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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000922423-11-000150
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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Baltic Trading Ltd
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001474042
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	DEEP SEA FOREIGN TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT [4412]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			1T
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		STREET 1:		299 PARK AVENUE, 20TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10171
		BUSINESS PHONE:		646-443-8550

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		STREET 1:		299 PARK AVENUE, 20TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10171
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<div><font style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Reference is made to a letter dated March 16, 2011 (the &#8220;Comment Letter&#8221;) to Mr. John Wobensmith, President and Chief Financial Officer of Baltic Trading Limited (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), setting forth the comments of the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the&#160;&#8220;Staff&#8221;), to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&#160;31, 2010, filed by the Company (the &#8220;Annual Report&#8221;).</font></div>

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<div><font style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">This letter sets forth the Company&#8217;s responses to the Staff&#8217;s comments. For your convenience, the Staff&#8217;s comments have been restated below in their entirety, with the response to each comment set forth immediately below the comment. The heading and numbered paragraphs in this letter correspond to the headings and numbered paragraphs of the Comment Letter.</font></div>

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<div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Company will prospectively, beginning with its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2011, include the following disclosure in Management&#8217;s Discussion and Analysis:</font></div>

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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Under the collateral maintenance covenant of our 2010 Credit Facility, the aggregate valuations of our vessels pledged under this facility must at least be 140% of the total amount we may borrow.&#160;&#160;If our valuations fall below this percentage, we must provide additional acceptable collateral, repay a portion of our borrowings, or permanently reduce the amount we may borrow under the facility to the extent required to restore our compliance with the covenant.</font></div>

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<div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Company will prospectively, beginning with its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2011, expand the paragraph referenced in the foregoing comment to read in its entirety as follows (new text is underlined):</font></div>

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