Exhibit 31.2

302 CERTIFICATION

I, Dennis J. Fiore, Vice President - Chief Financial Officer of US
Shipping General Partner LLC, the general partner of U.S. Shipping Partners
L.P., certify that:

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| | 1.  | I have reviewed this quarterly report on
 Form 10-Q of U.S. Shipping Partners L.P.;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
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| | 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;                          
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| | 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;                                             
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| | 4.  | The registrant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)) and
 internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
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| |     | (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;
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| |     | (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;        
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| |     | (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                                                                                             
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| |     | (d)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal
 control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants fourth
 fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
 materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting;
 and                                                                      
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| | (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:                                                                                       
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| |     | (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                                                                                                       
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| |     | (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:
September 30, 2009

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| | /s/ Dennis
 J. Fiore                     
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| | Dennis J.
 Fiore                         
| | Vice
 President - Chief Financial Officer

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