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