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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-16-059853
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160329
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160401
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160401

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GENCO SHIPPING & TRADING LTD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001326200
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	DEEP SEA FOREIGN TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT [4412]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-33393
		FILM NUMBER:		161547926

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		299 PARK AVENUE
		STREET 2:		12TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10171
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(646) 443-8550

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		STREET 1:		299 PARK AVENUE
		STREET 2:		12TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10171
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center">CURRENT REPORT</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):&#160;April 1, 2016&#160;(March 29, 2016)</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; TEXT-ALIGN: left">On March 29, 2016, Genco Shipping &amp; Trading Limited (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) and certain of its subsidiaries entered into an agreement with Cr&#233;dit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank&#160; (&#8220;Cr&#233;dit Agricole&#8221;) in connection with the Loan Agreement, dated as of August 12, 2010, by and among the Company as Borrower, the banks and financial institutions listed in Schedule 1 thereto as Lenders, the companies listed in Schedule 2 thereto as Guarantors on a joint and several basis and Cr&#233;dit Agricole as Agent and Security Trustee, as amended to date (the &#8220;$100 Million Credit Facility&#8221;).&#160; Under the agreement, the Company&#8217;s compliance with the collateral maintenance covenant in the $100 Million Term Loan Facility was waived through April 11, 2016.&#160; As a condition of such waiver, the Company prepaid the amortization payment that was originally due under the $100 Million Term Loan Facility on March 31, 2016 in the amount of $1,923,075.</div>

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