Form 25 Notification of Removal
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
25
NOTIFICATION
OF REMOVAL FROM LISTING AND/OR
REGISTRATION
UNDER SECTION 12(b) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
Commission
File Number 000-51442
GENCO
SHIPPING & TRADING LIMITED
NASDAQ
GLOBAL SELECT MARKET
________________________________________________________________________
(Exact
name of Issuer as specified in its charter, and name of Exchange where security
is listed and/or registered)
299
Park
Avenue, 20th
Floor
New
York,
NY 10171
(646)443-8550
______________________________________________________________________________________
(Address,
including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Issuer’s
principal executive offices)
Common
Stock, par value $0.01 per share, and Preferred Stock Purchase
Rights
under
Shareholder Rights Plan
________________________________________________________________________
(Description
of class of securities)
Please
place an X in the box to designate the rule provision relied upon to strike
the
class of securities from listing and registration:
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17
CFR
240.12d2-2(a)(1)
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17
CFR
240.12d2-2(a)(2)
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17
CFR
240.12d2-2(a)(3)
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17
CFR
240.12d2-2(a)(4)
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Pursuant
to 17 CFR
240.12d2-2(b), the Exchange has complied with its rules to strike the class
of
securities from listing and/or withdraw registration on the
Exchange.1
x
Pursuant to 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(c), the Issuer has complied with the rules of
the
Exchange and the requirements of 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(c) governing the voluntary
withdrawal of the class of securities from listing and registration on the
Exchange.
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1
Form 25 and attached Notice will be considered compliance with the
provisions of 17 CFR 240.19d-1 as applicable. See General Instructions.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Genco Shipping
&
Trading Limited certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing the Form 25 and has caused this
notification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized
person.
April
2, 2007 By
/s/
John C.
Wobensmith
Date
John
C.
Wobensmith
Chief Financial Officer
Explanatory
note: this voluntary delisting is a result of Genco Shipping & Trading
Limited’s pending move to the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). Our first day of
trading on the NYSE will be April 11, 2007.