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 December 2006

                             Commission File Number

                                TOP TANKERS INC.
                 (Translation of registrant's name into English)

                   1, Vassilissis Sofias Meg. Alexandrou Str.
                                 151 24 Maroussi
                                     Greece

                     (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.

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

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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): ________.



INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT

Included in this report on Form 6-K as Exhibit 1 is the press release issued by
TOP Tankers Inc. (the "Company") on December 21, 2006 announcing the Company's
exercise of an option to purchase two additional Handymax product/chemical
tankers.



                                   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.


                                       TOP TANKERS INC.


Dated: December 21, 2006               By     /s/ Stamatis N. Tsantanis
                                          ----------------------------------
                                            Name: Stamatis N. Tsantanis
                                            Title:   Chief Financial Officer






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NEWS RELEASE for December 21, 2006
Contact: Michael Mason (investors)                  Stamatis Tsantanis, CFO
                  Allen & Caron Inc                 TOP Tankers Inc
                  212 691 8087                      011 30 210 812 8199
                  michaelm@allencaron.com           snt@toptankers.com


                  TOP TANKERS ANNOUNCES EXERCISE OF OPTION FOR
                      TWO ADDITIONAL NEWBUILDING HANDYMAXES


ATHENS, GREECE (December 21, 2006) ... TOP Tankers Inc (NasdaqGS:TOPT),
announced today that it has exercised its option for two additional 50,000 dwt
Product / Chemical tankers. As with the previously announced four newbuildings,
all the vessels will be sister ships built by SPP Shipbuilding Co, Ltd of South
Korea and are expected to be delivered during the first and second quarters of
2009.

All six newbuildings will be funded with secured credit lines and working
capital.

About TOP Tankers Inc

TOP Tankers Inc is an international provider of worldwide seaborne crude oil and
petroleum products transportation services. The Company operates a fleet of 24
tankers, consisting of 13 double-hull Suezmax tankers and 11 double-hull
Handymax tankers, with a total carrying capacity of approximately 2.5 million
dwt, of which 88.2% are sister ships. Fifteen of the Company's 24 tankers are on
time charter contracts with an average term of over three years with all but
three of the time charters including profit sharing agreements.

Forward Looking Statement
-------------------------

Matters discussed in this release may constitute forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements reflect our current views with respect to future
events and financial performance and may 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.

The forward-looking statements in this release are based upon various
assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions,
including without limitation, management's examination of historical operating
trends, data contained in our records and other data available from third
parties. Although TOP Tankers believes 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, TOP Tankers cannot assure you that it will achieve or
accomplish these expectations, beliefs or projections.

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
changes in charterhire rates and vessel values, failure of a seller to deliver
one or more vessels, failure of a buyer to accept delivery of a vessel,
inability to procure acquisition financing, changes in demand for oil and
petroleum products, the effect of changes in OPEC's petroleum production levels
and worldwide oil consumption and storage, changes in demand that may affect
attitudes of time charterers, scheduled and unscheduled drydocking, changes in
our voyage and operating expenses, including bunker prices, dry- docking and
insurance costs, changes in governmental rules and regulations including
requirements for double-hull tankers or actions taken by regulatory authorities,
potential liability from pending or future litigation, domestic and
international political conditions, potential disruption of shipping routes due
to accidents and political events or acts by terrorists.

      Risks and uncertainties are further described in reports filed by TOP
Tankers with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

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