GENCO SHIPPING & TRADING LTD

Regulatory Filings • Jul 18, 2018

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Genco Shipping & Trading Limited

299 Park Avenue, 12 th Floor

New York, NY 10171

July 18, 2018

VIA EDGAR

Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street

Washington, D.C. 20549

Attention: Sonia Bednarowski, Esq.

Re: Genco Shipping & Trading Limited

Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-226016)

Dear Ms. Bednarowski:

The undersigned hereby respectfully requests that, pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the effective date of the above-referenced registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) be accelerated so that it will become effective on Friday, July 20, 2018 at 4:30 p.m. EDT, or as soon thereafter as is practicable.

Please contact Randal Murdock of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, outside counsel to the Registrant, at (212) 715-9325 upon the Registration Statement becoming effective.

Very truly yours,
Genco Shipping & Trading Limited
By:	/s/ John C. Wobensmith
	Name: John C. Wobensmith
	Title: Chief Executive Officer and President