General Maritime Corporation to Present at the Jefferies 2011 Global Shipping Conference

NEW YORK, Sept. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- General Maritime Corporation (NYSE: GMR) announced today that the Company's Chief Financial Officer, Jeffrey D. Pribor, is scheduled to present at the Jefferies 2011 Global Shipping Conference in New York on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at 10:30 a.m. ET.

The presentation will be broadcast live over the Internet and can be accessed at http://www.wsw.com/webcast/jeff63/gmr/. In addition, the accompanying slide presentation and webcast will be available in the Investor Relations section of General Maritime's website at www.generalmaritimecorp.com.

About General Maritime Corporation

General Maritime Corporation is a leading crude and products tanker company serving principally within the Atlantic basin, which includes ports in the Caribbean, South and Central America, the United States, West Africa, the Mediterranean, Europe and the North Sea. General Maritime also currently operates tankers in other regions including the Black Sea and Far East. General Maritime owns a fully double-hull fleet of 31 tankers – seven VLCC, nine Aframax, twelve Suezmax tankers, two Panamax and one product tanker – with a total carrying capacity of approximately 5.2 million dwt. The Company also has three product tankers that are chartered-in with options to purchase the vessels. The Company controls tonnage totaling 5.3 million dwt, including the owned fleet and the chartered-in fleet.

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