**Exhibit31.1**

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**302 CERTIFICATION**

 

I, Paul B. Gridley, Chairman and ChiefExecutive Officer of US Shipping General Partner LLC, the general partner ofU.S. Shipping Partners L.P., certify that:

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### *1.**            **I have reviewed this annual reporton Form 10-K of U.S. Shipping Partners L.P.;*

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### *2.**            **Based on my knowledge, this reportdoes not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state amaterial fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of thecircumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading withrespect to the period covered by this report;*

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### *3.**            **Based on my knowledge, the financialstatements, and other financial information included in this report, fairlypresent in all material respects the financial condition, results of operationsand cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in thisreport;*

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### *4.**            **The registrant’s other certifyingofficer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosurecontrols and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined inExchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:*

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#### (a)           Designed such disclosure controls andprocedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designedunder our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to theregistrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us byothers within those entities, particularly during the period in which thisreport is being prepared;

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#### (b)           Designed such internal control overfinancial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reportingto be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regardingthe reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financialstatements for external purposes in accordance with generally acceptedaccounting principles;

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#### (c)           Evaluated the effectiveness of theregistrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report ourconclusions 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

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#### (d)           Disclosed in this report any change inthe registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred duringthe registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or isreasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control overfinancial reporting; and

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### *5.**            **The registrant’s other certifyingofficer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internalcontrol over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the auditcommittee of the registrant’s board of directors:*

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#### (a)           All significant deficiencies and materialweaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financialreporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’sability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

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#### (b)           Any fraud, whether or not material, thatinvolves management or other employees who have a significant role in theregistrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 
| Date: March 15, 2006 |   |   |                               |   |   |   |
|----------------------|--------|--------|------------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
|                 |   |   | /s/ Paul B. Gridley                |   |
|                 |   |   | Paul B. Gridley                    |
|                 |   |   | Chairman, Chief Executive  Officer |
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