General Maritime Corporation Restricted Stock Grant Agreement

Exhibit 10.52

General Maritime Corporation

Restricted Stock Grant Agreement

THIS AGREEMENT, made as of the 2nd day of April 2007, between GENERAL MARITIME CORPORATION (the “Company”) and John P. Tavlarios (the “Participant”).

WHEREAS, the Company has adopted and maintains the General Maritime Corporation 2001 Stock Incentive Plan (as amended, effective December 18, 2006) (the “Plan”) to provide certain key persons, on whose initiative and efforts the successful conduct of the business of the Company depends, and who are responsible for the management, growth and protection of the business of the Company, with incentives to: (a) enter into and remain in the service of the Company, a Company subsidiary or a Company joint venture, (b) acquire a proprietary interest in the success of the Company, (c) maximize their performance and (d) enhance the long-term performance of the Company (whether directly or indirectly through enhancing the long-term performance of a Company subsidiary or a Company joint venture);

WHEREAS, the Participant has elected to surrender his right to future receipt of a special dividend of $15.00 with respect to each share of restricted stock of the Company granted to the Participant on December 18, 2006 (the “December 2006 Grant”) and in return receive a grant of additional shares of restricted stock of the Company, which additional shares will be subject to substantially the same terms as the December 2006 Grant, including without limitation vesting;

WHEREAS, the Plan provides that the Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors (or the Board of Directors if it so elects) shall administer the Plan and determine the key persons to whom awards shall be granted and the amount and type of such awards; and

WHEREAS, the Committee and the Board of Directors have determined that the purposes of the Plan would be furthered by granting the Participant an award under the Plan as set forth in this Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1.             Grant of Restricted Stock .  Pursuant to, and subject to, the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan, the Committee hereby grants to the Participant 15,581 restricted shares (the “Restricted Stock”) of common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”).

2.             Grant Date .  The Grant Date of the Restricted Stock is April 2, 2007.

3.             Incorporation of Plan .  All terms, conditions and restrictions of the Plan are incorporated herein and made part hereof as if stated herein.  If there is any conflict between the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Agreement, the terms and conditions of the Plan, as

interpreted by the Committee, shall govern.  Except as otherwise provided herein, all capitalized terms used herein shall have the meaning given to such terms in the Plan.

4.             Vesting .  Subject to the further provision of this Agreement, the Restricted Stock shall vest on the earlier to occur of (each specified date, a “Vesting Date”):

(a)           The dates specified in the following table, and

(b)           the occurrence of a Change in Control, as defined in Section 3.8(a) of the Plan, as in effect on the date of such occurrence.

5.             Restrictions on Transferability .  Until a share of Restricted Stock vests, the Participant shall not transfer the Participant’s rights to such share of Restricted Stock or to any rights related thereto.  Any attempt to transfer unvested shares of Restricted Stock or any rights related thereto, whether by transfer, pledge, hypothecation or otherwise and whether voluntary or involuntary, by operation of law or otherwise, shall not vest the transferee with any interest or right in or with respect to such shares of Restricted Stock or such related rights.

6.             Termination of Employment .  In the event that the Participant’s employment with the Company terminates for any reason other than the Participant’s death or disability, all unvested shares of Restricted Stock, together with any property received in respect of such shares, as set forth in Section 9 hereof, shall be forfeited as of the date of such termination of employment and the Participant promptly shall return to the Company any certificates evidencing such shares, together with any cash dividends or other property received in respect of such shares.  In the event of the Participant’s termination of employment due to death or disability, any shares of Restricted Stock that would have vested pursuant to Section 4(a), but for such termination, during the one-year period following such termination, shall become vested immediately prior to such termination of employment and all unvested shares of Restricted Stock that did not vest on such date, together with any property received in respect of such shares, as set forth in Section 9 hereof, shall be forfeited as of the date of such termination of employment and the Participant promptly shall return to the Company any certificates evidencing such shares, together with any cash dividends or other property received in respect of such shares.

7.             Issuance of Shares .

(a)           Reasonably promptly after the Grant Date, the Company shall issue and deliver to the Participant stock certificates, registered in the name of the Participant, evidencing

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the shares of Restricted Stock or shall instruct its transfer agent to issue shares of Restricted Stock which shall be maintained in book entry form on the books of the transfer agent.  The Restricted Stock, if certificated, shall bear the following legend:

“THE SALE, TRANSFER, ASSIGNMENT, PLEDGE, HYPOTHECATION ENCUMBRANCE OR OTHER DISPOSAL OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF THE GENERAL MARITIME CORPORATION 2001 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN AND A RESTRICTED STOCK GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN GENERAL MARITIME CORPORATION AND THE HOLDER OF RECORD OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE.  NO TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IN CONTRAVENTION OF SUCH PLAN AND RESTRICTED STOCK GRANT AGREEMENT SHALL BE VALID OR EFFECTIVE.  COPIES OF SUCH AGREEMENT MAY BE OBTAINED BY WRITTEN REQUEST MADE BY THE HOLDER OF RECORD OF THE CERTIFICATE TO THE SECRETARY OF GENERAL MARITIME CORPORATION.”

If the Restricted Stock is in book entry form, it shall be subject to electronic coding or stop order i