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): November 11, 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 organization)                            identification no.)

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 appointment of Mr. John Georgiopoulos
as interim chief financial officer of the Company.





                                   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.


November 13, 2003

                                         GENERAL MARITIME CORPORATION


                                         By:  /s/ Peter C. Georgiopoulos
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                                              Peter C. Georgiopoulos
                                              Chief Executive Officer
00656.0014 #442792