CERTIFICATION OF THE PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER
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I, Mons S. Bolin, certify that:

1.      I have  reviewed  this  annual  report  on Form  20-F of Aries  Maritime
        Transport Limited;

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(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 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 registrant's internal
                control over financial reporting that occurred during the period
                covered by this annual report that has materially  affected,  or
                is reasonably  likely to  materially  affect,  the  registrant's
                internal control over financial reporting.

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

        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: June 30, 2006

/s/ Mons S. Bolin
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Mons S. Bolin
Chief Executive Officer

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