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 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
For the month of September 2008.
Commission File Number: 001-33068
Ultrapetrol
(Bahamas) Limited
(Translation of registrant's
name into English)
Ocean Centre, Montagu
Foreshore
East Bay St.
Nassau, Bahamas
P.O. Box
SS-19084
(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 [
]
Indicate by check mark if the
registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T
Rule 101(b)(1): ____
Note: Regulation S-T Rule
101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely
to provide an attached annual report to security holders.
Indicate by check mark if the
registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T
Rule 101(b)(7): ____
Note: Regulation S-T Rule
101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a 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.
Indicate by check mark whether the
registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby
furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Yes [ ]
No [ ]
If "Yes" is marked, indicate below
the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):
82-____.
Exhibit
Index
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1
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Notice
of Annual General Meeting and Proxy Statement of Ultrapetrol (Bahamas)
Limited
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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Ultrapetrol (Bahamas)
Limited
(Registrant)
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| Date: September 22, 2008 |
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/s/ LEONARD J.
HOSKINSON
Leonard J. Hoskinson
Chief Financial
Officer |