Exhibit 13.1

                      CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER CERTIFICATION
                       PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

         In  connection  with  this  Annual  Report  of TOP  Tankers  Inc.  (the
"Company")  on Form 20-F for the year ended  December 31, 2003 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange  Commission (the "SEC") on or about the date hereof (the
"Report"),  I,  Evangelos  Pistiolis,  Chief  Executive  Officer 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:

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

        (2) 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: June 28, 2005

/s/ Evangelos Pistiolis
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Chief Executive Officer