Baltic Trading Limited
299 Park Avenue, 20th Floor
New York, NY 10171
March 8, 2010
VIA EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Mail Stop 3561
100 F Street
Washington DC 20549-7010
Attention: Michelle Lacko, Esq.
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Re: |
Baltic Trading Limited (the “Company”) |
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Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-162456) (the “Registration Statement”) |
Dear Ms. Lacko:
The undersigned hereby respectfully requests that, pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the effective date of the above-referenced Registration Statement be accelerated so that it will become effective on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. (E.S.T.), or as soon thereafter as is practicable.
The undersigned, on behalf of the Company, hereby acknowledges that:
· should the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or the Staff thereof (the “Staff”), acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;
· the action of the Commission or the Staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure of the filing; and
· the Company may not assert the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.