Form 8K Current Report

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): February 8, 2007
 
               
 
GENCO SHIPPING & TRADING LIMITED
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Republic of the Marshall Islands
000-28506
98-043-9758
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

299 Park Avenue
20th Floor
(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 February 8, 2007, reporting the Company’s financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 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.
 
(d) Exhibits
 
Exhibit No.   Description
 
99.1        Press Release dated February 8, 2007.
 

 

 
 
 

 
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: February 8, 2007  
 
                                     /s/ John C. Wobensmith                                  
                                     John C. Wobensmith
                                         Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer
                                         (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)