Genco Shipping & Trading Limited Announces Plan
to Sign Time Charter for Supramax Vessel

Expands Time Charter Coverage to 67% for 2010

NEW YORK, May 3, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --Genco Shipping & Trading Limited (NYSE: GNK) today announced that it has reached an agreement to sign a time charter for the Genco Predator, a 2005-built Supramax vessel, with Pacific Basin Chartering Ltd. for approximately 11 to 13.5 months at a rate of $22,500 per day, less a 5% third-party brokerage commission. The time charter is expected to commence on or about May 7, 2010 and is subject to the completion of definitive documentation. Currently, Genco has approximately 67% of its fleet's estimated available days secured on contracts for the remainder of 2010.

About Genco Shipping & Trading Limited
Genco Shipping & Trading Limited transports iron ore, coal, grain, steel products and other drybulk cargoes along worldwide shipping routes. Genco Shipping & Trading Limited currently owns a fleet of 35 drybulk vessels, consisting of nine Capesize, eight Panamax, four Supramax, six Handymax and eight Handysize vessels, with an aggregate carrying capacity of approximately 2,903,000 dwt.

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