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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-25-036924
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20251001
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20251001

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GENCO SHIPPING & TRADING LTD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001326200
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	DEEP SEA FOREIGN TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT [4412]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		EIN:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			1T
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-A12B
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-33393
		FILM NUMBER:		251363421

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

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		299 PARK AVENUE
		STREET 2:		12TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10171
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">FORM 8-A</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 24pt; font-weight: bold; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">GENCO SHIPPING &amp; TRADING LIMITED</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Republic of the Marshall Islands</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">98-0439758</div>
            <div style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">299 Park Avenue, 12<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">th</sup> Floor</div>
            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">New York, New York</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">Preferred Stock Purchase Rights</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">The New York Stock Exchange</div>
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    <div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-indent: 36pt;">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the
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    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the
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            <div style="font-weight: bold;">Description of Registrant&#8217;s Securities to be Registered</div>
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    <div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">On October 1, 2025, Genco Shipping &amp; Trading Limited (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) entered into a Rights Agreement (the &#8220;Rights Agreement&#8221;) with Computershare Inc. as rights agent. In connection therewith, the
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    <div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Rights Agreement is similar to plans adopted by other public companies and is intended to enable all Company shareholders to realize the long-term value of their investment. It is designed to
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      shareholders an appropriate control premium. The Rights Agreement will provide the Board sufficient time to fulfill its fiduciary duties on behalf of all shareholders, and it does not prevent the Board from considering any proposal. The Rights
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    <div><font style="font-style: italic; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Exercise Price</font><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. Each Right will allow its holder to purchase from the Company one one-thousandth of a share of
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            <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 10 days after the public announcement that a person or group has become an &#8220;Acquiring Person&#8221; by obtaining beneficial ownership of 15% or more of the outstanding Common Stock, or, if earlier;</div>
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            <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 10 business days (or a later date determined by the Board before any person or group becomes an Acquiring Person) after a person or group Commences (as defined in the Rights Agreement) a tender or exchange
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    <div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The date when the Rights become exercisable is referred to as the &#8220;Distribution Date.&#8221; Until the Distribution Date, the Company&#8217;s Common Stock certificates or, in the case of uncertificated shares,
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    <div style="font-style: italic; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Consequences of a Person or Group Becoming an Acquiring Person.</div>
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              <div style="color: #000000;"><font style="font-style: italic;">Flip In</font>. If a person or group becomes an Acquiring Person, all holders of Rights except the Acquiring Person or any associate or affiliate thereof may, upon exercise of a
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    <div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Each one one-thousandth of a Preferred Share, if issued:</div>
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            <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">will not be redeemable.</div>
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            <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">will entitle the holder to quarterly dividend payments equal to the dividend paid on one share of Common Stock.</div>
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            <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">will have one vote and vote together with the Common Stock, except as required by law.</div>
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            <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">if shares of Common Stock are exchanged via merger, consolidation, or a similar transaction, will entitle the holder to a payment equal to the payment made on one share of Common Stock.</div>
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    <div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&#160;The value of one one-thousandth interest in a Preferred Share should approximate the value of one share of Common Stock.</div>
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            <div>Incorporated by reference to the Company&#8217;s Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 1, 2025.</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
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