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):  March 5, 2019

GENCO SHIPPING & TRADING LIMITED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Republic of the Marshall Islands
001-33393
98-043-9758
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
(Commission file number)
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

299 Park Avenue
12th Floor
  
10171
 (Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip code)

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):


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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 2.02
Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

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 March 5, 2019, reporting the Company’s financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2018.

The information set forth under “Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition,” including  Exhibit 99.1 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.

Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)
Exhibits

Exhibit No.
Description
 
 
99.1
Press Release dated March 5, 2019.

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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:  March 5, 2019
   
  /s/ Apostolos Zafolias  
 
Apostolos Zafolias
 
Chief Financial Officer

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.
Description
   
Press Release dated March 5, 2019.


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