HQ SUSTAINABLE MARITIME INDUSTRIES, INC.
                               Melbourne Towers ,
                          1511 Third Avenue, Suite 788,
                               Seattle, WA. 98101

June 12, 2006

VIA EDGAR,

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Office of Small Business
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Washington, DC 20549

Re:  Request  for  acceleration  of  the  effective  date  of  the  Registration
     Statement on Form SB-2 of HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries, Inc.
     Filed (Amendment) May 17, 2005
     File No. 333-132031

Attention: Mellissa Campbell Duru; Timothy Levenberg

Pursuant to  requirements  of Section 8(a) of the Securities Act the undersigned
hereby  requests  that the Form SB-2  Registration  Statement of HQ  Sustainable
Maritime  Industries,  Inc. be declared effective on Thursday,  June 15, 2006 at
10:00 AM Eastern time or on such earlier or later date as the Commission  acting
pursuant to this Section 8(a) shall determine.

HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries, Inc. acknowledges that

o should the Commission or the staff;  acting  pursuant to delegated  authority,
declare the filing  effective,  it does not foreclose the Commission from taking
any action with respect to the filing;

o the  action of the  Commission  or the staff,  acting  pursuant  to  delegated
authority, in declaring the filing effective,  does not relieve the company from
its fill  responsibility  for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the
filing; and

o the company may not assert this action as defense in any proceeding  initiated
by the Commission or any person under the federal  securities laws of the United
States.

Yours truly,



/s/ Norbert Sporns

Norbert Sporns
President
And Chief Executive Officer