July 13, 2005 Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549 RE: Quintana Maritime Limited Common Stock Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-124576) Dear Sirs and Mesdames: In connection with the proposed offering of the above-captioned securities, we wish to advise you that we, as a representative of the several underwriters, hereby join with Quintana Maritime Limited's request that the effective date of the above-captioned Registration Statement be accelerated so that the same will become effective on July 14, 2005 at 3 p.m. or as soon as practicable thereafter. The following is supplemental information supplied under Rule 418(a)(7) and Rule 460 under the Securities Act of 1933: (i) Date of preliminary prospectus: June 30, 2005. (ii) Dates of distribution: June 30, 2005 - July 8, 2005 (iii) Number of prospective underwriters to whom the preliminary prospectus was furnished: 8 (iv) Number of prospectuses so distributed: approximately 20,900 (v) Compliance with Rule 15c2-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934: Included in Master Agreement Among Underwriters of Salomon Smith Barney Inc. (now known as Citigroup Global Markets Inc.). Very truly yours, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. /s/ STEPHEN WOO Stephen Woo Vice President