Genco Shipping & Trading Limited

Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd. is an international ship owning company, which engages in the transportation of iron ore, coal, grain, bauxite, steel products, and other drybulk cargoes. The company is headquartered in New York City, New York and currently employs 945 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2005-07-22. The firm is engaged in the ocean transportation of drybulk cargoes worldwide through the ownership and operation of drybulk carrier vessels. Its segments include major bulk and minor bulk fleet. The company transports key cargoes, such as iron ore, coal, grain, steel products, bauxite, cement, nickel ore among other commodities along worldwide shipping routes. The company owns a fleet of vessels that focuses on Newcastlemax, Capesize, Ultramax and Supramax vessels. Its fleet consisted of 43 drybulk vessels, including two Newcastlemax vessels, 17 Capesize vessels, 15 Ultramax vessels and nine Supramax vessels, with an aggregate carrying capacity of approximately 4,935,000 deadweight tons (dwt). Its vessels include Genco Stars and Stripes, Genco Augustus, Genco Tiberius, Genco London, Genco Titus, Genco Tiger, Genco Lion, Genco Bear, Genco Hornet, and others.