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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
DC 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): February 13,
2008
GENCO
SHIPPING & TRADING LIMITED
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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Republic
of the Marshall Islands
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000-28506
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98-043-9758
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction
of
incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.)
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299
Park Avenue
20th
Floor
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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10171
(Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (646) 443-8550
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):
r Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
r Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
r Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
r Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
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Item
2.02
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Results
of Operations and Financial
Condition.
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Attached
and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of a press
release of Genco Shipping & Trading Limited (the “Company”), dated February
13, 2008, reporting the Company’s financial results for the fourth quarter and
fiscal year ended December 31, 2007.
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.
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Item
9.01
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Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
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(d) Exhibits
99.1 Press
Release dated February 13, 2008.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Genco Shipping &
Trading Limited has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
GENCO SHIPPING & TRADING LIMITED
DATE: February 13, 2008
/s/ John C.
Wobensmith
John
C. Wobensmith
Chief Financial Officer,
Secretary and Treasurer
(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
EXHIBIT
INDEX
99.1 Press
Release dated February 13, 2008.