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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * WOBENSMITH JOHN C   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol GENCO SHIPPING & TRADING LTD [GNK] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) President and Secretary (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O GENCO SHIPPING & TRADING LIMITED, 299 PARK AVENUE, 12TH FLOOR 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 07/22/2015 (Street) NEW YORK, NY 10171 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 07/22/2015   S   26,479 (1) D $ 7.4479 (2) 350,321 D   Common Stock 07/23/2015   S   2,928 (1) D $ 7.5215 (2) 347,393 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Warrant

$ 25.91

08/07/2015

08/07/2020

Common Stock

476,133

476,133

D

Warrant

$ 28.73

08/07/2015

08/07/2020

Common Stock

493,402

493,402

D

Warrant

$ 34.19

08/07/2015

08/07/2020

Common Stock

741,958

741,958

D

Warrant

$ 20.99

07/09/2014

07/09/2021

Common Stock

26,533

26,533

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
WOBENSMITH JOHN C C/O GENCO SHIPPING & TRADING LIMITED 299 PARK AVENUE, 12TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10171			President and Secretary

Signatures

/s/ John C. Wobensmith		07/24/2015
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	These shares were sold under instructions given in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in order to satisfy the reporting person's tax obligations for restricted shares of common stock of Baltic Trading Limited ("Baltic Trading") that vested on July 17, 2015 and were converted into shares of Genco Shipping & Trading Limited ("Genco") pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 7, 2015, as amended, by and among Genco, Baltic Trading, a Marshall Islands corporation and Poseidon Merger Sub Limited, a Marshall Islands corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Genco ("Merger Sub"), pursuant to which Merger Sub merged with and into Baltic Trading with Baltic Trading surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Genco.
(2)	The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $7.30 to $7.616 (inclusive) on 7/22/15 and from $7.46 to $7.58 (inclusive) on 7/23/15. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Genco, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in this footnote.

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