Exhibit 32.1

                    PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE 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 quarter ended March 31, 2006 as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on or about the
date hereof (the "Report"), I, Nancy I. DePasquale, Director and President 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 15, 2006

/s/ Nancy I. DePasquale
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Nancy I. DePasquale
President