Exhibit 31.1
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      Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant
              to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and
              pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14 under the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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I, Norbert Sporns, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, that:

     1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of HQ Sustainable
          Maritime Industries, Inc.;

     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(s) 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  Issuer,   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 Issuer'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 Issuer's  internal  control
over financial  reporting that occurred during the  Registrant's  fiscal quarter
ending September 30, 2005 that has materially affected,  or is reasonably likely
to materially affect, the Issuer's internal control over financial reporting.

     5.   The  Registrant's  other  certifying  officer(s) and I have disclosed,
          based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
          reporting,  to the Registrant's auditor and the audit committee of the
          Registrant'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  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.

Dated: May 15, 2006

 /s/ Norbert Sporns
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Norbert Sporns
Chief Executive Officer