Exhibit 32.2

                    PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER CERTIFICATION
                       PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

In  connection  with  the  Annual  Report  of  California   Petroleum  Transport
Corporation (the "Company") on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 as
filed with the  Securities and Exchange  Commission  (the "SEC") on or about the
date hereof (the "Report"),  I, R. Douglas  Donaldson, Treasurer of the Company,
certify,  pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

The  information  contained  in the  Report  fairly  presents,  in all  material
respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

A signed original of this written statement has been provided to the Company and
will be  retained  by the  Company  and  furnished  to the SEC or its staff upon
request.

Date: April 6, 2005

/s/ R Douglas Donaldson
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    R. Douglas Donaldson
    Treasurer