**EXHIBIT 31.2**   

CERTIFICATION      AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO   SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

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I, Kathleen C. Haines, certify that: 

|   | 1. | I have reviewed        this report on Form 10-Q of OMI Corporation;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
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|   | 2. |  Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain        any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact        necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances        under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to    the period covered by this report; |
|   | 3. |  Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and        other financial information included in this report, fairly present in        all material respects the financial condition, results of operations        and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented    in this report;                    |
|   | 4. |  The registrant’s other certifying officer        and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls        and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e))    for the registrant and have:                                                                                  |

|   |   | (a) | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures,        or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under        our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the        registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to        us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in    which this report is being prepared;                              |
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|   |   | (b) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure        controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions        about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as        of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation;    and                                                                                                                           |
|   |   | (c) | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s        internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s        most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter        in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is        reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal    control over financial reporting; and |

|   | 5. | The registrant’s other certifying officer            and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal            control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors            and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors        (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
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|   |   | (a) | All significant deficiencies and material            weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial            reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s            ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information;        and |
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|   |   | (b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management            or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s        internal control over financial reporting.                                                                                                                      |

     

| **Date:** | **August 14, 2003** |   | **By:** | **/s/ Kathleen C. Haines** |
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|      |                |   |    | Kathleen C. Haines         |
|      |                |   |    | Senior Vice President,     |
|      |                |   |    | Chief Financial Officer    |
|      |                |   |    | and Treasurer              |

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