**Exhibit
      31.2**





CERTIFICATION
      PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(A) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT





I,
      George
      Syllantavos, Principal Financial Officer of Star Maritime Acquisition Corp.,
      certify that:





(1) I
      have
      reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Star Maritime Acquisition Corp.;





(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) I
      am
      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;
  (b) 
            Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or
        caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under
        our
        supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
        financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
        purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
        principles;
  (c) 
            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
  (d) 
            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 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:
  (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
  (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:
                March 14, 2007
            By:
            /s/ George
              SyllantavosGeorge
                Syllantavos
              Chief
                Financial Officer
              (Principal
                Financial Officer)