**Exhibit
      31.1**





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





I,
      Prokopios (Akis) Tsirigakis, Principal Executive 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/ Prokopios
              (Akis)
              TsirigakisProkopios
                (Akis) Tsirigakis
              Chief
                Executive Officer and President
              (Principal
                Executive Officer)