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

In connection with this Annual Report of Aries Maritime Transport Limited (the
"Company") on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2005 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on or about the date hereof (the
"Report"), I, Mons S. Bolin, 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 30, 2006

/s/ Mons S. Bolin
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Mons S. Bolin
Chief Executive Officer

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