EXHIBIT 99.1

                            CERTIFICATION AND CONSENT



I, DIMITRIOS GERMIDIS, hereby certify to FreeSeas Inc., a corporation formed
under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the "Company"), as
follows:

         1. I previously received a copy of the preliminary Joint Proxy
Statement/Prospectus for the Company's Special Meeting of Shareholders to be
held as described in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus (the "Proxy
Statement") and previously consented to being named in the Proxy Statement as a
nominee for appointment as a director of the Company upon consummation of the
merger described in the Proxy Statement.

         2. I have received a copy of Amendment No. 2 to the Proxy Statement on
Form F-1 ("Amendment No. 2").

         3. I understand that I have been named in Amendment No. 2 as a nominee
for appointment as a director of the Company upon consummation of the merger
described in Amendment No. 2, and I hereby consent to being named as such
therein.

         4. I hereby consent to serve as a director of the Company if appointed.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Certification and Consent this
10th day of October, 2005.







                                                    /s/  DIMITRIOS GERMIDIS
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                                                     DIMITRIOS GERMIDIS