SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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): August 2, 2006
 
               
 
GENCO SHIPPING & TRADING LIMITED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Republic of the Marshall Islands
000-5142
98-043-9758
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(Commission file number)
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

299 Park Avenue, 20th Floor
New York, NY
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
 
10171
(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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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 August 2, 2006, reporting the Company’s financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2006.

The information set forth under “Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition,” including the Exhibit 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
 
(c) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.  Description

99.1   Press Release dated August 2, 2006.


 

 

 



 
 
 


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: August 2, 2006
 
                 
                                           /s/ John C. Wobensmith                                                                          
                                           John C. Wobensmith
                               Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer
                            (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)