Exhibit 32.2

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

In  connection  with the  Quarterly  Report of  California  Petroleum  Transport
Corporation  (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2005 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: May 16, 2005

/s/ R. Douglas Donaldson
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R. Douglas Donaldson
Treasurer