Exhibit 31.1

                                  CERTIFICATION

     I, Norbert Sporns,  the Chief Executive Officer of HQ Sustainable  Maritime
Industries, Inc. (the "Company"), certify that:

     1.   I have  reviewed this  quarterly  report on Form 10-QSB of the Company
          for the period ended June 30, 2004.

     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 Company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

     4.   The  Company'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 Company
          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
               Company, 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.   Evaluated the effectiveness of the Company'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  Company's  internal
               control  over  financial   reporting  that  occurred  during  the
               Company's fourth fiscal quarter that has materially affected,  or
               is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal
               control over financial reporting; and

     5.   The Company's other certifying officer and I have disclosed,  based on
          our  most  recent   valuation  of  internal   control  over  financial
          reporting,  to the Company's  auditors and the audit  committee of the
          Company's  board of directors (or persons  performing  the  equivalent
          functions):

          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  Company'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  Company's
               internal control over financial reporting.

         Date: August 13, 2004                            /s/ Norbert Sporns
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                                                         Norbert Sporns
                                                         Chief Executive Officer