SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 5, 2003


                          GENERAL MARITIME CORPORATION
           (Exact name of each Registrant as specified in its Charter)



Republic of the Marshall Islands        001-16531              06-159-7083
 (State or other jurisdiction      (Commission File Number)   (IRS employer
  of incorporation or                                       identification no.)
  organization)

      35 West 56th Street                                     (Zip Code)
      New York, New York
    (Address of principal
      executive offices)


      (Registrant's telephone number, including area code): (212) 763-5600



Item 9.   Regulation FD Disclosure.

     Attached  as Exhibit  99.1 is a press  release  issued by General  Maritime
Corporation (the "Company")  announcing the completion of the Company's exchange
offer for all of its  outstanding  10% senior notes due March 15,  2013,  for an
equal principal amount of 10% senior notes due March 15, 2013,  registered under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.



                                   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.


September 15, 2003

                                          GENERAL MARITIME CORPORATION


                                          By:   /s/ WILLIAM VIQUEIRA
                                             --------------------------------
                                                    William Viqueira
                                                    Chief Financial Officer
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