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 April 2023

Commission File Number 001-35866

KNOT Offshore Partners LP

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

2 Queen’s Cross,

Aberdeen, AB15 4YB

United Kingdom

(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 ¨

ITEM 1

– INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT

Attached as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the press release of KNOT Offshore Partners LP dated April 5, 2023.

ITEM 2

– EXHIBITS

The following exhibits are filed as a part of this report:

Exhibit Number		Exhibit Description
99.1		Press release dated April 5, 2023.

THIS REPORT ON FORM 6-K IS HEREBY INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THE FOLLOWING REGISTRATION STATEMENTS:

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FORM F-3 (NO. 333-248518) ORIGINALLY FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (“SEC”) ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2020; AND

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FORM F-3 (NO. 333-227942) ORIGINALLY FILED WITH THE SEC ON OCTOBER 23, 2018.

SIGNATURE

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.

	KNOT OFFSHORE PARTNERS LP

Date: April 5, 2023

	By:	/s/ Gary Chapman
		Name:	Gary Chapman
		Title:	Chief Executive Officer and
			Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit 99.1

KNOT Offshore Partners LP Announces Change to its Board of Directors

April 5, 2023

ABERDEEN, Scotland--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KNOT Offshore Partners LP (the “Partnership”) (NYSE:KNOP), an owner and operator of shuttle tankers, announced today that there has been a change on the board of directors of the Partnership.

The Partnership’s general partner has appointed Mr. Yasuhiro Fukuda to replace Mr. Junya Omoto, both of whom are employees of Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (“NYK”), on the Partnership’s Board of Directors, effective April 1, 2023.

Mr. Fukuda presently serves as the General Manager, Offshore Business Group, for NYK. Mr. Fukuda joined NYK in 1996 and until 2004 served in the Car Carrier division and the Corporate Planning division in Japan. In 2005, Mr. Fukuda joined NYK’s LNG Group, transitioning to the Capesize Bulker Group in 2015 and joining the Offshore Business Group as Deputy General Manager in 2022. Mr. Fukuda graduated from the University of Kyoto, Faculty of Law.

About KNOT Offshore Partners LP

KNOT Offshore Partners LP owns, operates and acquires shuttle tankers primarily under long-term charters in the offshore oil production regions of the North Sea and Brazil. KNOT Offshore Partners LP is structured as a publicly traded master limited partnership but is classified as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and thus issues a Form 1099 to its unitholders, rather than a Form K-1. KNOT Offshore Partners LP’s common units trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “KNOP”.

KNOT Offshore Partners LP 

Gary Chapman

Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

Email: ir@knotoffshorepartners.com

Tel: +44 1224 618 420