UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO

SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED):

April 30, 2008

GENERAL MARITIME CORPORATION

(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION)

001-16531

(COMMISSION FILE NUMBER)

06-159-7083

(I.R.S. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.)

299 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10171

(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)

(212) 763-5600

(REGISTRANT’S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)

Not Applicable

(FORMER NAME OR FORMER ADDRESS, IF CHANGED SINCE LAST REPORT)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition

Attached and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of a press release of General Maritime Corporation (the “Company”), dated April 30, 2008, reporting the Company’s financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008.

The information set forth under “Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition”, including the Exhibit attached hereto, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibit No. Description

99.1 Press Release dated April 30, 2008.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

GENERAL MARITIME CORPORATION

(Registrant)

By: /s/ John C. Georgiopoulos

Name: John C. Georgiopoulos

Title: Chief Administrative Officer

Date: April 30, 2008

GENERAL MARITIME CORP/ 8-K