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  September 30,
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:   November 9, 2006

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



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