NEW YORK, March 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Genco Shipping & Trading Limited (NYSE: GNK) today announced that the Company's Chief Financial Officer, John C. Wobensmith, is scheduled to present at the JPMorgan Aviation & Transportation Conference in New York on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at 8:30 a.m. ET.

The presentation will be broadcast live over the Internet and can be accessed at http://www.metameetings.com/webcasts/jpmorgan/aviation08/. In addition, the accompanying slide presentation and webcast will be available in the Investor Relations section of Genco Shipping's website at www.gencoshipping.com.

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 28 drybulk vessels consisting of five Capesize, six Panamax, three Supramax, six Handymax and eight Handysize vessels, with a carrying capacity of approximately 2,020,000 dwt. After the delivery of the four remaining Capesize vessels from companies within the Metrostar Management Corporation group, Genco Shipping & Trading Limited will own a fleet of 32 drybulk vessels, consisting of nine Capesize, six Panamax, three Supramax, six Handymax and eight Handysize vessels, with a carrying capacity of approximately 2,700,000 dwt.

SOURCE Genco Shipping & Trading Limited

CONTACT:
John C. Wobensmith, Chief Financial Officer of Genco Shipping & Trading Limited, +1-646-443-8555

Web site: http://www.gencoshipping.com
http://www.metameetings.com/webcasts/jpmorgan/aviation08
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